Description
Book SynopsisIllustrates how the study and practice of dance can reanimate arrested prospects for progressive politics and social change. This book engages a range of performances and demonstrates how a critical reflection on dance helps promote fluency in the language of mobilisation that political theory alludes to yet rarely speaks.
Trade Review“
Critical Moves makes a crucial contribution to the emerging field of dance studies. Martin’s ability to think politics through dance also suggests a challenging and enabling new critical framework for political theory.”—Susan L. Foster , author of
Choreography and Narrative: Ballet’s Staging of Story and Desire“Randy Martin has written a bold and interesting book, imaginative and deftly presented. Few political theorists understand dance and dancing as well as Martin does.”—Jane Desmond, editor of
Meaning in Motion: New Cultural Studies of Dance
