{"product_id":"singularities-9781138907713","title":"Singularities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does the production of performance engage with the fundamental issues of our advanced neo-capitalist age? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndré Lepecki surveys a decade of experimental choreography to uncover the dual meaning of performance' in the twenty-first century: not just an aesthetic category, but a mode of political power. He demonstrates the enduring ability of performance to critique and subvert this power, examining this relationship through five singularities' in contemporary dance: thingness, animality, persistence, darkness, and solidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the works of Mette Ingvartsen, Yvonne Rainer, Ralph Lemon, Jérôme Bel and others, Lepecki uses his concept of singularity'the resistance of categorization and aesthetic identificationto examine the function of dance and performance in political and artistic debate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSingularities \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eis a sparkling work of dance theory that reads like an urgent and prescient call \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eto action.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSima Belmar -\u003cem\u003e The Drama Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Dance and the age of neoliberal performance \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Moving as Some Thing (or, Some things want to run)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: In the Dark \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Limitrophies of the Human: monstrous nature, thingly life, and the wild animal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The Body as Archive: will to reenact and the afterlives of dances \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Choreographic Angelology: the dancer as worker of history (or, Remembering is a hard thing)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Afterthought: Four notes on witnessing performance in the age of neoliberal dis-experience\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742402019671,"sku":"9781138907713","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138907713.jpg?v=1758384717","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/singularities-9781138907713","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}