Core Aspects of Dance: Schiller and Dewey on Grace

Part of a larger project of constructing a new, historically informed philosophy of dance, built on four phenomenological constructs that I call "Moves," this essay concerns the third Move, "grace." The etymology of the word "grace" reveals the entwined meanings of plea...

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Published in:Dance chronicle 2017-01, Vol.40 (1), p.74-98
Main Author: Hall, Joshua M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Dance
environment
Figuration
Friedrich Schiller
Grace
John Dewey
Phenomenology
Philosophy
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Summary:Part of a larger project of constructing a new, historically informed philosophy of dance, built on four phenomenological constructs that I call "Moves," this essay concerns the third Move, "grace." The etymology of the word "grace" reveals the entwined meanings of pleasing quality and authoritative power, which may be combined as "beautiful force." I examine the treatments of grace in German philosopher Friedrich Schiller, who understands it as playful, naïve transformation of matter; and in American philosopher John Dewey, for whom it represents rhythmic organism/environment reversal. I conclude by showing how "grace" can be used in analyzing various types of dance, which in turn suggests transformational potential for philosophy, dance, and society as a whole.
ISSN:0147-2526
1532-4257
DOI:10.1080/01472526.2017.1274217