Angelin Preljocaj's Empty Moves (2014) and Transmodern Dance History

In this article, I examine the choreographic practices associated with French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj and his work, Empty Moves (Parts I, II & III), a three-part work informed by artistic hybridity and alterity. Through choreographic examples from Empty Moves, I examine the nascent state...

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Published in:Dance chronicle 2017-01, Vol.40 (1), p.99-114
Main Author: Farrugia-Kriel, Kathrina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Angelin Preljocaj
Empty Moves
French contemporary dance
Modern dance
postmodern dance
Postmodernism
transmodernism
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Summary:In this article, I examine the choreographic practices associated with French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj and his work, Empty Moves (Parts I, II & III), a three-part work informed by artistic hybridity and alterity. Through choreographic examples from Empty Moves, I examine the nascent state of transmodernism in dance, an artistic condition that implies a web of complex connections and interactions among dance histories and choreographic practices. In rethinking postmodern dance histories in the wake of recent theories of transmodernism, I conclude by offering a new framework for a dance paradigm and a reconsideration of selected canons of dance histories.
ISSN:0147-2526
1532-4257
DOI:10.1080/01472526.2017.1273689