Post-choreography

Jérôme Bel’s Choreography and Movement in Malfunction

Shuntaro Yoshida

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Routledge
10 September 2024

Performance art; Theatre Studies; Dance; Choreography

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

This book sheds light on the practice of French choreographer Jérôme Bel, who is active in the fields of performing arts and contemporary art. Shuntaro Yoshida examines a case study of collective creation involving the choreographer and a group of amateur workshop participants. The focus is on Atelier Danse et Voix (Dance and Voice Workshop) (2014) and workshops held with local diverse participants in Brussels, Venice, and Munich after the cancellation of the Dance and Voice Workshop. This study elucidates Bel’s creative method by exploring the relationship between choreographer and participants in a situation where the typical framework of actors has been expanded. The focus of the case study is not so much the choreographic methodology itself, but the relationship between the method and the participants and the ways in which the choreographer cedes creative decision-making power to participants. In order to investigate Bel’s creative method, this study makes use of participant observation field notes taken during a rehearsal. Additional data sources include Bel’s emailed materials, performance programs, and interviews with participants.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars in theater, performance, and dance studies.

By: Shuntaro Yoshida
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032303208
ISBN 10: 1032303204
Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
Pages: 154
Publication Date: 10 September 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

1. The Assumptions of Post-choreography 2. The Emergence of Collective Creation: Participant Contingency in Atelier Danse et Voix and Research Workshops 3. Invisible “Clumsy-Seeming Movement”: Practice and Representation of Gala 4. Clumsy Movement, Movement in Malfunction

Shuntaro Yoshida is a dancer, choreographer, and researcher of contemporary dance and performance.