The Bodies We Are (Not)

A Choreographic Research on Practicing Self-Distancing

Antje Velsinger

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Transcript Verlag
23 April 2024

Dance; Other performing arts

Series: Critical Dance Studies

In Western neo-liberal society, the human body is increasingly used as an ""identity project"" and ""designable object"". Antje Velsinger investigates these specific roles of the body and develops choreographic strategies for becoming unfamiliar to the own self and play as two means for emancipating the body from the neo-liberal imperative of optimization and control. Theoretical and practical artistic perspectives are in constant dialogue throughout this study. It uses the choreographic field as a gray area between theory and practice to imagine, propose, and rehearse an alternative approach to the body.

By: Antje Velsinger
Imprint: Transcript Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 15mm,
Weight: 348g
ISBN: 9783837670905
ISBN 10: 3837670902
Series: Critical Dance Studies
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 23 April 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Antje Velsinger works as a choreographer, performer and researcher in the field of contemporary performing arts. She studied choreography and performance at the Institute for Applied Theater Studies at Gießen University and completed her doctorate within the artistic-scientific graduate program »Performing Citizenship« at HafenCity University Hamburg. As the artistic director of »Antje Velsinger / new trouble«, she creates multimedia stage pieces, sound-video-installations, and various research labs. Besides her artistic work, her practice includes writing, teaching, and lecturing at different European universities and art schools.

Reviews for The Bodies We Are (Not): A Choreographic Research on Practicing Self-Distancing

»Vor allem die anschaulichen Berichte aus der Probenpraxis und damit die Offenlegung von Wissen aus zeitgenössischen Tanzproben, das sonst meist verborgen bleibt, machen Spaß bei der Lektüre. Hier liegt insgesamt das große Potenzial von Velsingers Studie, da es sich dabei um eine der ersten Publikationen im deutschsprachigen Raum handelt, die eine künstlerische Forschung in dieser Form vermittelt.« Anna Wieczorek, www.tanznetz.de, 02.08.2024 Besprochen in: www.portalkunstgeschichte.de, 15.05.2024, Melanine Obraz