Thinking Touch in Partnering and Contact Improvisation: Philosophy, Pedagogy, Practice
Malaika Sarco-Thomas
Sep 2020 · Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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What happens when artists take touch as a starting point for embodied research? This collection of essays offers unique insights into contact in dance, by considering the importance of touch in choreography, philosophy, scientific research, social dance, and education. The performing arts have benefitted from the growth of an ever-widening spectrum of tactile explorations since the advent of contact improvisation (CI) in 1972. Building on the research proposal CI offers, partnering forms such as tango, martial arts, and somatic therapies have helped shape the landscape of embodied practices in contemporary dance. Presenting a range of practitioner and scholarly perspectives relevant to undergraduate students and researchers alike, this volume considers the significance of touch in the development of 21st century pedagogy, art-making, and performance philosophy.
About the author
Dr Malaika Sarco-Thomas is Programme Co-Leader of the BA Dance at the University of Chester, UK, where she choreographs and writes about improvisation and contemporary performance. Her key publications include a special issue of the Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices 6.2 and Performance and Interdisciplinarity: Contemporary Perspectives (2018). Since 2010, she has been teaching and curating contact improvisation through international platforms, such as Contact Festival Dartington and Contact Improvisation Malta, and the performance series touch + talk. Her background in contemporary dance and her ongoing study of the Japanese martial art aikido inform her approach to scholarship and creative work.
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