Gestural Choreographies: Moving Between Bodies

• Authors: Margaret Ames

Abstracts

EN

Choreography grounded in gesture by learning disabled dancers transmits learning disability cultures and experiences. Performers transform concepts and practices of mainstream dance and work towards an expanded aesthetics. This article considers the work of Welsh group Cyrff Ystwyth, a company of people with various capacities who follow the lead of choreographers with learning disability. My methodology relies on a heuristic approach defined by Clark Moustakas: ‘In heuristics, an unshakeable connection exists between what is out there, in its appearance and reality, and what is within me in reflective thought, feeling and awareness’ (1990, p. 12).

Keywords

EN

gesture; action; force; knowledge; transmission; performance; intellectual disability

• Publisher: Instytut im. Jerzego Grotowskiego we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Didaskalia. Gazeta Teatralna
• Year: 2024
• Issue: 179
• Pages: 165-187

Dates

published

2024

Contributors

author

Margaret Ames

• Aberystwyth University in Wales

• https://orcid.org/0000000213632758

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Identifiers

DOI

10.34762/5w7g-ce96

Biblioteka Nauki

31340788