Site and Re-Site: Early Efforts to Serialize Site Dance. Issue 1 (19th April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kloetzel, Melanie
• Is Part Of: Dance research journal. Volume 49:Issue 1(2017:Apr.)
• Page Start: 6
• Page End: 23
• Publication Date: 2017-04-19
• Subjects: Adaptation, -- dance, -- human geography, -- mobility, -- neoliberalism, -- serialization, -- site-adaptive, -- site-specific performance, -- touring; Dance -- Periodicals; 793.3
• DOI: 10.1017/S0149767717000018
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0149-7677

Abstract

Abstract : In this article, I investigate the historical precedents of site-adaptive dance. After walking through the mobility discourse as applied to site-specific art by such scholars as Miwon Kwon, Fiona Wilkie, and Victoria Hunter, I examine the mobile site works of North American choreographers Ann Carlson, PearsonWidrig DanceTheater, Eiko & Koma, and Stephan Koplowitz as exemplary of early attempts to take site dance on tour. Finally, I argue for the value of employing the lens of adaptation to analyze such works, both for the field of site performance and for the larger cross-disciplinary dialogues that could be activated.