Performance and the partial. Issue 2 (1st December 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Blades, Hetty
• Is Part Of: Choreographic practices. Volume 10:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 249
• Page End: 268
• Publication Date: 2019-12-01
• Subjects: Dance -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; Dance -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Choreography -- Periodicals; 792.82
• DOI: 10.1386/chor_00006_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2040-5669

Abstract

AbstractIn this article, I reflect on my experience of two performance works: Still Life (2018) by Hamish Macpherson and Papier mutliforme et Papier Comestible (2018) by Emilie Gallier, both of which cultivate partial experiences for the spectator. I consider how the partial nature of these works raise questions about what it means to access a choreographic work and rely on new ways of thinking about how we experience and analyse performance.