A Radically Unfinished Dance: Contact Improvisation in a Time of Social Distance. Issue 1 (March 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Goldman, Danielle
• Is Part Of: TDR. Volume 65:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 62
• Page End: 78
• Publication Date: 2021-03
• Subjects: Theater -- Periodicals; Theater -- Political aspects -- Periodicals; Theater and society -- Periodicals; Experimental theater -- Periodicals; Théâtre -- Périodiques; Experimental theater; Theater; Theater and society; Theater -- Political aspects; Aspect politique; Aspect social; Société; Théâtre (Spectacle); Théâtre expérimental; Periodicals; 792.05
• DOI: 10.1017/S105420432000009X
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1365-7518

Abstract

Abstract : Nancy Stark Smith passed away due to ovarian cancer on 1 May 2020. Her dedication to contact improvisation for nearly half a century—as a dancer, teacher, writer, and editor—contributed to its development and will continue to inform its ongoing vitality. But much remains uncertain for the future of contact improvisation. Complicated by the challenges of Covid-19, what sort of bodies will result from the practice going forward, and how might the form itself change?