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Shaping Dance Canons
Examining a century of dance criticism in the United
States and its influence on aesthetics and inclusion
Dance criticism has long been integral to dance as an art form,
serving as documentation and validation of dance performances, yet
few studies have taken a close look at the impact of key critics
and approaches to criticism over time. The first book to examine
dance criticism in the United States across 100 years, from the
late 1920s to the early twenty-first century, Shaping Dance
Canons argues that critics in the popular press have
influenced how dance has been defined and valued, as well as which
artists and dance forms have been taken most seriously.
Kate Mattingly likens the effect of dance writing to that of a
flashlight, illuminating certain aesthetics at the expense of
others. Mattingly shows how criticism can preserve and reproduce
criteria for what qualifies as high art through generations of
writers and in dance history courses, textbooks, and curricular
design. She examines the gatekeeping role of prominent critics such
as John Martin and Yvonne Rainer while highlighting the
often-overlooked perspectives of writers from minoritized
backgrounds and dance traditions. The book also includes an
analysis of digital platforms and current dance projects-On the
Boards TV, thINKingDANCE , Black Dance Stories, and amara
tabor-smith's House/Full of BlackWomen -that challenge
systemic exclusions. In doing so, the book calls for ongoing
dialogue and action to make dance criticism more equitable and
inclusive.
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Dancing with AI: Unveiling the Potentials and Pitfalls of ChatGPT for a New Wave of Dance Critics and Criticism
This study aims to examine the multifaceted implications of employing ChatGPT in dance criticism, focusing on its potential for instant editing, the ability to aid writing in diverse critical styles and its potential pitfalls, such as algorithmic biases, privacy and copyright issues and the perpetuation of racist or incorrect stereotypes within movement and dance genres. I argue that ChatGPT will initiate a new age of dance criticism, different from the scholarly attention that has been given to the transition to digital criticism. This research will explore the extent to which biases in training data can impact the quality and objectivity of ChatGPT’s output in relation to dance and movement. By identifying and addressing these pitfalls, this study aims to promote responsible AI integration into dance criticism, ensuring that critics harness ChatGPT’s potential while remaining vigilant against the adverse effects of algorithmic biases.
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How to Make Dances in an Epidemic
David Gere, who came of age as a dance critic at the height of the AIDS epidemic, offers the first book to examine in depth the interplay of AIDS and choreography in the United States, specifically in relation to gay men. The time he writes about is one of extremes. A life-threatening medical syndrome is spreading, its transmission linked to sex. Blame is settling on gay men. What is possible in such a highly charged moment, when art and politics coincide? Gere expands the definition of choreography to analyze not only theatrical dances but also the protests conceived by ACT-UP and the NAMES Project AIDS quilt. These exist on a continuum in which dance, protest, and wrenching emotional expression have become essentially indistinguishable. Gere offers a portrait of gay male choreographers struggling to cope with AIDS and its meanings.
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Transatlantic drift : the ebb and flow of dance music
'Transatlantic Drift' explores the emergence and evolution of nightclubs and electronic dance music from the 1950s onward, tracing its rhythmic journey across Europe, North America, and the Caribbean. Katie Milestone and Simon A. Morrison show how the sounds and vibes of nightclubs emerge from shared cultural experiences. This book uncovers the global story of dance music at venues in New York, Detroit, London, Manchester, Chicago, Düsseldorf, and Ibiza.
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Shtstorm over a Shitstorm
In spring 2023, I collaborated on a blog post, “Marco Goecke’s Shitstorm,” for Cambridge University Press and TDR to promote the special issue on contemporary German theatre I had coedited with Matt Cornish. CUP’s choice betrays irreducible differences—theatre in Germany is simply a different beast from what it is in New York or London. Goecke chose his target carefully: the dance critic for a leading, center-right newspaper headquartered in Frankfurt, a city which, not coincidentally, is home to both the German and European Central Banks.
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Footnotes : six choreographers inscribe the page
This book, part of the Critical Voices in Art, Theory and Culture series, is a collection of essays by six choreographers, with commentaries by poet Elena Alexander.
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