1st Edition
A Somaesthetics of Performative Beauty Tangoing Desire and Nostalgia
1. Preface and introduction
2. Preparing the philosophical dance floor
3. Methodological dances
4. Freedom and poiesis
5. Promises and grace
6. Eros and objectivisation
7. Selections and unity (sensus communis)
8. Appendix: My Argentine Tango
Biography
Falk Heinrich is a professor of participatory aesthetics and artistic research at Aalborg University, Denmark. Before joining academia, he worked as a theatre actor and director and installation artist. He studied dramaturgy and wrote his PhD on interactive digital installation art. He is the editor of The Journal of Somaesthetics.
"Falk Heinrich establishes a new theory on aesthetic experience that shifts focus from distanced contemplation to performative process based on his experience in tango dancing. From a somaesthetic perspective, the book elucidates that perceived action and enacted perception are one and the same."
Professor Tanehisa Otabe, The University of Tokyo
"Based on his own experiences while dancing Argentine tango, Falk Heinrich has managed to identify a new concept of beauty that emerges in the movements of dancers. His multifaceted interpretation of this performative beauty, which has a general perspective, is highly original and will enchant the readers."
Dr. Else Marie Bukdahl, former rector of Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
