308 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
308 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
308 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores postmodern choreographic engagements of pregnant bodies in the US over the last 70 years.
Johanna Kirk discusses how choreographers negotiate identification with the look of their pregnant bodies to maintain a sense of integrity as artists and to control representations of their gender and physical abilities while pregnant. Across chapters, the artists discussed include Anna... Read more
Introduction
1 Pregnant body as choreographic sight/site
2 Pregnant body as creative spacetime
Part one: Worlding a lived score
Part two: Queer orientations toward pregnancy, choreographing pure becoming
3 Choreographies of feminist maternal health/care
Conclusions and connections
Biography
Johanna Kirk, PhD is a Lecturer in World Arts and Cultures/Dance at UCLA. She is a choreographer, writer, and movement educator with undergraduate and graduate degrees in Dance. She has designed and taught courses in Experiential Anatomy, Yoga and Dance to students of a wide variety of ages and backgrounds on three continents.
