SINGULARITIES

André Lepecki surveys a decade of experimental choreography to uncover the dual meaning of performance in the twenty-first century : not just an aesthetic category, but a mode of political power. He demonstrates the enduring ability of performance to critique and subvert this power, examining this relationship through five singularities in contemporary dance: thingness, animality, persisten ce, darkness, and solidity. André Lepecki surveys a decade of experimental choreography to uncover the dual meaning of performance in the twenty-...[Read more]