Abstract
Jasmin Vardimon’s Dance Theatre offers an unusual, intimate insight into the devising and training processes of a choreographer in the midst of her practice. Libby Worth and Jasmin Vardimon take a collaborative approach to recording and exploring Vardimon’s working processes and those of her company, chronicling the development of specific productions including 7734, Justitia, and Yesterday, rather than offering a single choreographic blueprint.
This highly illustrated, full-colour volume focuses on the techniques, strategies and creative activities necessitated by each project, addressing:
• the initial 'seeds' of ideas which lead to locations, research and task-based rehearsals
• the social, political and psychological content of Vardimon’s work
• the relationship between accessibility of content and complexity of ideas
• the layering process as dance, theatre, media, script, music and design are drawn into dynamic interaction
• the contribution of an international company’s different voices and viewpoints to the development of a production
• the editing process, and its inherent messiness.
Based on extended conversations and interviews, Jasmin Vardimon’s Dance Theatre is a lively and multi-layered reflection on Vardimon’s vibrant, evolving choreographic practice.
This highly illustrated, full-colour volume focuses on the techniques, strategies and creative activities necessitated by each project, addressing:
• the initial 'seeds' of ideas which lead to locations, research and task-based rehearsals
• the social, political and psychological content of Vardimon’s work
• the relationship between accessibility of content and complexity of ideas
• the layering process as dance, theatre, media, script, music and design are drawn into dynamic interaction
• the contribution of an international company’s different voices and viewpoints to the development of a production
• the editing process, and its inherent messiness.
Based on extended conversations and interviews, Jasmin Vardimon’s Dance Theatre is a lively and multi-layered reflection on Vardimon’s vibrant, evolving choreographic practice.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Abingdon, Oxon |
Publisher | Routledge |
Number of pages | 202 |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315404622 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780415741620, 9780415741637 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 10 Jan 2017 |
Keywords
- Choreography, rehearsal studio, performer training, dance theatre, physicla theatre