In-Between Dance Cultures

Belgian-Moroccan Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and British-Bengali Akram Khan are two of today's most prolific choreographers. Given their respective backgrounds and the practices they pursue, their artistic universes are largely built around their identity in-between dance cultures. Guy Cools, who accompanied both, situates their work within the larger critical debate on the (post)modern and (post-)migrant identity. Cools details some of their iconic choreographic pieces. This book offers a complementary view on questions of cultural identity taking the contemporary dancer’s somatic awareness and knowledge of the body as its starting point. Published by Valiz (Amsterdam).

Author: Guy Cools
Publisher: Valiz
Published: 2016
Origin: Amsterdam
Language: English
Pages: 160
Dimensions: 14 x 21 cm