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Posted: 25 January 2010
LSE LITERARY FESTIVAL - Dance, Text, and Translation: Creating a Dialogue
Jasmin will be taking part in the LSE Literary Festival 2010, joining the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method and Forum for European Philosophy for a panel discussion on the subject of Dance, Text and Translation.
Dance is generally concerned with non-verbal bodily communication, while literature is text-based and disembodied. However, the long relationship between dance and text has been explored both through textual interfaces by collapsing the boundaries between different art forms such as physical theatre, dance and literature and within the world of text, these boundaries are negotiated through the body of literature written about dance.
The exploration of the interactions between dance and literature opens up possibilities for exploring social and political, philosophical, and methodological problems concerning time and space as the constitutive elements of dance, the possibility to 'write' dance, and the social, cultural and political issues which dance expresses. This session aims to create a dialogue between dance practitioners and dance authors; between those who practice dance and think of texts on the one hand and those who write texts and think of dance on the other hand.
Friday 12 February 2010
Time: 12.30-2pm
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: Professor Helen Thomas, Jasmin Vardimon
Chair: Professor Luc Bovens
Jasmin Vardimon will be joined by Helen Thomas, Professor and Research Director at the London College of Fashion. Her work focuses on the sociology of dance and culture. She is the author of several books including Dance, Modernity and Culture |(1995) and The Body, Dance and Cultural Theory |(2004) and has directed research projects on dance and social inclusion, pain and injury in dancers, and social dance amongst older people.
This event was organised by Professor Luc Bovens, Dana Mills and Dr Jennifer Tarr.
Tickets are FREE, however reserved booking is required. See the link below for ticketing info.
Click here to reserve your tickets for this LSE Literary Festival event
Jasmin will be taking part in the LSE Literary Festival 2010, joining the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method and Forum for European Philosophy for a panel discussion on the subject of Dance, Text and Translation.
Dance is generally concerned with non-verbal bodily communication, while literature is text-based and disembodied. However, the long relationship between dance and text has been explored both through textual interfaces by collapsing the boundaries between different art forms such as physical theatre, dance and literature and within the world of text, these boundaries are negotiated through the body of literature written about dance.
The exploration of the interactions between dance and literature opens up possibilities for exploring social and political, philosophical, and methodological problems concerning time and space as the constitutive elements of dance, the possibility to 'write' dance, and the social, cultural and political issues which dance expresses. This session aims to create a dialogue between dance practitioners and dance authors; between those who practice dance and think of texts on the one hand and those who write texts and think of dance on the other hand.
Friday 12 February 2010
Time: 12.30-2pm
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: Professor Helen Thomas, Jasmin Vardimon
Chair: Professor Luc Bovens
Jasmin Vardimon will be joined by Helen Thomas, Professor and Research Director at the London College of Fashion. Her work focuses on the sociology of dance and culture. She is the author of several books including Dance, Modernity and Culture |(1995) and The Body, Dance and Cultural Theory |(2004) and has directed research projects on dance and social inclusion, pain and injury in dancers, and social dance amongst older people.
This event was organised by Professor Luc Bovens, Dana Mills and Dr Jennifer Tarr.
Tickets are FREE, however reserved booking is required. See the link below for ticketing info.
Click here to reserve your tickets for this LSE Literary Festival event
