Contemporary Choreography: A Critical Reader

Fully revised and updated, this second edition of Contemporary Choreography presents a range of articles covering choreographic enquiry, investigation into the creative process, and innovative challenges to traditional understandings of dance making.

Contributions from a global range of practitioners and researchers address a spectrum of concerns in the field, organized into seven broad domains:

• Conceptual and philosophical concerns
• Processes of making
• Dance dramaturgy: structures, relationships, contexts
• Choreographic environments
• Cultural and intercultural contexts
• Challenging aesthetics
• Choreographic relationships with technology.

Including 23 new chapters and 10 updated ones, Contemporary Choreography captures the essence and progress of choreography in the twenty-first century, supporting and encouraging rigorous thinking and research for future generations of dance practitioners and scholars.