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Author:   jackï job
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.331kg
ISBN:  

9781350452060

ISBN 10:   1350452068
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   28 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter One: Briefly Looking Back to Move Forward Prelude to Daai za Lady Approaching Alternative Identities Chapter Two: Emergence Dawn: Birth of Daai za Lady The Revelation of an Animist Spirit: A Matriarchal Chair, Carcasses and Masks The Political Emergence Chapter Three: Germination & Growth Improvisation Techniques: Releasing Notions of Self Japanese Codes of Daily Life: Unbuilding Western Perceptions of Structure Enacting Love as a Strategy of Resistance The Otherworldly Attunement of Daai za Lady’s Ontology Chapter Four: Blossoming & Fullness Blossoming: Finding Connections through Difference Developing New Methodologies in Performance A Brief Note on Resisting Language Fullness: Multiple Translations of Daai za Lady and Butoh in South Africa Chapter Five: And Then… Becoming the Praying Mantis Following the Lines of Life Looking Back at Daai za Lady Dissipation: What Happens Next? Bibliography Index

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This book shares unique experiences and histories of the people of South Africa and Japan through thoughtful questioning, artistic expression, and investigation of identity further emphasizing how cultural and social ideals impacts our choices reminding readers that history is inherently embedded into our actions as artists and people. * Jennifer Meckley, Assistance Professor of Dance, Dance Historian and Teacher, Ball State University, USA * In Choreographing Rebellion, jackï job invites the reader along on a spellbinding thirty-year artistic journey of self-exploration, self-fashioning, and resistance. This journey takes her from contemporary dance in Cape Town to butô in Tokyo and back, having created her own dance vocabulary. job should serve as a model for choreographers everywhere. * Bruce Baird, Author of: Hijikata Tatsumi and Butô: Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits *

In Choreographing Rebellion, jackï job invites the reader along on a spellbinding thirty-year artistic journey of self-exploration, self-fashioning, and resistance. This journey takes her from contemporary dance in Cape Town to butô in Tokyo and back, having created her own dance vocabulary. job should serve as a model for choreographers everywhere. * Bruce Baird, Author of: Hijikata Tatsumi and Butô: Dancing in a Pool of Gray Grits *

This book shares unique experiences and histories of the people of South Africa and Japan through thoughtful questioning, artistic expression, and investigation of identity further emphasizing how cultural and social ideals impacts our choices reminding readers that history is inherently embedded into our actions as artists and people. * Jennifer Meckley, Assistance Professor of Dance, Dance Historian and Teacher, Ball State University, USA *

Author Information

jackï job has been working as a dancer and choreographer since 1990 and has created more than 80 productions with artists in Africa, Asia and Europe. She is tenured as an academic researcher at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

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