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Author:   Jacky Lansley (Freelance Dance Artist and Director of Dance Research Studio) ,  Fergus Early
Publisher:   Intellect
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781841504186

ISBN 10:   1841504181
Pages:   205
Publication Date:   26 September 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction – Jacky Lansley and Fergus Early   Chapter 1: The sense of shape, the sense of time – Philippe Priasso   Chapter 2: Growing new patterns from a new imagination – Lisa Nelson   Chapter 3: Dance is the best cream and the best vitamin – La Tati   Chapter 4: Can’t … try … can – Julyen Hamilton   Chapter 5: There are so many surprises – Yoshito Ohno   Chapter 6: How important is dance? I think it may be critical! – Steve Paxton   Chapter 7: Lines of experience – Jacky Lansley   Chapter 8: Now we’re famous we need jackets – Will Gaines   Chapter 9: That quality of knowing movement never leaves you – Jane Dudley   Chapter 10: From stillness I could feel the energy begin – Pauline de Groot   Chapter 11: Please come and dance on the lotus of my heart – Bisakha Sarker   Chapter 12: Your body knows a lot of things – Fergus Early   Afterthoughts – Jacky Lansley and Fergus Early

Reviews

A long-awaited, remarkable collection that gives life to the dancing body. At last a chance to hear the voices of these very special performers and creators who have carried the discoveries of the new dance movement over thirty years. What is so exciting and beautiful is that the writing is as unique as each of the creative identities. A book to treasure for all those who have sought to understand the moving body. --Rosemary Butcher, choreographer<br><br>--Rosemary Butcher

If today we are learning to value older dancers, this is largely due to the revolution in dance practices and training methods that took place in the 1970s and 1980s. Many of the interviews in this book are with pioneers of new ways of moving that focus on somatic practices which have been informed by an understanding of the dancing body that embraces both aesthetics and politics. Lansley and Early have been at the forefront of these developments in Britain and The Wise Body not only adds to our historical knowledge but also offers new insights into the practice of experienced dancers. --Ramsay Burt, De Montfort University<br><br>--Ramsay Burt, De Montfort University

Author Information

Jacky Lansley, choreographer and performance artist has been practicing for more than three decades; she forged her unique style from a rigorous training in both classical work with the Royal Ballet Company and in the radical, conceptual worlds of Performance Art and New Dance practice. Fergus Early began his dancing career with the Royal Ballet, later studying at the London Contemporary Dance School where he became a senior teacher. He was a founder member of X6 Dance Space and New Dance Magazine.

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