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Category: Philosophy of Dance

  • Dance As Language

    There are performance standards that dancers must live up to in order to dance in a way that falls within the boundaries of a certain dance genre or practice. One is not “doing ballet”, for example, if one does not make use the steps, positions, and movements that are part of what counts a ballet,…

  • Are We Our Bodies?

    What does it mean for your body to be the instrument of your art, as it is often said of dance? A human body is not an inanimate object, like a puppet. Yet your body is part of the material world. In the sun, its skin will burn and blister. In the rain, it will…