%0 Journal Article
%T Dance Theatre: An Anti -Discursive Illustration of an Embodied Existence
%A Claire Hampton
%J Skepsi
%D 2012
%I University of Kent
%X This article investigates the value of dance theatre as a legitimate mode of empirical and somatic academic enquiry. It offers an in-depth analysis of Israeli choreographer Jasmin Vardimon¡¯s recent work 7734; examining this piece in relation to the discursive theories of the post-structural philosopher Michel Foucault and the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu as well as applying the theory of ¡®corporeality¡¯ as posited by Susan Leigh Foster, Professor of Dance. Moreover, it considers Vardimon¡¯s own identity as belonging to the third generation from the Holocaust through the lens of ¡®post memory¡¯ and analyses the impact of the choreographer¡¯s inherited memories upon her art. Finally, the article addresses dance theatre, specifically the work of practice led researcher, Jasmin Vardimon, as a means of transcending dualistic tendencies inherent in discursive academic research; and demonstrating how dance theatre invokes the perception, reception and reflection of the unified subjective; the body and mind of those choreographing, dancing and, last but by no means least, watching.
%K Jasmin Vardimon
%K unified subjective
%K dance theatre
%K somatic academic enquiry
%K 7734
%K post memory
%K inherited memory
%U https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8274824/v05i01/PDFS/Skepsi%200501-2012%20-%20Dance%20Theatre-%20An%20Anti%20-Discursive%20Illustration%20of%20an%20Embodied%20Existence-Hampton.pdf