Dancing Across the Page

Discussing theoretical perspectives such as phenomenology, feminism and postmodernism, this book offers the reader a comprehensive theoretical understanding of a range of approaches within cultural and performance studies that remain grounded in personal narratives and lived experiences.

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An innovative exploration of understanding through dance, Dancing across the Page draws on the frameworks of phenomenology, feminism, and postmodernism to offer readers an understanding of performance studies that is grounded in personal narrative and lived experience. Through accounts of contemporary dance making, improvisation, and dance education, Karen Barbour explores a diversity of themes, including power; activism; and cultural, gendered, and personal identity. An intimate yet rigorous investigation of creativity in dance, Dancing across the Page emphasizes embodied knowledge and imagination as a basis for creative action in the world.