Choreographing Theory: An Analysis of Edouard Lock's "Amelia" (2002) Questioning the Limits of Feminist and Poststructuralist Perspectives

Autor/in	Ireland, Ruby
Titel	Choreographing Theory: An Analysis of Edouard Lock's "Amelia" (2002) Questioning the Limits of Feminist and Poststructuralist Perspectives
Quelle	In: Research in Dance Education, 10 (2009) 1, S.49-61 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1464-7893
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Self Concept; Feminism; Males; Dance; Films; Semiotics; Social Theories; Sexual Orientation; Comparative Analysis; Nonverbal Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstkonzept; Feminismus; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Tanz; Film; Semiotik; Gesellschaftstheorie; Sexuelle Orientierung; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation
Abstract	Edouard Lock's dance film "Amelia" (2002) is the focus of this essay. Second-wave feminist and poststructuralist perspectives inform the analysis of this piece of contemporary dance. Laura Mulvey's male gaze theory and Julia Kristeva's theory of the semiotic and symbolic realms of representation are explored and critiqued, whilst Jacques Derrida's deconstruction forms the basis of the poststructuralist inquiry. The work of dance scholars including Ann Daly, Susan Leigh Foster and Ann Cooper Albright is drawn upon in relation to applying these theories to dance. This analysis demonstrates how dance, and specifically Lock's work, questions the limits of feminist and poststructuralist theories. The dissection of binary oppositions is a feminist and poststructuralist concern and as such, this common strategy is investigated through "Amelia". Application of feminist and poststructuralist theories demonstrate that Lock's choreography presents ambiguous gender identities and challenges the boundaries of balletic convention whilst also acknowledging the necessity of conventional frameworks of identity. This analysis serves to highlight Lock's choreography as a valuable tool for comparing feminist and poststructuralist theories and leads to useful lines of questioning in each. (Contains 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10