Meredith Monk's "Quarry" comes to mind. It might help list users if you explain what you are looking for in terms of "site-specific work". Is it movement in a non-proscenium space -- or does it need to be movement that is "driven" by the chosen site? Susan Mann, smann@towson.edu (Baltimore, MD U.S.A.) Raewyn Whyte wrote: > Dear List members > > I am hoping that some of you may be able to help me, and would greatly > appreciate any pointers you can provide. > > I teach in the contemporary dance degree program at UNITEC Institute of > Technology in Auckland, New Zealand. > > For a paper I teach each year in Dance Studies, I need to locate (for > purchase) video of site specific performances, but I have experienced great > difficulty in identifying sources of such videos/films. > > In part this is a cataloguing issue -- the category "site-specific > performance" may not have been used by the indexers, or may not exist as a > category in a given collection. And in part it's an issue of practice - > dance video makers are more interested in a creating videodance than in > documenting/creatively filming/collaborating on filming site-specific > events (which are of course difficult to film.) > > So I wonder if you can help me? > > I need to draw a line between "environmental performance" [which is > performance presented out-of -doors or in some non-conventional environment > or other public place, but which stages the event in that environment > without specifically engaging with that environment] and "site-specific > performance" in which the intention of the performance is to transform the > understanding of the site (and its history and/or everyday significance) > with which the performance engages. To complicate matters, it isn't > always obvious where the boundary falls -- eg Anna Halprin's dance rituals > (for example) are more often environmental performances but are also at > times site specific. > > Anyway, I would be very grateful for your assistance, or for pointers to > other contacts of whom I can inquire. > > Thanks you for your time > -Raewyn Whyte > > ====This message came from the NZ dance news mailing list===== > ===to subscribe/unsubscribe reply to this message with instructions==== > ====List maintainer is Raewyn Whyte - raewyn@url.co.nz=== > ==="A dance is worth 10,000 words" - http://url.co.nz/arts/dance.html === -- Susan Leslie Mann, Dance
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