Speaking Dancer

Finding Humanity through the Embodied Voice

AvJacky Lansley

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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The Speaking Dancer offers a rich and thought-provoking exploration of radical interdisciplinary dance and performance within a broad political and philosophical context that investigates its wider impact on humanity.In dialogue with other international practitioners, author Jacky Lansley draws on her work in dance, visual/performance art, film, theatre, and academia to examine how ideas and meaning "speak" through the body as well as the voice. Entrenched in feminist discussions of the gendered body and offering a space where dance practitioners can move beyond gender stereotypes, the book draws on a wide range of holistic, artistic, philosophical, and sociopolitical discourses and practices to examine the importance of the thinking body and the integration of the conscious and unconscious in art and life.This book is ideal for students and practitioners of dance, choreography, theatre, performance, and live art, as well as researchers exploring the significance of the embodied voice in promoting the well-being of human societies.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-08-17
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:194
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781032700403

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Jacky Lansley is a choreographer, writer, and visual/performance artist with over five decades of experience. She was a founding member of two of the UK’s leading independent dance studios, X6 Dance Space and Chisenhale Dance Space. In 2002, she founded the Dance Research Studio (DRS) in London, where she launched The Speaking Dancer Interdisciplinary Performance Training (SDIPT). Her published works include The Wise Body: Conversations with Experienced Dancers, co-authored with Fergus Early (2011), and Choreographies: Tracing the Materials of an Ephemeral Art Form (2017). In 2018, she was the recipient of the One Dance UK’s prestigious Jane Attenborough Award for outstanding services to dance.

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Introduction1. The Interdisciplinary Aesthetics of Radical DanceTheatre Landscapes and Memories - Finding a Voice throughMovementThe Actor Dancer - Vocabularies and ProcessesPlays and PlayingVisual Landscapes - Abstraction, Image and the EverydayThe Object-hood of Dance and Gesture2. Emotional Embodiment as Life and ArtKnowing ChildrenBeing Present in all SensesOther AnimalsThe Good The Bad and The Ugly SwanDance as Healing and EmpowermentAnything can be a Dance3. The Speaking Dancer as Feminist Metaphor and PracticeDo you know where your perineum is?What are you looking at?4. Different Voices - Dance as Political ActivismMigration and DanceReclaiming the creative context of Black Dance in the UKThe political voice of Black DanceDefying Ageism with DanceProtecting the Planet through Art and CollaborationWhy artists are importantConclusion