Abstract
In this chapter, the site dance artist Rosemary Lee begins with a broad, personal overview of dancing outdoors and traces the roots of her own practice. Drawing on her extensive body of work, she then reveals the various considerations and concerns she has, when working with a new site and local community. She concludes with a case study detailing the specific, often poignant challenges of working in one site – Queen Square, Bloomsbury London – in her work Square Dances (Dance Umbrella, 2011). The chapter draws on her keynote speech presented at the Dance and the Outdoors online symposium devised and produced by 101 Outdoor Arts Creation Space and The Place, in partnership with Birmingham International Dance Festival on 8 June 2021.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Routledge Companion to Site-Specific Performance |
| Editors | Victoria Hunter, Cathy Turner |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781003283034 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781032254104 |
| Publication status | Published - 17 Dec 2024 |
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