Abstract
Seit gut zwanzig Jahren beschäftigen sich Experimente im zeitgenössischen Tanz mit dem Körper als dynamisches Material und den Möglichkeiten, repäsentativen Bildern zu entgehen. Dabei sind besonders Versuche prominent, gewohnte Formen durch Metamorphosen und tendenzielle Entgrenzungen von Körpern im Bühnenraum zu unterwandern. Sind jene Tanzstücke zu Beginn als die Wahrnehmung verunsichernd oder grotesk rezipiert worden, so haben sich unterdessen jedoch bereits Musterungen und Stile des Difformen ausgebildet. Im vorliegenden Text wird gezeigt, inwiefern das Groteske eine produktive ästhetische wie analytische Kategorie darstellt, um diese Transferbewegungen zwischen Ungewohntem und (bereits) Etabliertem und entsprechend akssiszie zhenzhenzhen imollitgenachlungen
Over the last twenty years contemporary dance's protagonists have been experimenting with the body as a dynamic material and probing possibilities of avoiding representative images. Amongst the more prominent attempts are those that subvert conventional forms through metamorphoses and potential transgressions of bodily limits on stage. Initially, such dance productions have been received as disturbing the viewer's perception itself, or as being grotesque. However, in the meantime one can already observe the development of patterns and styles of the “deformed”. This article shows how the grotesque can be productively used as both an aesthetic and an analytical category in order to trace the transfer movements between the unfamiliar and the already established. This contribution also highlights recent developments in contemporary dance.
Over the last twenty years contemporary dance's protagonists have been experimenting with the body as a dynamic material and probing possibilities of avoiding representative images. Amongst the more prominent attempts are those that subvert conventional forms through metamorphoses and potential transgressions of bodily limits on stage. Initially, such dance productions have been received as disturbing the viewer's perception itself, or as being grotesque. However, in the meantime one can already observe the development of patterns and styles of the “deformed”. This article shows how the grotesque can be productively used as both an aesthetic and an analytical category in order to trace the transfer movements between the unfamiliar and the already established. This contribution also highlights recent developments in contemporary dance.
Translated title of the contribution | Monsters and Metamorphosis:: Grotesque Bodies in Contemporary Dance |
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Original language | German |
Pages (from-to) | 237-251 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Cahiers d'Études Gérmaniques |
Issue number | 78 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |