Abstract
Landscape of the Now: A Topography of Movement Improvisation, Kent de Spain (2014) Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 189 pp., ISBN: 9780199988266, p/bk, £20.99. Landscape of the Now explores how the complexities of improvised movement can be structured and negotiated. For this study, De Spain discusses a set of questions inspired by his own practice and experience with eight of the big names in the American, ‘postmodern’ improvisation landscape, each of whom developed and disseminated one or more distinct movement improvisation approaches: Anna Halprin, Simone Forti, Ruth Zaporah, Barbara Dilley, Steve Paxton, Deborah Hay, Lisa Nelson and Nancy Stark Smith.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 105-107 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2016 |