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The Minor Gesture
Artist/Author: Erin Manning | Reference: P4127 | ISBN: 978-0822361213 | Type: Publication

Manning extends her previous inquiries into the politics of movement to the concept of the minor gesture.

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Déjà Vu and the End of History
Artist/Author: Paolo Virno | Reference: P3726 | ISBN: 9781781686126 | Type: Publication

Examines the construct of memory, the passage of time, and the “end of history.”

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Choreographing Problems: Expressive Concepts in Contemporary Dance and Performance
Artist/Author: Bojana Cvejic | Reference: P3593 | ISBN: 978-1349556106 | Type: Publication

Illuminates the relationship between philosophy and experimental choreographic practice today in the works of leading European choreographers.

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After Live: Possibility, Potentiality, and the Future of Performance
Artist/Author: Daniel Sack | Reference: P3081 | ISBN: 978-0472052868 | Type: Publication

The book conceives of traditional dramatic theater as a place for taming the future and then conceptualizes how performance beyond this paradigm might stage the unruly nature of futurity.

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Theatre and Time
Artist/Author: David Wiles | Reference: P3004 | ISBN: 978-1137343864 | Type: Publication

Explores how different concepts of time – including linear clock time, the cyclical time of the planets and seasons, the rhythms of the body and individual memories – have impacted on and been reinforced by theatre throughout history, from medieval times to the present day.

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