June 09, 2007
indomitable spirit of dance
From wbur.org:
The body of a dancer is celebrated as physical perfection on stage. Long, muscular limbs, executing an almost super-human range of motion help define this form of expression.
Lisa Bufano, a performance artist from Allston (Mass), is challenging that preconception. Bufano is a bilateral below knee and finger amputee, is winning rave reviews in the dance world ...
More here.
Posted by Sughra Raza at 09:31 AM | Permalink
Comments
Amazing. I wonder if the table idea was influenced by Derrida:
"Marx must have recourse to theatrical language... he must describe the table become commodity as a table that turns, to be sure, during a spiritualist séance, but also as a ghostly silhouette, the figuration of an actor or a dancer... the table has feet, the table has a head, its body comes alive... it stands up and addresses itself to others..."
- Jacques Derrida,
Spectres of Marx
Posted by: Bill Ectric | Jun 8, 2007 9:54:38 AM
Wow. That is too cool. Nothing intelligent to add though.
Posted by: Akbi | Jun 10, 2007 1:37:42 AM
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