Jérôme Bel: Dance, Theatre, and the Subject

Jérôme Bel: The Theatricality of Dance is the first English-language monograph on the work of French choreographer Jérôme Bel. It covers his 20-year career as a now internationally-renowned choreographer from the beginnings in 1994 with his piece Nom donné par l'auteur to his most recent global productions like Disabled Theatre. The book provides an overview and an in-depth analysis of Bel's choreographies and the contexts they resonate with, exploring the intersection between artistic practice and theory.

Author: Gerald Siegmund
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/18/2017
Pages: 286
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9781137552716

About the Author

Gerald Siegmund is Professor of Applied Theatre Studies at the Justus-Liebig University in Giessen, Germany. He is author of numerous articles on contemporary dance and theatre performance, as well as editor of the book William Forsythe - Denken in Bewegung (2004). His other publications include Abwesenheit. Eine performative Ästhetik des Tanzes (2006), and Dance, Politics, and Co-Immunity (with Stefan Hölscher, 2013).