{"id":46029,"date":"2025-10-20T13:03:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/produit\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T09:26:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:26:34","slug":"of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/produit\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Of the Presence of the Body – Essays on dance and Performance Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of the Presence of the Body gathers nine original essays by eminent scholars in the fields of dance and performance studies. Its focus is the historical, cultural and political contexts that inform choreographic and dance practices and critical readings of dance\u2014in other words, how dance operates as critical discourse. The question that runs throughout the essays is the theoretical and political problem of “how dances come to be seen,” how the presence of the body leaves its mark on critical theories and performances.<\/p>\n

Focusing exclusively on 20th century dance, the interdisciplinary perspectives range from history to race studies, deconstruction, Marxist theory, feminist theory, literary studies and feminist ethnography. The anthology provides an overview of the current methodologies and theoretical developments in the field of dance studies. These essays expand our understanding of the performing body, and their organization around the epistemological problem in dance studies\u2014the dynamics of seeing, remembering and writing\u2014will make the collection useful for classes in dance criticism and theory, cultural theory, performance studies, and aesthetics.<\/p>\n

Contributors: Barbara Browning, Ramsey Burt, Thomas De Frantz, Mark Franko, Andr\u00e9 Lepecki, Karmen MacKendrick, Susan Manning, Randy Martin, Peggy Phelan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AUTHOR: <\/b>edited by Andr\u00e9 Lepecki
\nPUBLISHER: <\/b>Wesleyan University Press (2004)<\/p>\n

PAPERBACK: <\/b>192\u00a0pages
\nLANGUAGE: <\/b>English
\nISBN13: <\/strong>978-0-819-56612-6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":46028,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[135,227,152],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-46029","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-english-en","product_cat-essays-en","product_cat-performance-en","first","outofstock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\nOf the Presence of the Body - Essays on dance and Performance Theory - Books on the Move<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/produit\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Of the Presence of the Body - Essays on dance and Performance Theory - Books on the Move\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AUTHOR: edited by Andr\u00e9 Lepecki PUBLISHER: Wesleyan University Press (2004) PAPERBACK: 192\u00a0pages LANGUAGE: English ISBN13: 978-0-819-56612-6\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/produit\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Books on the Move\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Librairiebooksonthemove\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-03T08:26:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/en\\\/produit\\\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/en\\\/produit\\\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\\\/\",\"name\":\"Of the Presence of the Body - Essays on dance and Performance Theory - Books on the Move\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/en\\\/produit\\\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/en\\\/produit\\\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/media\\\/bom_2978.avif\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-20T11:03:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-03T08:26:34+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/en\\\/produit\\\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/en\\\/produit\\\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/en\\\/produit\\\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/media\\\/bom_2978.avif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/media\\\/bom_2978.avif\",\"width\":596,\"height\":909},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/en\\\/produit\\\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"online store\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/en\\\/online-shop\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Of the Presence of the Body – Essays on dance and Performance Theory\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/\",\"name\":\"Books on the Move\",\"description\":\"librairie nomade - danse - mouvement - performance\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Books on the Move\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/media\\\/logo-NB-400.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/media\\\/logo-NB-400.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":143,\"caption\":\"Books on the Move\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.booksonthemove.fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Librairiebooksonthemove\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Of the Presence of the Body - Essays on dance and Performance Theory - Books on the Move","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/produit\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Of the Presence of the Body - Essays on dance and Performance Theory - Books on the Move","og_description":"AUTHOR: edited by Andr\u00e9 Lepecki PUBLISHER: Wesleyan University Press (2004) PAPERBACK: 192\u00a0pages LANGUAGE: English ISBN13: 978-0-819-56612-6","og_url":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/produit\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\/","og_site_name":"Books on the Move","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Librairiebooksonthemove\/","article_modified_time":"2025-11-03T08:26:34+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/produit\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\/","url":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/produit\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\/","name":"Of the Presence of the Body - Essays on dance and Performance Theory - Books on the Move","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/produit\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/produit\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/media\/bom_2978.avif","datePublished":"2025-10-20T11:03:06+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-03T08:26:34+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/produit\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/produit\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/produit\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/media\/bom_2978.avif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/media\/bom_2978.avif","width":596,"height":909},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/produit\/of-the-presence-of-the-body-essays-on-dance-and-performance-theory\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"online store","item":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/online-shop\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Of the Presence of the Body – Essays on dance and Performance Theory"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/","name":"Books on the Move","description":"librairie nomade - danse - mouvement - performance","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/#organization","name":"Books on the Move","url":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/media\/logo-NB-400.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/media\/logo-NB-400.jpg","width":400,"height":143,"caption":"Books on the Move"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Librairiebooksonthemove\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/46029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=46029"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=46029"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booksonthemove.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=46029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}