Traces of Dance. Drawings and Notations of Choregraphers

The drawings and notations of chorégraphers rarely come before the public eye, and yet they are far more than simple memory ads. Graphic translation of dance open up visual and onceptual horizons of singular force. Midway between choregraphic tool and work of art, they offert a priviledged focus of inquiry for an entire range of critical approaches linked to the question of sight - which, at this century's turn, seems increasingly to bear on the limits of the imaginary.
Several types of speech and writing have been called upon to lead the viewer's perception through the traces that the dancing body lays down. While these texts are not all concerned with spécific practices of dance, they all deal with the most profound contributions that a knowledge of the moving body brings to our culture, to our lives. Thus, this book is devoted not only to the notation of movement, but also to a process of reflection that enlarges upon and diplaces the elements within its fields.
A wealth of visual documentation, a chronological table, and extensive bibliographical reférences also make this volume an invitation of the further research.

Cet ouvrage réunit des partitions, des dessins, croquis, notes, graphiques, tableaux, dégageant une textualité inconnue, entre écriture et image, dont le mouvement semble moins le but final qu'un relais cognitif.