Dancing to Transgress

Palestinian Dancer Sahar Damoni's Politics of Pleasure

Bibliographic Data

ID11224070
AuthorsHodel Ophir (0000-0003-2528-7987, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume53
Issue3
Pages25-45
Publication date2021-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDance Research Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0149-7677 • E-ISSN: 1940-509X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0149767721000401
OpenAlexW4210937186
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited49

As a woman Palestinian dancer and choreographer in Israel, Sahar Damoni performs within multiple contexts of cultural, gendered, and political oppression, employing her bodily art to challenge these structures, most poignantly through dances that express and evoke pleasure and sensual joy. Offering a detailed ethnography of three of Damoni's performances within one year in Israel/Palestine, I argue that an examination of her artistry provides unique insight into the intricate workings—and transgressions—of gender, ethnic, and national boundaries through the movement of the body in dance

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Dance · Ethnic group · Ethnography · Oppression · Palestine · Pleasure · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Psychology