On the Value of Mistranslations and Contaminations

The Category of “Contemporary Choreography” in Asian Dance

Bibliographic Data

ID11222673
AuthorsAnanya Chatterjea (corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume45
Issue1
Pages7-21
Publication date2013-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDance Research Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0149-7677 • E-ISSN: 1940-509X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0149767712000320
OpenAlexW2083285816
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited6

This article works through ideas of bad/mis-translation in order to explore some of the cultural politics that undergird the construction of the global stage with specific reference to the idea of contemporary choreography in Asian dance. Bound by contesting flows toward heterogeneity and homogeneity, the global stage begs questions about the categories that pose as neutral signifiers—categories that are deployed in organizing “global” programming, and that ultimately over-determine our reception of difference. The article works through examples of artists working with Asian dance, touring their work on the global circuit, and often engaging in some kinds of mis-alignments or bad translations, thus allowing space for complicated questions of difference to emerge

Aesthetics · Art · Choreography · Cultural politics · Dance · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Visual arts · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies

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