Physical solidarity as feeling the feeling
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21722010 |
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| Authors | Ramsay Burt (0000-0001-8818-7057, De Montfort University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 148-150 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Theatre and Performance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-2761 • E-ISSN: 2040-0616 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14682761.2024.2342690 |
| OpenAlex | W4399716990 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
This provocation reflects on the experience of taking a class in contemporary African dance in Senegal, arguing that it represents a physicalisation of solidarity. The class included dance students from Europe and the African continent who came together through moving rhythmically despite having no common verbal language. Drawing on Sara Ahmed’s proposals about solidarity and Judith Butler’s theory of performative assembly, this intervention argues that the aesthetic underlying these students’ dancing was one that challenged dominant aesthetic values and the power relations underling them to generate solidarity as feeling the feeling of this challenge. This is a short provocation that was prepared for the roundtable discussion on ‘Decolonisation and Solidarity’ as part of the conference, Borderlines IX: Seeking Solidarity and Wonder Through Performance, which took place at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK, on 30 June and 1 July 2022
Aesthetics · Art · Feeling · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · Art Therapy and Mental Health · Interdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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