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Phenomenology and Dance: Husserlian Meditations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2012

Anna Pakes
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The dimming of the house lights focuses attention on the still darkened stage, although awareness of the others in the auditorium and its quieted bustle does not entirely fade. From the stage, the sound of several people taking five or six measured footsteps in unison, then stopping, momentarily precedes the lights (stage and house) fading quickly up to reveal nine performers. They stand, facing out, dressed in ordinary clothes (shirt and jacket, jumper and skirt, different colors), steady gaze directed at the audience. They stand in the gaps between a series of reflective slabs, each of the same regular dimensions, slightly wider and taller than the performers themselves. Behind the performers is a further line of panels cut from the same material. After a brief pause, the space darkens.

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Dance Research Journal , Volume 43 , Issue 2 , Winter 2011 , pp. 33 - 49
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Copyright © Congress on Research in Dance 2011

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