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Cruel Optimism, Ironic Pessimism, Poetic Terrorism

How to Combat the Semiocapitalistic Pan(dem)ic in a Choreographed Song-Cycle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2021

Annelies Van Assche
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Abstract

Meyoucycle (2016) was the eagerly awaited result of a collaboration between choreographer Eleanor Bauer and composer Chris Peck. The characters of this dance and song–cycle have developed tactics to withstand the exploitative demands of neoliberal semiocapitalism; the creative team deployed performative and dramaturgical tactics for the same purpose.

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Stanford Consortium Issue: Part I
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TDR , Volume 65 , Issue 4 , December 2021 , pp. 38 - 50
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© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press for Tisch School of the Arts/NYU

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