Site Dance: Choreographers and the Lure of Alternative Spaces

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Contents List of Illustrations vii Foreword xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 Part 1. Excavating Place: Memory and Spectacle 25 1. Meredith Monk An Interview 33 Meredith Monk as Site Pioneer, 1969–71 by Meredith Monk 40 2. Joanna Haigood An Interview 52 Looking for the Invisible by Joanna Haigood 60 3. Stephan Koplowitz An Interview 64 Still Learning, Doing, and Relearning: Thoughts on Making and Defining Site-Specific Performance by Stephan Koplowitz 73 4. Heidi Duckler An Interview 84 Rabbi Pinchas as a Mexican Wrestler: Adventures in Dance by Merridawn Duckler 93 5. Ann Carlson An Interview 104 Thumbprint by Ann Carlson 112 Part 2. Environmental Dialogues: Sensing Site 119 6. Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad An Interview 125 Between Landscape, Self, and Other by Olive Bieringa 136 7. Leah Stein An Interview 142 Of Grass and Gravel by Leah Stein 150 8. Marylee Hardenbergh An Interview 158 One River Mississippi by Marylee Hardenbergh 165 Part 3. Revering Beauty: The Essence of Place 173 9. Eiko Otake An Interview 179 Feeling Wind, Feeling Gaze by Eiko Otake 188 10. Sally Jacques An Interview 199 The Making of Requiem: A Site-Specific Dance Opera by Sally Jacques 206 11. Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig An Interview 217 The Honeymoon Is Over by Sara Pearson 228 Part 4. Civic Interventions: Accessing Community 233 12. Jo Kreiter An Interview 239 Making Sparrow’s End by Jo Kreiter 246 13. Tamar Rogoff An Interview 253 Carriers of Consciousness: The Role of the Audience in The Ivye Project by Tamar Rogoff 260 14. Martha Bowers An Interview 268 Choreography for Uncontrollable Contexts by Martha Bowers 279 Bibliography 291 Index 309 ...