Choreopower. Choreography and the politics of movement

该研究项目以具体的舞蹈作品为基础，调查了运动政治和神经多样性之间的相关性。舞蹈有很长的历史，使用编排技术来训练和规范动作。特别是最近，各种舞蹈公司与有所谓认知障碍(神经多样性)的舞者合作，探索不同形式的动作和动作制作。该项目观察这些表演的排练过程，以神经多样化的方式分析动作。该研究项目的目的是开发一种神经多样化的编排概念，使不同的动作形式可见，并质疑其正常化的现有过程。除了对排练过程和表演的详细分析外，该项目还调查了所调查的舞蹈作品的历史和社会背景。基于对编舞政治的研究，这些作品将位于20世纪下半叶以来与不同神经的舞者合作的舞蹈项目的历史中。使用我的“编舞高手”的概念，我们将考察它们与社会背景和规范的关系：舞蹈中使用的技术是以什么方式由“正常”动作的社会习俗决定的？舞蹈在多大程度上质疑这些动作，使它们变得可见？这项研究的目的是提出一种形式的批判性动作研究，使动作分析在其最初的舞蹈研究领域内产生成果，并超越其原有的研究领域。

The research project investigates the correlation between a politics of movement and neurodiversity on the basis of specific dance productions. Dance has a long history of using choreographic techniques to discipline and thus standardize movement. Especially in recent times, various dance companies working with dancers with so-called cognitive impairments (neurodiversities), exploring different forms of movement and movement production. The project observes the rehearsal processes of these performances in order to analyze movement in a neurodiverse way. The aim of the research project is to develop a neurodiverse concept of choreography that makes alternative forms of movement visible and questions existing processes of its normalization.In addition to a detailed analysis of the rehearsal processes and performances, the project investigates the historical and social context of the investigated dance productions. Based on the conducted research on a choreographic politics, the productions will be situated in the history of dance projects working with neurodiverse dancers since the second half of the 20th century. Using my concept of “choreopower”, their relation to social contexts and norms will be examined: In what way are techniques used in dance determined by social conventions of “normal” movements? And to what extent does dance question these movements, making them visible? The aim of the research is to propose a form of critical movement studies that makes movement analysis productive in and beyond its original field of research on dance.