Choreopower. Choreography and the politics of movement

该研究项目在特定舞蹈作品的基础上调查运动政治与神经多样性之间的关系。舞蹈有着悠久的历史，使用编舞技术来规范和规范动作。特别是最近，各种舞蹈公司与所谓的认知障碍（神经多样性）舞者合作，探索不同形式的运动和运动生产。该项目观察了这些表演的排练过程，以便以神经多样性的方式分析运动。该研究项目的目的是发展一种神经多样性的舞蹈概念，使其他形式的运动可见，并质疑其规范化的现有过程。除了对排练过程和表演的详细分析外，该项目还调查了被调查舞蹈作品的历史和社会背景。根据对编舞政治的研究，这些作品将被置于20世纪下半叶以来与神经多样性舞者合作的舞蹈项目的历史中。使用我的“编舞力量”概念，它们与社会背景和规范的关系将被检查：在舞蹈中使用的技术是如何由“正常”动作的社会惯例决定的？舞蹈在多大程度上质疑这些动作，让它们变得可见？本研究的目的是提出一种批判动作研究的形式，使动作分析在舞蹈研究的原始领域内外都富有成效。

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.