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- My academic background is in Visual Culture, Cultural Studies, Literary Studies, Performance Studies, and Gender Studies. I hold an MA degree in English Literature and Culture and an MA degree in Gender Studies (both from Utrecht University, the Netherlands). My 'affectual' background is firmly rooted in all things performative, be they installations, performances, Queer Theory, literature, poetry, art, music, film. Virtually everything, but not quite. I have a fascination for works of art (in the broadest sense of the term) which challenge notions of normality and portray alternative ideas of embodiment through positive affirmations of 'monstrosity'. I have a background in instant composition, Cunningham, Limón, flamenco, and Modern European, and have done some performances (solo and group). I am very fond of writing (blogging and academic) and have a passion for teaching.
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- http://cms.let.uu.nl/vbaren
- Where are you based?
- I am currently based in Utrecht, the Netherlands, but will soon move to Toronto, Canada, to start my PhD research at York University in September 2008.
- Area of interest on performance and new media
- My PhD research topic deals with embodiment and intermediality in contemporary dance performances in Europe and in Canada. Herein, I aim to research the feedback loop between contemporary dance performances and the public arena / the imaginary of popular science and technology. I understand the impact of technology on the body as a project and work site of meaning, where (post)modern and (post)human subjectivities are articulated. My key research questions elaborate on how science and technology influence contemporary dance performances; and how, in turn, contemporary dance performances shape or reshape the technological and cultural scientific imaginary by influencing the codification of bodies, specifically in terms of what is to be considered a ‘normal’ body and what as ‘monstrous’.
Key to my research is mapping the transformative political and activist potential inherent to these contemporary dance performances, understanding theoretically informed research as a tool to look outward into the public arena in ways that may influence - or intervene in - public perception.
The corpus to be researched comprises of a selection of previous works by at least three contemporary choreographers, two of which are likely to be André Gingras (Canada) and Ivana Müller (Croatia), as well as a selection of their forthcoming projects. Both choreographers (and their dancers) have lived and worked in various national and cultural settings; their previous works incorporate explorations of absent bodies (Müller), genetic modification, medical autopsy techniques and atomic science (Gingras), and philosophical discourses on thoughts (Müller).
My theoretical framework moves through an interdisciplinary approach, using feminist theory, anthropology (Marcel Mauss and David Howes), phenomenology, philosophy (in particular Deleuze | Guattari, and Judith Butler), cultural studies (Stuart Hall and Sandra Harding), visual culture (W.J.T. Mitchell, Sean Cubitt, Amelia Jones and Laura Marks), feminist science studies (of which Donna Haraway in particular), and performance studies (of which the frameworks introduced by André Lepecki and Richard Schechner are of particular importance).
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- http://www.annabelvanbaren.wordpress.com
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this is Marlon.
very interesting research!
welcome to the network!
I invite you to watch this podcast:
http://www.dance-tech.net/profiles/blog/show?id=1462368%3ABlogPost%3A15471
or here:
http://dancetechnet.blip.tv/#824922
I think that there is an interesting and subtle articulation of the postmodern and the post-human body in her approach to training with the "Tunning Scores".
I would like to find more about this intersection,
cheers,
Marlon