Poetics of Contemporary Dance

Originally published in France, historian and critic Laurence? Louppe’s treatise displays remarkable erudition as it draws from a wide range of dance, literary, artistic, and philosophical sources to analyze poetics in terms of the body, weight, time, flow, breath, style, and composition. The use of unusual vocabulary and often-obscure references will intrigue and challenge readers and broaden their knowledge of contemporary dance thinking from a French perspective.