TBA:09 LECTURE
Close Encounters: Contemporary dance and Theories of Intimacy
by Danielle Goldman
Danielle Goldman, professor at the New School in New York City, will pay particular attention to the choreographers presenting work in the TBA:09 Festival who explore connections between contemporary dance and theories of intimacy in philosophy, literature, and histories of photography. What happens when bodies, sensually complex and laden with history, encounter one another at close range?
Danielle Goldman has taught in the Dance Department at Barnard College, the Performance Studies Department at New York University, and the Arts Department at The New School, where she is currently Assistant Professor of Dance History and Theory. She recently edited a special issue of Women & Performance, exploring gendered relations between music and dance, and was guest co-editor for the Movement Research Performance Journal #33. She has published articles in Dance Research, Dance Research Journal, Etcetera, and TDR: The Drama Review. Her book, I Want to be Ready: Improvised Dance as a Practice of Freedom, will be published by the University of Michigan Press in December 2009. She is also a dancer who has worked with choreographers Rachel Bernsen, Judith Sanchez Ruiz, Anna Sperber, and most recently, DD Dorvillier and Beth Gill.