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In the Shadow of a Dancer : Light as Dramaturgy in Contemporary Performance. / Graham, Katherine Joy.
In: Contemporary Theatre Review, Vol. 28, No. 2, 11.06.2018, p. 196-209.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - In the Shadow of a Dancer
T2 - Light as Dramaturgy in Contemporary Performance
AU - Graham, Katherine Joy
PY - 2018/6/11
Y1 - 2018/6/11
N2 - This article examines the dramaturgy of light, addressing ways in which its ephemeral, spatiotemporal materiality may be understood as a crucial infrastructure of performance. I propose that ideas of new and expanded dramaturgies provide a productive frame with which to explore the generative impact of light on performance. Correspondingly, examining ways in which light operates within performance provides a fruitful means of analysing the dramaturgical structure of a work. I demonstrate ways that light sculpts both the form and the content of a specific example, the recent contemporary dance work <> by the Russell Maliphant Company, and use this analysis to offer insight into the dramaturgical potential of scenographic light more broadly.
AB - This article examines the dramaturgy of light, addressing ways in which its ephemeral, spatiotemporal materiality may be understood as a crucial infrastructure of performance. I propose that ideas of new and expanded dramaturgies provide a productive frame with which to explore the generative impact of light on performance. Correspondingly, examining ways in which light operates within performance provides a fruitful means of analysing the dramaturgical structure of a work. I demonstrate ways that light sculpts both the form and the content of a specific example, the recent contemporary dance work <> by the Russell Maliphant Company, and use this analysis to offer insight into the dramaturgical potential of scenographic light more broadly.
KW - Light
KW - Scenography
KW - Dramaturgy
KW - Lighting design
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85048641948&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10486801.2017.1412953
DO - 10.1080/10486801.2017.1412953
M3 - Article
VL - 28
SP - 196
EP - 209
JO - Contemporary Theatre Review
JF - Contemporary Theatre Review
SN - 1048-6801
IS - 2
ER -