Contemporary Choreography

Fully revised and updated, this third edition of Contemporary Choreography presents a range of articles covering choreographic enquiry, investigation into creative processes, and innovative challenges to understandings about dance making.

Contributions from a global range of practitioners and researchers address a spectrum of concerns in the field, organized into six broad domains:

Processes of Making
Culture, Contexts and Intersections
Choreography, Politics and Power
Choreography and Interdisciplinary Arts Practice
Technology, Transmission and Immersion
Choreographic Environments and Interventions

Including 24 new chapters and 6 updated ones, Contemporary Choreography captures the essence and progress of choreography in the third decade of the twenty-first century, supporting and encouraging rigorous thinking and research for future generations of dance practitioners and scholars.

Author Biography

Jo Butterworth was Professor of Dance Studies at the University of Malta.

Vicky Hunter is a Practitioner-Researcher and Visiting Research Fellow in Site Dance at Bath Spa University, UK.