Coming Together by Moving Apart: Contemporary Dance Scores and Communities During the Covid-19 Pandemic

This paper discusses Roof/Roof Piece, an adaptation of Trisha Brown's Roof Piece by Trisha Brown Dance Company and perch a dance made by Amy Voris and adapted by Voris and Katye Coe for Coe to perform in her home and online. Both these adaptations began during the Covid-19 pandemic, in contexts...

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Main Author: Hetty Blades
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2021-07-01
Series:The International Journal of Screendance
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Online Access:https://screendancejournal.org/article/view/7828
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spelling doaj-1477518c88a04b49b260c5173c9c7cb62021-07-14T13:17:56ZengThe Ohio State University LibrariesThe International Journal of Screendance2154-68782021-07-0112010.18061/ijsd.v12i0.78284897Coming Together by Moving Apart: Contemporary Dance Scores and Communities During the Covid-19 PandemicHetty Blades0Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE), Coventry UniversityThis paper discusses Roof/Roof Piece, an adaptation of Trisha Brown's Roof Piece by Trisha Brown Dance Company and perch a dance made by Amy Voris and adapted by Voris and Katye Coe for Coe to perform in her home and online. Both these adaptations began during the Covid-19 pandemic, in contexts when the artists could not meet in person. I consider the role that the scores played in facilitating these shared practices, asking how they allowed for the development and continuation of bonds between members of dance communities during this period.https://screendancejournal.org/article/view/7828scorescommunityshared practice
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Coming Together by Moving Apart: Contemporary Dance Scores and Communities During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The International Journal of Screendance
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shared practice
author_facet Hetty Blades
author_sort Hetty Blades
title Coming Together by Moving Apart: Contemporary Dance Scores and Communities During the Covid-19 Pandemic
title_short Coming Together by Moving Apart: Contemporary Dance Scores and Communities During the Covid-19 Pandemic
title_full Coming Together by Moving Apart: Contemporary Dance Scores and Communities During the Covid-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr Coming Together by Moving Apart: Contemporary Dance Scores and Communities During the Covid-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Coming Together by Moving Apart: Contemporary Dance Scores and Communities During the Covid-19 Pandemic
title_sort coming together by moving apart: contemporary dance scores and communities during the covid-19 pandemic
publisher The Ohio State University Libraries
series The International Journal of Screendance
issn 2154-6878
publishDate 2021-07-01
description This paper discusses Roof/Roof Piece, an adaptation of Trisha Brown's Roof Piece by Trisha Brown Dance Company and perch a dance made by Amy Voris and adapted by Voris and Katye Coe for Coe to perform in her home and online. Both these adaptations began during the Covid-19 pandemic, in contexts when the artists could not meet in person. I consider the role that the scores played in facilitating these shared practices, asking how they allowed for the development and continuation of bonds between members of dance communities during this period.
topic scores
community
shared practice
url https://screendancejournal.org/article/view/7828
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