Choreographing Difference: The Body and Identity in Contemporary Dance

Contents L I S T OF I L L U S T R A T I O N S IX A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S xi I N T R O D U C T I O N : W I T N E S S I N G D A N C E xiii Mining the Dancefield: Feminist Theory andContemporary Dance i Techno Bodies: Muscling with Gender in Contemporary Dance 28 Moving Across Difference: Dance and Disability 56 Incalculable Choreographies 93 Dancing Bodies and the Stories They Tell 119 Embodying History: Epic Narrative and Cultural Identity 150 in African-American Dance A P P E N D I X 179 N O T E S 191 S E L E C T E D B I B L I O G R A P H Y 2 0 5 I N D E X 211 This page intentionally left blank ...