Movement as Matter: A Practice-Based Inquiry into the Substance of Dancing

Abstract

This article approaches dance through the lens of new materialist theories (speculative realism, object-oriented ontology, thing theory, posthumanism, etc.), considering the possibility that objecthood need not align with inertness and movement need not be excluded from the realm of the substantive. Deploying a practice-based methodology informed by participation in works by Simone Forti and Maria Hassabi, as well her own movement investigation, the author considers theoretical positions that counter the persistent association of dance with ephemerality while also broadly questioning the relationship between dance and theory.

[Retracted] Analysis of the Relationship between Dance Action and Health Psychology in the Process of Dance Performance Teaching Environment

“…Since then, most universities in China have set up special or public courses of sports dance, which has produced more athletes and dance teachers, but at the same time, many problems have emerged. Because dance teachers lack the understanding of dance theory and dance instructional mode and method in teaching, they only rely on “experience” to teach, which leads to a great discount on the effect of training talents [ 4 ].…”