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The Death of the

Dancer.About the dancer/choreographers authorship incontemporary dance.

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Roland Barthes, Structuralism andPost-structuralism

The Death of the Author (essayby Roland Barthes)

Xavier Le Roy (performance byJerme Bl)

Theoretical Task

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author

scriptor

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The word choreography literallymeans "dance-writing" from the

Greek words "" (circulardance, see chorea) and ""(writing).

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choreography (Retrieved 14/02/2010)

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structuralism: there are

unobservable structures within asystem that generate observablephenomena

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texts could be interpreted based solely on thecultural and social circumstances of the authorcame to believe that the reader's culture andsociety shared an equal part in theinterpretation of a piece. If the reader sees itin one way, how do we know that that is theway the author intended? We don't. [...] theinterpretation and criticism of any literature isin the hands of the individual reader and willnecessarily include that reader's own culturalbiases and assumptions. While manystructuralists first thought that they could

tease out an author's intention by closescrutiny, they soon found so manydisconnections, that it was obvious that theirown experiences lent a view that was unique

to them.

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text = dance performance, art work

author = choreographer, dancer,artist

reader = audience, spectator

writing = choreographing, dancing,creating

Search for

analogies:

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"[The poem] is detached from theauthor at birth and goes about the

world beyond his power to intendabout it or control it. The poembelongs to the public.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_the_Author (Retrieved 14/02/2010)

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Jerme Bl

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Jerme Bl: Xavier Le Roy

http://www.catalogueraisonne-jeromebel.com/player.php?ep=5

http://www.catalogueraisonne-jeromebel.com/player.php?ep=5http://www.catalogueraisonne-jeromebel.com/player.php?ep=5

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To X: Who would you entrust withthe task to create a performance inyour style called Y?

To Y: If X was the author of yourpiece called Y what would it looklike and how would you go aboutmaking it in order to follow Xsstyle?

Key: X = author, Y = scriptor and performance title

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Thom Bodle

Katie Cheetham Amy Clark Rebecca Hollis

Chantelle Hutson Rebecca Jeffs Rachael Jennings

Nikki McLusky Hannah Rycraft Sarah Vaughan-Jones

Jade Whitehead

Titles:

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1. Which (type of) dancers would you use?2. What would the subject of your piece be, considering that it

was a continuation of Xs last piece?

3. Which methods would you employ in order to create it?

4. What would the piece look like regarding e.g. light,costumes, stage design/set, visuals, movement qualitiesetc.?

5. What would the audience feel or think whilst watching theperformance?

6. If you were the author of this performance how would it bedifferent or similar?