In circles leading on – folkdance, a choreographic intersection

Andreas Berchtold

This research departs from a study, building on the relation between one’s own embodied cultural constitution and someone’s comprehension of the practice. Dealing with questions on what approaches that are needed to make different perceptions of dance the possibility to contribute to the development of the field. Placing a dancing body in center of the research gives rise to the position which yields the required perspectives. When dancing, the stance of representing a genre is assumed, taken and given in a concrete way, in this case – folkdance within contemporary contexts. Moving in circles through references from different discourses, and by allowing these circles to intersect in practice, the work achieves its critical point of view.

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Music

Muszikás, Legényes, on the CD Kettö Hungarian folkmusic. (Munich Records 1995).

Andersson Tidman, Patrik. Nr 51 och nr 98, ur Folkmusik från norra Södermanland - upptecknad 1898 av K.P Leffler. (Södermanlands museum 1982).

The exposition departs from the study:

Berchtold, Andreas. 2019. I cirklar som leder vidare - folkdans, en koreografisk skärningspunkt. Masterarbete, Institutionen för danspedagogik på Stockholms konstnärliga högskola.

In circles leading on

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