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<p>In <i>Critical Moves</i> Randy Martin sets in motion an inquiry into the relationship between dance, politics, and cultural theory. Drawing on his own experiences as a dancer as well as his observations as a cultural critic and social theorist, Martin illustrates how the study and practice of dance can reanimate arrested prospects for progressive politics and social change.<br> From experimental and concert dance to more popular expressions, Martin engages a range of performances and demonstrates how a critical reflection on dance helps promote fluency in the language of mobilization that political theory alludes to yet rarely speaks. He explores how Bill T. Jones’s <i>Last Supper at Uncle Tom’s Cabin/The Promised Land</i> defies attempts to separate social ideas from aesthetic concerns and celebrates multiculturalism in the face of a singular national culture; he studies the choreography in rapper Ice Cube’s video “Wicked,” which confronts racialized depictions of violent crime; and he discusses how racial difference is negotiated by analyzing a hip hop aerobics class in a nonblack environment.<br> Revealing how mastery of modern dance technique teaches an individual body to e

Author

Randy Martin; Duke University Press

Publisher

Duke University Press Books

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780822322030

Subjects

Sports, Anthropology, Philosophy