critical studies

On Transversality: Ullmann, infrastructures, ethics

Alexandra Baybutt (Presented 12 April 2023, as a talk in the frame of the WAEF three-day summit on the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System. I was part of a day focussed on ‘the ‘silent’ bodies of knowledge and overlooked contributors: the women and men who developed and ensured the legacy of ‘Laban’ studies’) Abstract This presentation discussesContinue reading “On Transversality: Ullmann, infrastructures, ethics”

What is dramaturgy?

Befriending the artistic work The artist makes the work; the dramaturg support the process. Less movement intervention and more conversation partner and offering second set of eyes/perceptual systems: dramaturgy is a bit like being a midwife of the artwork in its development. Dramaturgs ask a lot of questions. If we are working on the developmentContinue reading “What is dramaturgy?”