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. . . THE READING GROUP, started by Tony Schultz, is a chance for Wingers to study alongside Contributors and Dance Theorists Tony Schultz and Maia Jordaan. The books chosen will be challenging, so be thankful to have great minds like theirs to help dissect these thought-provoking works! SUBSCRIBE to The Reading Group with this feed address. . . . BOOK 1 From Tony Schultz “Previously I wrote (and danced in) a post entitled Performance and Pedagogy, presenting the work of two radical scholars, Paulo Freire and Augusto Boal. In it I discussed the relationship between performance and education and how each could raise critical consciousness by promoting active dialogue. The Winger (and this whole corner of the blogosphere for that matter) is an ideal space for performing this type of dialogical dance. In a recent conversation with Tonya Plank regarding dance and politics, we had the idea of forming a reading group to add more depth to our discourse. I would like to officially invite all of you to participate in an experiment, the formation of an online reading group relating to dance and dance studies. Tonya and I thought of starting with Exhausting Dance: Performance and the politics of movement by Andre Lepecki. Like Freire and Boal, Lepecki is another radical scholar whose ideas have fundamentally transformed the way I think about dance and education. (He is also coincidentally Brazilian-born.) Lepecki currently teaches dance studies, performance studies, critical theory and philosophy at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Exhausting Dance is a wonderful book as it is both difficult and stimulating. Since it is such a short but challenging book it is ideal as the first text in this reading group. You can order the soft cover version of Exhausting Dance from Amazon right here. It is well worth the purchase. Perhaps we could have our first group analysis in a couple of weeks where we could pick apart the first chapter. Write a comment if you would like to participate. This feels like the start of something big!” BOOK 1 Posts - In Chronological Order • Performance and Pedagogy 2.0: The Reading Group | Reading Group Post I |
Greg said,
Cool new arrangement for the webpage, Tony … Um, what’s the current status for the reading group?
tony said,
In Lake Tahoe with Lisa right now. Beautiful! I will put up another post in a couple of days. Is everyone on board, thinking about subjectivity and slow-acts? Looking forward to hearing what all YOU all have to say. Maya where are you? Talk to everyone soon.
Maia said,
Hi Tony … and everyone else 
missing you all…
So sorry for the looooooong silence - my desktop & laptop crashed in the space of two weeks & at the moment I am away from home … have lots of new clues & ideas though - will be back in full swing by next week oh and I’m hopefully getting some more people to join the reading group… have been raving about the winger & especially this little space
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Lauryn Kaye said,
I just signed up for thewinger.com and I think it’s simply amazing. I have been dancing since I was just two years old and I was hoping to find some new perspectives on dance movement.
I think this reading group is a great idea. I’m going to see if I can get this book sometime in the very near future.
softservegirl said,
i think bringing critical analysis and some thoughtful brain banging will do everyone some good….it’s always a positive to challenge one’s self. I’m in!
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