 Dances that describe themselves: the improvised choreography of Richard Bull.
Author: Foster, Susan Leigh Published: 2002 Trained as a jazz pianist, the New York choreographer Richard Bull did not uphold the opposition found in dance between improvisation and composition. Instead, he believed that dancers, like jazz musicians, could craft a piece spontaneously in performance. Analysing performances by Bull and many of his contemporaries, Susan Foster argues that their diverse practices embody distinctive values representative of different artistic communities, yet they all share a capacity to reflect on their own making, in a sense, describing themselves. |
