Dance and Modernism in Irish and German Literature and Culture : Connections in Motion

"This volume is derived from ideas explored at the interdisciplinary conference 'Connections in Motion: Dance in Irish and German Literature, Film and Culture,' held at the University of Limerick in November 2016"-- Introductio A collection of scholarly articles and essays by dancers, scholars of ethnochoreology, dance studies, drama studies, cultural studies, literature, and architecture, Dance and Modernism in Irish and German Literature and Culture: Connections in Motion explores Irish-German connections through dance in choreographic processes and on stage, in literary texts, photography, dance documentation, film, and architecture from the 1920s to today. The contributors discuss modernism, with a specific focus on modern dance, and its impact on different art forms and discourses in Irish and German culture. Within this framework, dance is regarded both as a motif and a specific form of spatial movement, which allows for the transgression of medial and disciplinary boundaries as well as gender, social, or cultural differences. Part 1 of the collection focuses on Irish-German cultural connections made through dance, while part 2 studies the role of dance in Irish and German literature, visual art, and architecture A collection of scholarly articles and essays by dancers and scholars of ethnochoreology, dance studies, drama studies, cultural studies, literature, and architecture, Dance and Modernism in Irish and German Literature and Culture: Connections in Motion explores Irish-German connections through dance in choreographic processes and on stage, in literary texts, dance documentation, film, and architecture from the 1920s to today. The contributors discuss modernism, with a specific focus on modern dance, and its impact on different art forms and discourses in Irish and German culture. Within this framework, dance is regarded both as a motif and a specific form of spatial movement, which allows for the transgression of medial and disciplinary boundaries as well as gender, social, or cultural differences. Part 1 of the collection focuses on Irish-German cultural connections made through dance, while part 2 studies the role of dance in Irish and German literature, visual art, and architecture. Contents Figures Introduction Part I Chapter One: Modernism, Migration, and Irish-­German Connections in the 1930s and 1940s Chapter Two: Erina Brady Chapter Three: Duality of Cultural Influences as a Source of Insight and Inspiration Chapter Four: Irish Dance Documentation for the Archive Chapter Five: “Somewhere Between Remembering and Forgetting” Chapter Six: Creating Tanztheater Part II Chapter Seven: Samuel Beckett, Kleist, and Oskar Schlemmer Chapter Eight: Rhythm and Color Chapter Nine: Yeats’s Transgressive Dancers Chapter Ten: “I as a Text,” I as a Dance Chapter Eleven: Dancing between Transgression and Transformation in German Literature after 1945 and 1989 Chapter Twelve: Dance and the Postmodern Subject in “Libidoökonomie” and “Der Kranich auf dem Kiesel in der Pfütze” by Feridun Zaimoglu Chapter Thirteen: “Alive. Changing. New.” Index About the Contributors "This collection of essays by dancers, scholars of ethnochoreology, dance studies, drama studies, cultural studies, literature, and architecture explores Irish-German connections through dance in choreographic processes and on stage, in literary texts, photography, dance documentation, film, and architecture since the 1920s"-- Provided by publisher