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Acknowledgements |
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Introduction |
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Only concepts? Dance and the conceptual |
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Only live? Dance and the ephemeral |
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6 | (2) |
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Shaping time from within: Rhythm and dance |
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8 | (2) |
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Going against the flow: Rhythm in contemporary dance |
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10 | (5) |
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Dance-philosophy: An infinite conversation |
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15 | (3) |
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Articulation of the chapters |
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18 | (4) |
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1 Rhythm is Life: Rhythm in German Ausdruckstanz |
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22 | (29) |
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The `doctrine of energy' and the rise of fatigue |
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24 | (4) |
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The birth of Korperkultur: Jaques-Dalcroze's eurhythmies |
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28 | (2) |
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Rhythm in the beginning of the twentieth century: Rudolf Bode and Rudolf Laban |
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30 | (8) |
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Intermezzo: The evolution of the concept rhythm in Bergson's oeuvre |
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38 | (1) |
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Ausdruckstanz and Korperkultur: Mary Wigman's ecstatic rhythms |
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39 | (7) |
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Intermezzo: German Ausdruckstanz and the body politics during the Nazi era |
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46 | (1) |
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Conclusion: Becoming rhythm, becoming life |
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47 | (4) |
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2 Dancing in the Meantime: Syncopation in the Work of Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion |
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51 | (26) |
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On the fence: Rhythm and milieu in Deleuze and Guattari's `Of the refrain' |
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57 | (5) |
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Playing apart: Rhythm and syncopation |
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62 | (7) |
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Intermezzo: Transatlantic and the resistance of roots |
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69 | (3) |
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Following the rhythm: The relation between rhythms and patterns |
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72 | (2) |
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Conclusion: Syncopation's trouble |
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74 | (3) |
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3 Still Dance: Hesitation in Ivana Muller's While We Were Holding It Together |
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77 | (27) |
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Intermezzo: Dance and movement, a modernist love affair |
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80 | (1) |
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Still-act: The tableau vivant |
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81 | (3) |
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Time as hesitation: Bergson and the suspension of time |
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84 | (5) |
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Intermezzo: The still, or the cinematographic experience of modern times |
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89 | (3) |
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The space of elsewhere: Bachelard's poetic imagination |
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92 | (6) |
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Intermezzo: Imagination, intuition and the task of the artist |
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98 | (3) |
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Conclusion: What about tomorrow |
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101 | (3) |
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4 Stumbling Through Time: Repetition in the Work of Mette Edvardsen |
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104 | (26) |
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The logic of the phrase: Repetition in Accumulation and Dance |
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109 | (6) |
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Stumbling through language: Repetition in Black and No Title |
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115 | (5) |
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Running out of time: Performing the eternal return |
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120 | (5) |
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Intermezzo: The triple murder of the eternal return, or Deleuze thinks death |
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125 | (2) |
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Conclusion: The amnesiac witness |
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127 | (3) |
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5 Dark Utopia, or Sleeping through Marten Spangberg's Natten |
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130 | (10) |
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132 | (3) |
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Spending the Natten together |
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135 | (3) |
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Conclusion: Sushi or sashimi |
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138 | (2) |
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6 Stealing Time: Rhythmic Operations in a Society of Control |
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140 | (7) |
Notes |
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147 | (24) |
References |
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Index |
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