My body, the Buddhist / Deborah Hay ; with a foreword by Susan Foster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hay, Deborah, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modern dance.

Human body (Philosophy).

Choreography.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 104 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Hanover, NH : University Press of New England : Wesleyan University Press, [2000]

Summary:

Through a series of imaginative approaches to movement and performance, choreographer Deborah Hay presents a profound reflection on the ephemeral nature of the self and the body as the locus of artistic consciousness. Using the same uniquely playful poetics of her revolutionary choreography, she delivers one of the most revealing accounts of what art creation entails and the ways in which the body, the center of our aesthetic knowledge of the world, can be regarded as our most informed teacher. The book becomes a way into Hay's choreographic techniques, a gloss on her philosophy of the body (which shares much with Buddhism), and an extraordinary artist's primer.

Contents:

My Body Benefits in Solitude

My Body Finds Energy in Surrender

My Body Enjoys Jokes, Riddles, and Games

My Body Engages in Work

My Body Commits to Practice

My Body Seeks Comfort But Not For Long

My Body is Limited by Physical Presence

My Body Knowingly Participates in its Appearances

My Body Likes Rest

My Body is Bored by Answers

My Body Seeks More Than One View of Itself

My Body Delights in Resourcefulness

My Body Trusts the Unknown

My Body Feels Weightless in the Presence of Paradox

My Body Equates Patience with Renewal

My Body Hears Many Voices, Not One Voice

My Body Relaxes When Thoughts Abate

My Body is Held in the Present

A Chronicle of Performance Practices / Deborah Hay Hay, Deborah.

ISBN:

0819564362

0819563285

OCLC:

43598925