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All articles tagged: Spinoza

dance thinking in Issue #08: Dance and Ethics.
Philipa Rothfield

Dancing in the Dark, Spinoza’s Ethics of the Body

Either a body acts for itself or it is acted upon. it may not necessarily be clear whether a body acts for itself or is acted upon. is a soldier who obeys a command engaging in active or passive affections? if a massage releases tension enabling greater movement is this activity or passivity? it all depends upon the changing agency of the body. Read more...
feature article in Issue #05: Body Social. Body Political.
Geisha Fontaine

Such A Little Thing

The dancer’s body is a paradoxical body. It is the product of a culture and of social determinants, on the one hand; and on the other, it is the producer of new uses for the body. This dimension is little acknowledged by the artists themselves. Read more...
feature article in Issue #02: What's Coming?
Philipa Rothfield

The Future is Unknown, The Future is Past

While ‘we’ may not know what a body can do, we can nonetheless seek the body as that which will lead us into the future. Read more...
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