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Author Bench, Harmony, author.

Title Perpetual motion : dance, digital cultures, and the common / Harmony Bench
Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 228 pages)
Series Electronic mediations ; 59
Electronic mediations ; v. 59.
Contents Interactivity and agency : making-common and the limits of difference -- Dance in public : of common spaces -- A world from a crowd : composing the common -- Screen sharing : dance as gift of the common
Summary A new exploration of how digital media assert the relevance of dance in a wired world How has the Internet changed dance? Dance performances can now be seen anywhere, can be looped endlessly at user whim, and can integrate crowds in unprecedented ways. Dance practices are evolving to explore these new possibilities. In Perpetual Motion, Harmony Bench argues that dance is a vital part of civil society and a means for building participation and community. She looks at how, after 9/11, it became a crucial way of recuperating the common character of public spaces. She explores how crowdsourcing dance contributes to the project of performing a common world, as well as the social relationships forged when we look at dance as a gift in the era of globalization. Throughout, she asks how dance brings people together in digital spaces and what dance's digital travels might mean for how we experience and express community. From original research on dance today to political economies of digital media to the philosophy of dance, Perpetual Motion provides an ambitious, invigorating look at a commonly shared practice
Analysis Media studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 31, 2020)
Subject Dance and the Internet.
Dance and technology.
Dance -- Social aspects.
Interactive multimedia -- Social aspects
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
Dance and technology
Dance and the Internet
Dance -- Social aspects
Interactive multimedia -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019981198
ISBN 1452962480
9781452962481