Reimagining the Brown Body Contact Improvisation and an Alternative Masculinity in Alignigung, William Forsythe's Screendance

Wesley Lim*

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    Abstract

    William Forsythe's screendance Alignigung (2016) depicts two male dancers, one fair- and the other brown-skinned, in hyperflexible and intimate configurations that vacillate between object and human. Alignigung engages with an egalitarian ethos along the same lines as contact improvisation but further demonstrates an alternative masculinity through movement qualities by reimagining the stereotypical brown body.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)78-90
    Number of pages13
    JournalTDR - The Drama Review - A Journal of Performance Studies
    Volume65
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2021

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