„Dance Groups: Study Materials by Rose Breuss including Jean Paul Sartre´s theory about practical freedom in groups“

Investigating questions for (de)constructing group routines in dance practices:

When are we a group? Can we not be in a group? And how?, What do we consider the mechanisms of groups?

See article by Gavin Rae: Sartre, Group Formations, and Practical Freedom

Are we in a group if we are alone?

Isadora Duncan´s Solo Dancing:

“ When I have danced I have tried always to be the chorus […] I have never once danced a solo”

Duncan, Isadora. 1928. The Art of Dance. New York: Theatre Arts, 96

What are the specificities of dancing in a group? A case study about Entrainment – DUO by W. Forsythe

„Bildlich gesprochen kann man sich die Choreographie von DUO als komponiert aus einem Gewebe von Bewegung vorstellen – Bewegung nicht zweier einzelner Körper, sondern zwischen zwei Menschen. Dieses Gewebe besteht aus verschiedenen entrainment Verfahren: Unisono, Turn-Taking (der eine Tänzer bewegt sich, während der andere darauf wartet, wieder in die gemeinsame Bewegung einzutreten), Pausen und Kontrapunkt (rhythmisch verbundenes Tanzen zwischen Partnern)“

“Figuratively speaking, one can imagine the choreography of DUO as composed of a fabric of movement – movement not of two individual bodies, but between two people. This fabric consists of various entrainment processes: Unison, turn-taking (one dancer moves while the other waits to re-enter the shared movement), pauses and counterpoint (rhythmically linked dancing between partners).” (translated by R.B.)

Waterhouse, Elisabeth: Entrainment und das zeitgenössische Ballett von William Forsythe, 215. in: (De)Synchronisieren? Leben im Plural

Gabriele Brandstetter/Kai van Eikels/Anne Schuh (Hg). 2017. Hannover: Wehrhan

See Link: Ballet de Lorraine