Jasmin Vardimon's Dance Theatre

<p><em>Jasmin Vardimon’s Dance Theatre</em> offers an unusual intimate insight into the devising and training processes of a choreographer in the midst of her practice. Libby Worth and Jasmin Vardimon take a collaborative approach to recording and exploring the working processes of Vardimon and her company chronicling the development of specific productions rather than offering a single choreographic blueprint. </p><p>Focusing on the techniques strategies and creative activities necessitated by each project Worth and Vardimon address:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>The initial ‘triggers’ which lead to research expansion and performance;</li> <p> </p> <li>The social political and psychological content of Vardimon’s work;</li> <p> </p> <li>The relationship between accessibility of content and complexity of ideas;</li> <p> </p> <li>Drawing on texts to enhance and shape a piece of dance work;</li> <p> </p> <li>The editing process and its inherent messiness;</li> <p> </p> <li>The contribution of a company’s different voices and viewpoints to the development of a production.</li> </ul><p>Based on extended conversations and interviews this highly illustrated full -colour volume is a unique reflection on Jasmin Vardimon’s vibrant continually developing practice. It is a must-read for students and practitioners of dance and physical theatre.</p>