Performance Dance and Political Economy

This book examines the relation between bodies and political economies at micro and macro levels. It stands in the space between ends and beginnings - some long-desired such as the end of capitalism and racism and others long-dreaded such as the climate catastrophe - and reimagines what the world can be like instead. It offers an original investigation into the relation between performance dance and political economy looking at the points where politics economics ethics and culture intersect.<br/> <br/>Arising from live conversations and exchanges among the contributors this book is written in an interdisciplinary and dialogical manner by leading scholars and artists in the fields of Performance Studies Dance Political Theory Economics and Social Theory: Marc Arthur Melissa Blanco Borelli Anita Gonzalez Alexandrina Hemsley Jamila Johnson-Small Elena Loizidou Tavia Nyong'o Katerina Paramana Nina Power and Usva Seregina. Their critical and creative examinations of the relation between bodies and political economy offer insights for both imagining and materializing a world beyond the present.