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Dance as Documentary: Conflictual Images in the Choreographic Mirror (On Archive by Arkadi Zaides)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2016

Frédéric Pouillaude
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Abstract

In a solo performance entitled Archive (2014), the Israeli choreographer Arkadi Zaides offers a physical and choreographic interpretation of videos collected by the Israeli nongovernmental organization B'Tselem in the context of an operation called “Camera Project.” The footage projected on stage shows only Israelis, but the viewpoint is Palestinian. Starting from this material, Arkadi Zaides performs, by extraction, imitation, and repetition, a (self-)analysis of the contemporary Israeli body, following a procedure reminiscent of Avi Mograbi's for film. What is the specific nature of these images whose very mode of capture emblematizes the conflict situation? What might be the contribution of an approach that puts the dancer's kinesthetic knowledge to work? How far does this offering force us to think about the “documentary” potential of dance performance, which is too often brushed aside or played down?

Keywords

Arkadi ZaidesArchiveB'Tselemconflictdance and performancedocumentaryIsraeli-Palestinianverbatim practices
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Articles
Information
Dance Research Journal , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , August 2016 , pp. 80 - 94
Copyright
Copyright © Congress on Research in Dance 2016 

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