Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-175) and index.
Introduction: Presence and Body in Dance and Performance Theory / I. GENEALOGIES OF PRESCENCE : 1. Trisha Brown's Orfeo: Two Takes on Double Endings / 2. Genealogy and Dance History: Foucault, Rainer, Bausch, and de Keersmaeker / II. DANCING OTHERING : 3. Dance and Its Others: Theory, State, Nation, and Socialism / 4. The Black Beat Made Visible: Hip Hop Dance and Body Power / 5. Danced Spirituals / 6. Breast Milk Is Sweet and Salty (A Choreography of Healing) / III. ONTOLOGY'S EVENTS : 7. Given Movement: Dance and the Event / 8. Inscribing Dance / 9. Embodying Transgression / André Lepecki -- Peggy Phelan -- Ramsay Burt -- Randy Martin -- Thomas F. DeFrantz -- Susan Manning -- Barbara Browning -- Mark Franko -- André Lepecki -- Karmen MacKendrick.