Collaboration in Performance Practice Premises, Workings and Failure

Collaboration between artists has been practised for centuries, yet over recent decades the act of collaborating has taken different meanings. This publication examines cultural, philosophical and political issues tied to specific instances of collaborati

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Collaboration in Performance Practice Premises, Workings and Failures Edited by

Noyale Colin University of Winchester, Hampshire, UK

and

Stefanie Sachsenmaier Middlesex University, London, UK

Introduction, selection and editorial matter © Noyale Colin and Stefanie Sachsenmaier 2016 Individual chapters © Contributors 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-46245-9 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.

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To Susan Melrose With thanks From our hearts

Contents List of Illustrations

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Acknowledgements

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Notes on Contributors

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Collaborative Performance-Making in Context Noyale Colin and Stefanie Sachsenmaier

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Part I Premises – Modelling Collaborative Performance-Making 1 Contemporary Collaborations and Cautionary Tales Simon Murray

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2 Collaboration, Democracy and the Total Artwork Alexandra Kolb

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3 I WANT TO WORK WITH YOU BECAUSE I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF: The Potential of Postconsensual Collaboration in Choreographic Practice Martina Ruhsam 4 Since Each of Us Was Several: Collaboration in the Context of the Differential Self Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca 5 Collaboration as a Mode of Labour Noyale Colin Part II

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Workings – Ways of Practising Collaboration

6 Ten Propositions for Research-Creation Erin Mann