Digital technologies offer the possibility of capturing; storing; and manipulating movement; abstracting it from the body and transforming it into numerical information. In Moving without a Body; Stamatia Portanova considers what really happens when the physicality of movement is translated into a numerical code by a technological system. Drawing on the radical empiricism of Gilles Deleuze and Alfred North Whitehead; she argues that this does not amount to a technical assessment of softwares capacity to record motion but requires a philosophical rethinking of what movement itself is; or can become. Discussing the development of different audiovisual tools and the shift from analog to digital; she focuses on some choreographic realizations of this evolution; including works by Loie Fuller and Merce Cunningham. Throughout; Portanova considers these technologies and dances as ways to think -- rather than just perform or perceive -- movement. She distinguishes the choreographic thought from the performance: a body performs a movement; and a mind thinks or choreographs a dance. Similarly; she sees the move from analog to digital as a shift in conception rather than simply in technical realization. Analyzing choreographic technologies for their capacity to redesign the way movement is thought; Moving without a Body offers an ambitiously conceived reflection on the ontological implications of the encounter between movement and technological systems.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy Mom-2-little-girlsBY "beginner" they mean someone who has been playing for a minimum of 2 years.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Good book; but not for a beginner.By Sherry ShasteenGood book! Not for a beginner; but my daughter is able to play some of the pieces. She gets very excited when she can recognize what she is playing. I even play the song on YouTube so that she is familiar with the tune. Good book; but my daughter isnt to that level yet. She keeps working at it; and loves the book. Book is well made.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. NOT for beginnersBy MarnieGreat book; but agree with other reviewers; this is NOT for beginners. My 6 YO who has been in piano lessons for 2 years cannot play most of these songs; but I am able to play some though it has been many years since Ive taken lessons. I would call this more of an intermediate level. That being said; songs are nice and my daughter like to hear me play them.