ABSTRACT
The Conclusion retraces the thinking of this book, highlighting the key differences between its twin conceptual foci as they bear upon the question of the dancer and the dance. Most of this book was written against a backdrop of practice, of practising and encountering dance. More time was spent writing than in the studio. This concluding chapter will reverse that ratio. It is written in the midst and at the temporal edges of practice, tipping the scales towards dancing rather than writing. It looks to a very specific field of work in order to stage an encounter between philosophy and practice. What follows is a conceptual discussion of a two-week workshop conducted by internationally renowned American choreographer, Deborah Hay, held in January 2019. The aim of this account is to show the ways in which the concepts of this book can be deployed in relation to dance. As it turns out, this particular practice calls for both sets of conceptual focus, one centred upon the dancer’s experience and actions, the other upon the movement of something other than that which belongs to the dancer. Hay’s work illustrates the claims made in Chapter 6 regarding the strategic deployment of subjectivity in dance. Hay’s work therefore serves as an opportunity to illustrate the various aspects of subjectivity and the body canvassed in this book.
