Dance Scholars: Dance and Politics

Susan Leigh Foster is an American dance scholar and professor who coined the term "choreopoetics" in her book of the same name, published in 1995.

Sally Banes argues that dance can function as a form of political resistance in a variety of ways, including by providing a platform for marginalized voices to be heard, challenging dominant ideologies and power structures, and creating a sense of community and solidarity among oppressed groups.

Diana Taylor is a Mexican-American performance scholar and professor who has written extensively about the relationship between dance and nationalism, particularly in her book "The Archive and the Repertoire: Performing Cultural Memory in the Americas" (2003).

André Lepecki is a Brazilian dance scholar and professor who has written extensively about the politics of spectatorship and the role of the audience in dance performance, particularly in his book "Exhausting Dance: Performance and the Politics of Movement" (2006).

Judith Butler is an American philosopher and gender theorist who has written extensively about the relationship between dance and politics, particularly in her book "Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex" (1993).

Sally Banes is an American dance scholar and professor who has written extensively about the relationship between dance and the state, particularly in the context of authoritarian regimes, in her book "Democracy's Body: Judson Dance Theater, 1962-1964" (1993).

Diana Taylor is a Mexican-American performance scholar and professor who has written extensively about the role of dance in cultural diplomacy, particularly in her book "The Archive and the Repertoire: Performing Cultural Memory in the Americas" (2003).

Susan Leigh Foster is an American dance scholar and professor who has written extensively about the relationship between dance and social justice, particularly in the context of marginalized communities, in her book "Choreopoetics and Embodiment: Moving History, Moving Culture" (2011).

Judith Butler is an American philosopher and gender theorist who has written extensively about the relationship between dance and politics, particularly in her book "Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex" (1993).

Diana Taylor is a Mexican-American performance scholar and professor who has written extensively about the relationship between dance and the environment, particularly in the context of climate change, in her book "The Archive and the Repertoire: Performing Cultural Memory in the Americas" (2003).

André Lepecki is a Brazilian dance scholar and professor who has written extensively about the role of dance in healing and reconciliation in the aftermath of trauma and conflict, particularly in his book "Exhausting Dance: Performance and the Politics of Movement" (2006).

Diana Taylor is a Mexican-American performance scholar and professor who has written extensively about the relationship between dance and technology, particularly in the context of digital media and virtual reality, in her book "The Archive and the Repertoire: Performing Cultural Memory in the Americas" (2003).

Sally Banes is an American dance scholar and professor who has written extensively about the role of dance in political protest and as a means of challenging dominant ideologies, particularly in her book "Democracy's Body: Judson Dance Theater, 1962-1964" (1993).

Judith Butler is an American philosopher and gender theorist who has written extensively about the relationship between dance and the body, particularly in the context of gender and sexuality, in her book "Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex" (1993).

André Lepecki is a Brazilian dance scholar and professor who has written extensively about the role of dance in cultural resistance and as a means of challenging dominant narratives and power structures, particularly in his book "Exhausting Dance: Performance and the Politics of Movement" (2006).