Meticulous and rich, the book incorporates theoretical density with practice-based insights. […] Martin’s work supports the wider acceptance of Practice as Research (PaR) in academic settings as a rigorous and comprehensive mode of critical inquiry and knowledge production. Michelle Heffner Hayes in Critical Studies in Improvisation 12 (1) Martin has keen insights into the gaps… Continue reading Book reviews of Dancing Age(ing)
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Dancing Age(ing) lecture performances 2019 – 2023
24 May 2023 Jung bleiben und Sterben üben – eine Lecture Performance zu Alter(n) und Tanz, Ringvorlesung, Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Alterns- und Care-Forschung, Karl Franzen Universität Graz 4 December 2022 Üben, Üben, Üben NachWieVor – Fachtag Tanzperformance und Alter(n), Ehrenfeld Studios Köln, Germany 30 January 2020 Dancing Age(ing): an Ongoing Practice and a Danced Lecture… Continue reading Dancing Age(ing) lecture performances 2019 – 2023
Was ist Tanz? Seniorenakademie SKAT, April 2022
Centre Français BerlinMit Susanne Martin und Jan Burkhardt Durch eine Mischung von Vortrag, Workshop und Performance widmen wir uns einigen zentralen Tanzthemen wie zum Beispiel: Wonach gucken wir, wenn wir Tanz sehen?Woran denken wir, wenn wir selbst tanzen?Wie verhält sich Tanz zu Ton und zu Musik?Was könnte man wissen und was will ich wissen über… Continue reading Was ist Tanz? Seniorenakademie SKAT, April 2022
Dancing Age(ing) lecture performances 2017
September 2017, Searching for the Fountain of Age – a danced lecture, Colloquium on Artistic Research in Performing Arts (CARPA 5), Theatre Academy and the Academy of Fine Arts, UniartsHelsinki, Finnland.See publication here 7 July 2017, Improvising Age(ing) or dancing around the fountain of youth and the fountain of age – a danced lecture and… Continue reading Dancing Age(ing) lecture performances 2017
Dancing Age(ing) lecture performances 2014 – 2016
7 Dec 2016, Performing Age(ing): Sliding through Time – a danced lecture, Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 1 Dec 2016, Performing Age(ing): Sliding through Time – a danced lecture, SITE, artistic platform and production house for contemporary performing arts, Stockholm, Sweden 29 Nov 2016, Performing Age(ing): Sliding through Time – a… Continue reading Dancing Age(ing) lecture performances 2014 – 2016
Dancing Age(ing) – PhD Dissertation 2016 – Abstract
Set in the context of contemporary dance this thesis investigates how improvisation practice and performance making participate in a critical rethinking of age(ing). Advancing the notion of an age critical dance practice, the research draws on the theoretical frameworks of age studies – a multidisciplinary field of critical inquiry informed by, largely speaking, feminist and… Continue reading Dancing Age(ing) – PhD Dissertation 2016 – Abstract
The Fountain of Age 2015
Photos W. Gillingham Sutton A Solo / Dance / Piece / Lecture / Performance / Research This solo performance constitutes one of two artistic outcomes I present as part of my PhD dissertation Dancing Age(ing) at Middlesex University London. Premiere: 18 June 2015, Ravensfield Theatre MIddlesex University LondonDuration: 40 minSupported by: Middlesex University London, Tanzfabrik… Continue reading The Fountain of Age 2015
The Fountain of Youth 2014
Photos Lars Åsling A solo/ dance/ piece/ lecture/ performance/ research by Susanne MartinDuration: 45 minGrove Theatre, Middlesex University London, November 2014 The Fountain of YouthIs a core part of my doctoral research in dance, dedicated to exploring and questioning dominant views on ageing dancing bodies through my own improvisation-based dance practice and performance making The… Continue reading The Fountain of Youth 2014
Dancing Age(ing) lecture performances 2013
21 November 2013 18800 Bewegungen und 1000 Worte, an deren Ende wir alle 30 Minuten älter sein werden – Ein getanzter Vortrag, Werkstattgespräch kulturelle Generationenarbeit, Berlin 12 October 2013 Dancing Age(ing): An improvisation-based performance of 18800 movements and 1000 words during which we grow 30 minutes older, Symposium of Society for Dance Research at Middlesex… Continue reading Dancing Age(ing) lecture performances 2013
The Research Project Dancing Age(ing) work in progress spring 2013
Summary My PhD research engages with the premise that Western artistic dance can be seen as holding an interesting multi-layered position in relation to age(ing). On one hand, it most often focuses on youthful physicality and therefore takes part in an unquestioned marginalisation of ageing bodies, which, according to critical age studies (Woodward 1999, Gullette… Continue reading The Research Project Dancing Age(ing) work in progress spring 2013
The Fountain of Youth & The Shadow 2013
Photos Lars Åsling, Graphic Sophie Jahnke The Shadow and The Fountain of Youth – Two Dances on Staying Alive As a new step in their long-term collaboration Bronja Novak Lindblad (Göteborg) & Susanne Martin (Berlin) have created each a solo on the same subject: the facts of getting older and sustaining in the world of… Continue reading The Fountain of Youth & The Shadow 2013
Susi & Gabi’s Salon #4 The A-word: Ageing 2011
Salon Guest: Amos Hetz04.09.2011 at Tanzfabrik Berlin Amos Hetz is a dancer and movement teacher, looking for expanding his movement vocabulary through the use of the Eshkol Wachman Movement Notation and the heritage of the somatic learning. He composes solo dances, dance-collaborations, and movement games. For the last 22 years he was artistic director of… Continue reading Susi & Gabi’s Salon #4 The A-word: Ageing 2011