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Jonathan Burrows’ artistic research has contributed significantly to the reformulation of Western European contemporary choreography and has challenged conventions of genres, languages and techniques. Since the late 1980s international dance critics have praised his inventive and creative work, his ‘highly original use of movement’ (Percival, 1992, p. 32), his fresh approach to composition (Mackrell, 1987), his ‘controlled, understated’ (Percival, 1988, n.p.) and ‘uncompromising’ (Crisp, 1996, p. 15) performances and the humour and ‘obliqueness’ (Dunning, 2004, n.p.) of his unconventional and charmingly enigmatic pieces. Yet the scholarship to date is meagre and fragmentary, lacking detailed analysis of the themes, qualities and methods underlying his dances.
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Domm, D.P. (2008). Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion’s Both Sitting Duet (2002): A Discursive Choreomusical Collaboration. In: Lansdale, J. (eds) Decentring Dancing Texts. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230584426_8
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