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Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Embodiment; Feminist Phenomenology; Feminism; Phenomenology; Merleau- Ponty; Habit; Body; Corporeality; Movement; Race; Whiteness; Art; Dance; Arts Based Research
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Dancing Across Difference: Transforming Habitual Modes Of Being In The World Through Movement, Kimberly Dority
Dancing Across Difference: Transforming Habitual Modes Of Being In The World Through Movement, Kimberly Dority
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Although some important scholarly work has been done on race, and whiteness, in relation to habit, my account addresses the role of movement in habit through dance. Dance is well-suited for exploring habit since dancers cultivate an intimate knowledge of their bodies as habitual dancing bodies. I argue that dancing can offer critical insight into how habitual modes of being in the world may be shifted and changed. Dancers’ mastery of movement not only consists in sedimenting habits within the body, but also involves actively exploring how one’s own bodily movement can be altered (Ravn 2017; Damkjaer, 2015; Ingerslev, 2013; …