A Sense of Shifting
Queer Artists Reshaping Dance
by Coco Romack, Yael Malka
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Pub Date Jun 04 2024 | Archive Date Jun 03 2024
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Description
Two women hold each other tight as they dance the two-step. A fierce-eyed man in a long red dress performs flamenco. A dancer improvises in a blooming garden, blending diverse influences into a style all their own. This book showcases twelve individual artists and dance companies who are reclaiming traditional genres and building inclusive dance communities. Whether professionals or amateurs, ballerinas or experimental performers, pole dancers or line dancers, these artists embody the queer experience in unique ways. Photographer Yael Malka invites us into an intimate, visceral experience of rehearsals and performances, and writer Coco Romack offers wide-ranging reflections on the creative process drawn from in-depth interviews with the dancers. This beautiful book documents the rise of a new generation of artists and will inspire dance lovers, LGBTQIA+ creators, and anyone who delights in the power of the human body in motion.
INSPIRING STORIES: The stories in this book represent a distinctive slice of the LGBTQIA+ experience. For dancers, whose art form is inseparable from their bodies, gender expression entwines with creative expression in challenging and liberating ways. The artists featured here generously explore their journeys in the interviews, while the photographs show the joy to be found in the queer dance community.
BEAUTIFUL PRIDE GIFT: This collection is the perfect gift for anyone interested in the intersections of art, identity, and activism. With a deluxe art-book treatment and stunning photographs, the book can be proudly displayed on your coffee table or presented to the creative activist in your life.
INCLUSIVE AND INTERSECTIONAL: This collection highlights a truly diverse array of experiences. The stories delve into the experiences of dancing in a wheelchair, navigating the intersections of gender and race, engaging with cultural inheritance on one's own terms, and even striving to make non-activist art when simply existing as a queer person can be a political action. The various dance styles and body types featured emphasize this book's welcoming, inclusive tone. Whether you love to dance or watch from the audience, identify as LGBTQIA+ or as an ally, this book is for you.
Perfect for:
- Dancers and dance enthusiasts
- People interested in contemporary dance styles and dance companies
- Fans of portrait and performance photography
- LGBTQIA+ artists, activists, and allies
- Readers seeking inspiring art and stories
- Fans of portrait anthologies and storytelling projects like Humans of New York
- Fans of LGBTQIA+ photobooks like Loving: a Photographic History of Men In Love 1850s–1950s, We Are Everywhere, and Queer Love In Color
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781797219776 |
| PRICE | $27.50 (USD) |
| PAGES | 208 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
Reviewer 677359
Special thanks to NetGalley and Chronicle Books for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This book has beautiful pictures with short blurbs about the pictures and people. I love the variety in orientation, gender, race, etc. and would love this as a coffee table book. I will say that this book is not condusive to an "ebook" format.
Lisa D, Reviewer
I read this as an ARC from NetGalley but it would be better as a coffee table book to keep on hand to share with friends. I asked to read it because I love pictures and dancing, and there was a surprising amount of variety. You can see everything from cowboys to ethnic dancers, and there are stories about the people and how the pictures came to be.
The only criticism I had was that the print seemed small, but that might be solved with a full sized print book.
Reviewer 1126325
I am queer and a lover of dance photography, so I was ecstatic when I saw this book was available. It wasn’t quite what I expected though, as the photos varied in quality. While enjoyable, most did not live up to the photo on the cover.
There were written accounts of the artist or group accompanying each set of photos, which was a nice addition of context.
Don S, Reviewer
Really lovely coffee table book, and of course an interesting and important subject. Thank you for the opportunity to review.
Reviewer 1105353
An expansive portrayal of queerness in dance, with evocative photographs and interesting essays.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC!
Beth R, Reviewer
Beautiful, powerful, captivating. There is so much raw emotion capture in this book! I loved reading all the snippets on each piece.
Elizabeth S, Librarian
This book would be a wonderful gift or resource for anyone who loves dance, as it covers a wide berth from traditional formats to contemporary styles. It also features representation of different cultures. I learned about several different forms of dance, such as butoh, with a queer history as well as how LGBTQ+ folks are influencing and adapting more familiar styles, like ballet. Romack supplies great descriptions of those involved, while Malka’s photography helps capture them visually.
All this said, I wish there had been more text to accompany the images, or perhaps a deeper dive into fewer styles. That said, I can understand if that had to be sacrificed in pursuit of representing the truly diverse offerings.
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