Intersecting Axes, Confusing Genres Akram Khan’s Vertical Road
- Publication type: Article from a collective work
- Collective work: Genre, Text and Language. Mélanges Anne Freadman
- Author: Manzin (Gregoria)
- Pages: 327 to 348
- Collection: Encounters, n° 125
This essay discusses authorial and ancestral voices in the dance piece Vertical Road by Akram Khan. In this quest for a vertical/spiritual dimension in a world moving on a horizontal axis, Khan’s voice intersects with classical traditions. This intertwining is analysed through the lens of genre.
- CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
- ISBN: 978-2-8124-3796-0
- EAN: 9782812437960
- ISSN: 2261-1851
- DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-3796-0.p.0327
- Publisher: Classiques Garnier
- Online publication: 05-04-2016
- Language: English
