Choreo-trauma: The Poetics of Loss in the Dance Works of Judith Arnon and of Rami Beer
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Rami Beer, Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, Judith Arnon, Choreo-trauma, Choreography, Trauma, Poetics of loss, Holocaust survivors, Second generation of Holocaust survivorsAbstract
The author argues that the works of Rami Beer, the artistic director of the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company are infused with the legacy of the company’s founder, Holocaust survivor Judith Arnon. The article frames the choreographic heritage of the KCDC within the context of ‘choreo-trauma’ – a concept designed to study the link between trauma and choreography. By combining theoretical literary methodologies, psychoanalysis, trauma studies and dance analysis, the works of Arnon and Beer are interpreted as representing the ‘poetics of loss.’ In this light, they exemplify metaphoric and metonymic modes of choreographic testimony, reflecting respectively the experience of first and second generation Holocaust survivors.
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