Douglas Dunn: il danzatore e la danza tra presenza e assenza

Abstract

In an attempt to reconcile the reference to historiographical issues and the focus on some more general hermeneutical ones, this article presents a study upon some aspects of the artistic path of the American choreographer Douglas Dunn, a protagonist of post-modern dance since its beginning. In fact, over forty years have passed since Sally Banes offered a first portrait of Douglas Dunn in her fundamental Terpsichore in Sneakers: Post-Modern Dance (1980); a span of time in which Dunn continued continuously to dance, create, teach, write. Through the dialogue with Dunn, the article therefore proposes some considerations regarding the legacy of the post-modern revolution with particular reference to the thought on the body and the relationship with the spectator.