Open AccessOn Watching Screendance
Author(s) -
Sherril Dodds
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the international journal of screendance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2154-6894
pISSN - 2154-6878
DOI - 10.18061/ijsd.v10i0.6726
Subject(s) - dance , the internet , sociology , ask price , advertising , media studies , aesthetics , public relations , visual arts , political science , art , computer science , world wide web , business , finance
In this provocation, I ask what is it to watch screendance, what is at stake, and what comes into play? I suggest that in identifying works as examples of “dance on screen”, we enter into a complex history of aesthetic innovations, marketing criteria, funding systems, and intellectual debates. I compare the viewing practices of film, television and the internet, and consider how different screen formats shape experiences of teaching and research. I reflect upon the ethics of participation in online debates, and suggest that the modes and stakes of watching are as important as the dance itself.