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Ownership, ontology, and the contemporary dance commons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2022

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Hetty Blades*
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Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE), Coventry University, United Kingdom
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Abstract

This article considers the “commons” in relationship to contemporary dance in the United Kingdom. I highlight the norms and expectations that shape the sharing of dance in this context by outlining four implicit rules that govern circulation and ownership. I go on to highlight how dance’s circulation outside of legal structures is in part due to its ontology through the examination of choreographer and visual artist Florence Peake’s work RITE (2018) and its relationship to choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) (1913).

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International Journal of Cultural Property , Volume 29 , Special Issue 2: Special Issue: Contemporary Dance, Knowledge, and Models for Ownership , May 2022 , pp. 123 - 140
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the International Cultural Property Society

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