Andrea Davidson
Texte
Mediated bodies and Intercorporeality: Isabelle
Choinière's Flesh Waves
Notice biographique
An ex-principal dancer,
Andrea Davidson
holds an MA in Screendance and a Ph.D. in the Aesthetics,
Philosophy and Technologies of the Arts from Université
Paris VIII where she taught screendance and dance and new
media from 1999 to 2008. Author of the book Bains
Numériques #1: Danse et nouvelles technologies (2007) and
numerous articles on the topic of dance and new media, she
has curated events such as the international symposium
Somatics and Technology at the University of Chichester
(2012), and a special edition of the Journal of Dance and
Somatic Practices (2013). Recent contributions include the
preparation of a book of seven monographs provisionally
entitled Digital Perspectives in Dance: Portraits of
Choreographers among others.
An award-winning
choreographer-videographer and new media artist, Andrea
Davidson was recipient of the UNESCO Grand Prix
International Videodanse in New Media (2002), the Special
Jury Prize of the Festival Napolidanza Il Coreografo
Elettronico (2003) and the Prix de l'Écriture Multimédia
de la Fondation Beaumarchais (1997). Her pioneer
interactive choreography La morsure (1998–2001) was
presented in major festivals, exhibits and art
institutions around the world. Amoung her productions :
Paroles trouvées (2007), a spatialized audio,
videochoreographic, optical installation with composer
Dominique Besson. She has also created and produced
videoclips and DVDs for several independent musicians in
Paris.
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