Ann Van den Broek and Sanjoy Roy present the booklet work/world
The wide-ranging and accessible stories are Sanjoy’s personal journeys in connecting the works with the world, and vice versa. Sometimes he zooms in with a magnifying glass, focusing on one specific step. Sometimes he zooms out as if standing on a satellite. Each chapter is a kind of "culture trip" in which the reader travels to different places, along unforeseen routes that go off the beaten track.
Texts that transcend the performances
The essays are a long way from familiar formats such as review, analysis or commentary. In fact, they have a way of transcending the performances. If you have seen Creating Joy or Joy Enjoy Joy, the stories open new windows on the choreographic works. If you haven’t, they will broaden your view on its subjects thanks to the open-minded and imaginative writing.
An innovative combination of text and video
Online, we’ve published 8 specially edited short videos from Creating Joy and Joy Enjoy Joy, corresponding to the 8 chapters, – thus combining the intense sensations of online video with the leisurely pleasures of the printed page, opening up the content to all kinds of people, all over the world.
Laura Cappelle, researcher and arts writer for New York Times and Financial Times, amongst others, wrote about the book: Very few writers can connect the dots between dance and the wider culture as entertainingly as Sanjoy Roy does. These essays – whimsical, wise and full of illuminating descriptions – show exactly why.”
The online presentation of work/world can be viewed via this link.
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Josef Bartos
Thank you for your thoughts. One got stuck in my mind – that passion makes us different from AI. Just yesterday I read…I am a dance critic. I am a member of an endangered species