Nietzsche’s Dancers: Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and the Revaluation of Christian Values
Nietzsche’s Dancers: Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and the Revaluation of Christian Values
By Kimerer L. Lamothe. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006.
Keywords: Philosophy, dance, soul, Nietzche
Nietzche a serious man and dancing ? Yes, why not?
It is one of the most important books about thephilosophy of the dance. It is divided into three parts; 1. Dance for Nietzsche 2. Dance of the Isadora Duncan 3. Dance of the Martha Graham. Lamothe show us that danceis not just using body also its using soul. As a dancer andphilosopher she writes the experience of dancing allows aperson to sense and experience his own body differently.
Nietzsche´s primary exposure to dancing, seems to havecome through reading- the Bible, romantic literature, andthe classics of Greek and Roman antiquity.The Bible isreplete with passages in which dance is embraced as anexpression of relationship with God.
Book also analyses of the many passages in Nietzsche thatrefer to dance: Often one could have seen me dance; inthose days I could walk in the mountains for seven or eighthours without a trace of weariness. I slept well, I laughedmuch- my vigor and patience were perfect. (K6, 341; EH 303).
Finally, we can say that the words of the pages of the bookrepresent a body not only words but also they are dancing.
Have a good lecture!
Nesrin Lopez
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