Towards a Differential Dramaturgy: Opening Up the Writing Dimension of Dance

Abstract

The aim of this article is to explore in depth the critique of the prevailing paradigm in 20th-century dance — especially in terms of its relation with the notion of identity — based on what we will call “dramaturgy of difference”. This type of dramaturgy, as we will argue, goes further into the ontological revision of dance and strengthens the writing status of choreography. Finally, in order to illustrate the development of this dramaturgical strategy, we will analyse the case of the dancer and creator Loïe Fuller.