Suggestions for a Parametric Typology of Dance

Napoli, Donna
                            Jo; Kraus, Lisa

doi:10.1162/LEON_a_01079

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October 01 2017

Suggestions for a Parametric Typology of Dance

Donna Jo Napoli,

Donna Jo Napoli

Donna Jo Napoli (educator), Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, U.S.A. Email: donnajonapoli@gmail.com.

DONNA JO NAPOLI is professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College. She publishes widely in multiple areas of theoretical linguistics, including syntax (the area most pertinent to this article). Napoli offers a course called “Movement and Cognition,” which is cross-listed by three departments at Swarthmore: Linguistics, Dance and Mathematics.

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Lisa Kraus

Lisa Kraus (educator, dancer), Bryn Mawr College, 141 Orchard Court, Blue Bell, PA 19422, U.S.A. Email: lisakraus@verizon.net.

LISA KRAUS is a dancer and dance educator. She writes for The Dance Insider, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Dance Magazine, among others. Her choreographic work premiered at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Kraus has created dozens of performance works, many with her former company featuring John Jasperse, Sasha Waltz and Meg Stuart.

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Donna Jo Napoli

Donna Jo Napoli (educator), Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, U.S.A. Email: donnajonapoli@gmail.com.

DONNA JO NAPOLI is professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College. She publishes widely in multiple areas of theoretical linguistics, including syntax (the area most pertinent to this article). Napoli offers a course called “Movement and Cognition,” which is cross-listed by three departments at Swarthmore: Linguistics, Dance and Mathematics.

Lisa Kraus

Lisa Kraus (educator, dancer), Bryn Mawr College, 141 Orchard Court, Blue Bell, PA 19422, U.S.A. Email: lisakraus@verizon.net.

LISA KRAUS is a dancer and dance educator. She writes for The Dance Insider, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Dance Magazine, among others. Her choreographic work premiered at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Kraus has created dozens of performance works, many with her former company featuring John Jasperse, Sasha Waltz and Meg Stuart.

Received: September 04 2014

Online ISSN: 1530-9282

Print ISSN: 0024-094X

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Leonardo (2017) 50 (5): 468–476.

https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_01079

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Dance and language are produced and performed by the body and governed by cognitive faculties. Yet regrettably little scholarship applies the tools of formal analysis from one field to the other. This article aims to enrich the dialogue between the two fields. The authors introduce an approach to dance typology informed by an analogy with the parametric theory of language analysis, which is useful in typologizing languages. This initial exploration paves the way for a physiological typology of dance that does not reference culture.

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