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Volume 10, Issue 2
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Abstract

Abstract

In this article, I reflect on my experience of two performance works: (2018) by Hamish Macpherson and (2018) by Emilie Gallier, both of which cultivate partial experiences for the spectator. I consider how the partial nature of these works raise questions about what it means to access a choreographic work and rely on new ways of thinking about how we experience and analyse performance.

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