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Cripping Masculinity in Contemporary Dance

Author(s): Alicja Müller
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Gender Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: dance; crip; masculinity; Toole; Urbacki; Hoghe; Turinsky

Summary/Abstract: The article investigates the intersection of masculinity, disability, and contemporary dance, analyzing how male dancers with disabilities challenge normative constructs of masculinity through crip choreographic practices. The author examines performances by artists such as David Toole, Rafał Urbacki, Raimund Hoghe, and Michael Turinsky, who employ cripping strategies to subvert ableist and patriarchal norms while articulating alternative masculinities that embrace vulnerability, difference, and queerness. Methodologically, the study integrates performance analysis with theoretical frameworks from disability studies, queer theory, and feminist critique.

  • Issue Year: 1/2026
  • Issue No: 52
  • Page Range: 71-88
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish
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