Kinetyczna nowoczesność
Kinetic modernity

Summary/Abstract: A review of the two-volume work Wirus mobilizacji. Taniec a kształtowanie się nowoczesności (1455-1795) by Wojciech Klimczyk (Universitas, Kraków 2015), I which a chronological account of the changes in Europe between the end of the Middle Ages and the French Revolution becomes a history of kinesis, the body put into motion by culture and creating culture by its motion. Klimczyk observes how the changing approach towards the body, gender, culture and society influences the development and death of various forms of dance – he analyses not only dance and other forms of movement (including gestures and facial expressions), but also treaties on dance, musical pieces, and iconography (the book is richly illustrated).

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