Dance Movement as the Saviour of the Routine in the Pandemic Era
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2020
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en
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Pages 14-21
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POPULAR INQUIRY: The Journal of the Aesthetics of Kitsch, Camp and Mass Culture, 3/2020
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Routines are originally considered to be the pillars of stability and security. They make us feel homey and in control, even if they can be boring and monotonous. Brushing teeth, dressing or cleaning are tasks that we perform almost automatically every day and in their repetitiveness we find a balance against the unpredictability of reality outside our homes. Usually, the routine is acceptable because it can be disrupted. Breaks are necessary to appreciate the ordinariness. But what if the ruptures are eliminated? What if everyday routine becomes a permanent condition? During social quarantine restrictions, the number of domestic videos in which people are doing various domestic chores in a performative way began to increase rapidly on social networks. Of course, the intertwining of dance and everydayness is not a new phenomenon. But what if it is no longer a dance that appropriates elements and gestures of everyday life, but it is everydayness that parasitizes on dance? In my study, I will try to demonstrate how the obligatory curfew deprives everyday habits of their original function and why this dance or performative movement can be one of the effective tools to bring the safety and familiarity back in the routine. I claim that so-called performative presence can make everydayness and ordinary bearable again.Description
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Routine, Performative Presence, Dance, Pandemic, Everydayness, Rupture