Taniec jako strategia, protest jako choreografia – analiza gruzińskiej „rejwolucji” w perspektywie studiów nad tańcem
Dance as a Strategy, Protest as Choreography

The Analysis of Georgian “Revolution” from the Dance Studies Perspective

Author(s): Gabriela Kozakiewicz
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Sociology, Polish Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: dance; political protest; social choreography; rave; Georgia
Summary/Abstract: The growing popularity of protests that make strategic use of dance suggests the necessity for the sociological analysis to develop tools that could capture the specificity of this form of contestation. With this aim in mind, it is worth turning to the field of dance studies, somehow neglected in the Polish academic sphere, since it provides interesting perspectives for the scientific exploration of protest events. The following article offers an overview of the key proposals of dance theorists that can be applied to the analysis of contestation episodes. These theoretical considerations are complemented by a case study of rave protests in Georgia (2018), which implements selected research perspectives proposed by dance scholars. Thus, this paper displays the usefulness of the choreographic analysis of contestation practices for the sociology of social movements. Moreover, it highlights the potential of dance as a valuable form of communicating political resistance.

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