Teatralidad y performance en Foster y Butler

Abstract

This essay starts begins with an analysis of an article by Susan Leigh Foster that criticizes the applicability of Judith Butler’s idea of performativity to dance studies, and in particular, the role of transvestism as a subversion of gender norms. Foster proposes the concept of choreography as an alternative to performativity because it involves the historical imaginary and cultural memory of dance, understood as a subject whose analysis should be crucial to the reconceptualization of gender through movement. The article examines this dispute as a conflict between dance and philosophy studies and explores the differences between ontology and theatricality that lie at the root of the conflict between Butler and Foster. Key words: Gender; Performativity; Expression; Choreography; Subversion