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Jonathan Burrows
The first monograph on the work of British choreographer Jonathan Burrows, this book examines his artistic practice and poetics as articulated through his choreographic works, his writings and his contributions to current performance debates. It considers the contexts, principles and modalities of his choreography, from his early pieces in the 1980s to his latest collaborative projects, providing detailed analyses of his dances and reflecting on his unique choreomusical partnership with composer Matteo Fargion. Known for its emphasis on gesture and humour, and characterised by compositional clarity and rhythmical patterns, Burrows’ artistic work takes the language of choreography to its limits and engages in a paradoxical, and hence transformative, relationship with dance’s historical and normative structures. Exploring the ways in which Burrows and Fargion’s poetics articulates movement, performative presence and the collaborative process in a ‘minor’ register, this study conceptualises the work as a politically compelling practice that destabilises major traditions from a minoritarian position.
CHOREOGRAPHER'S HANDBOOK
On choreography: "Choreography is a negotiation with the patterns your body is thinking" On rules: "Try breaking the rules on a need to break the rules basis" A Choreographer’s Handbook invites the reader to investigate how and why to make a dance performance. In an inspiring and unusually empowering sequence of stories, ideas and paradoxes, internationally renowned dancer, choreographer and teacher Jonathan Burrows explains how it’s possible to navigate a course through this complex process. It is a stunning reflection on a personal practice and professional journey, and draws upon five years’ of workshop discussions, led by Burrows. Burrows’ open and honest prose gives the reader access to a range of exercises, meditations, principles and ideas on choreography that allow artists and dance-makers to find their own aesthetic process. It is a book for anyone interested in making performance, at whatever level and in whichever style.
Writing Dance
"'Human beings embody whatever they meet, and it's all there when you work whether you want it there or not.' Practice is like the dust that accumulates, and revisiting fragments of essays and talks on choreography Jonathan Burrows ended up embracing the haphazard and the mess, moments of unfocus and focus, harnessing them in pithy formulations and scores, adding room and punctuation and line breaks in the process so readers can hear the rhythm as he writes his dance on writing dance."-- from http://www.varamopress.org/writing_dance.html.
Elvis Presley & The Adventures of Jon Burrows
In 1954 he was discovered. In 1955 he was a star. In 1956 he was a celebrity. In 1957 he was a sensation. In 1958 he was drafted, In 1959 he was an officer... In 1960 he became the greatest spy you never heard of! Elvis Presley IS Jon Burrows, secret agent for C1A, the US Governments top counter-intelligence operation. Elvis travels the world under his secret identity, working to undermine the villainous S.M.U.R.F., the multi-national criminal organization bent on collapsing the governments of the world and ruling in their wake! Volume One follows Jon Burrows in the early years of his work, across four missions (in Hawaii, Seattle, Acapulco, and Helsinki) of death-defying action, mind-twisting mysteries, and thrilling adventure!
Law, Liberty, Legislation
Professor John Burrows QC is one of New Zealand's leading legal scholars. His interests are eclectic and include media law, elements of tort, such as breach of statutory duty, defamation and privacy, legislation, with special reference to drafting and issues of interpretation, and the law of contract. His extensive writings about all of these topics have had major influence in assisting the orderly and thoughtful development of the relevant principles of law. In February 2008 a conference in honour of Professor Burrows was held at the Law School of the University of Canterbury. Judges, Law Commissioners, law practitioners, journalists and fellow academics combined to deliver papers in the fields in which Professor Burrows has made notable contributions. LAW, LIBERTY, LEGISLATION: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF JOHN BURROWS QC is the fruit of that conference. It is a tribute to Professor Burrows and his remarkable career.
Indigenous Peoples and International Trade
An exploration of economic rights afforded Indigenous peoples in international law and their diffusion to international trade and investment instruments.
The Leader Assistant: Four Pillars of a Confident, Game-Changing Assistant
Assistant, you are a leader. As an assistant, you constantly face obstacles that hold you back from accomplishing your career goals. Whether it’s a job change, shifting deadlines, a micromanaging executive, a toxic co-worker, a high-pressure project, or an intense negotiation with a vendor, the administrative profession is not for the faint of heart. If you’re looking to maintain the status quo and be “just an assistant,” this book is not for you. But, if you want the confidence and ability to conquer the challenges that most try to avoid, then you’re in the right place. The Leader Assistant outlines four pillars—embody the characteristics, employ the tactics, engage in relationships, and exercise self-care—that will help you rediscover your passion for the profession and become a confident, future-proof, game-changing Leader Assistant. If you neglect even one pillar, you’ll head for burnout, stagnation, and anonymity. You are meant for so much more. Are you ready to be the Leader Assistant the world needs?
DEAD AGAIN
When Cobb's friend dies by suicide the police say that it is an open and shut case, but Cobb is far from satisfied. He follows his nose and a few psychic intuitions, and what was a simple suicide turns into a series of devilish crimes. Cobb tears himself away from his university lecturing and follows a very dangerous course to put all the clues together. He ends up asking himself the question "how can a dead man have committed these crimes?" It is a very traumatic time in Cobb's life. Not only does he escape death by a hair's breadth, he finds himself having a passionate but loving relationship with a younger woman
A History of Histories
Treating the practice of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of the culture of the West, John Burrow magnificently brings to life and explains the distinctive qualities found in the work of historians from the ancient Egyptians and Greeks to the present. With a light step and graceful narrative, he gathers together over 2,500 years of the moments and decisions that have helped create Western identity. This unique approach is an incredible lens with which to view the past. Standing alone in its ambition, scale and fascination, Burrow's history of history is certain to stand the test of time.
The Chevalier d'Eon and his Worlds
Cross-dressing author, envoy, soldier and spy Charles d'Eon de Beaumont's unusual career fascinated his contemporaries and continues to attract historians, novelists, playwrights, filmmakers, image makers, cultural theorists and those concerned with manifestations of the extraordinary. D'Eon's significance as a historical figure was already being debated more than 45 years before his death. Not surprisingly, such sensational material has attracted the attention of enthusiasts, scholars and literateurs to 'the strange case of the chevalier d'Eon'. He has also attracted the attention of psychologists and sexologists, and for most of the last century his gender transformation has been viewed th...
