Writing Dance (Varamo Press, 2022)
Jonathan Burrows' new book Writing Dance (Varamo Press, 2022) is now available to buy. The book is a collection of thoughts, observations and questions about practice, drawn from talks and fragments of writing over the past 10 years,
You can order the book online for €10 plus postage from Books On The Move
A Choreographer's Handbook (Routledge, 2010, 2nd edition 2024)
The 2nd edition of Burrows' A Choreographer's Handbook was published in 2024, updating and expanding the book with new ideas and perspectives on choreography.
The book is written as a series of questions and observations about choreography and performance, and is intended as a resource to help artists re-examine how they approach their own work and practice. It's designed to allow the reader to browse through and cross reference ideas in any order, and is accessible to artists from all performance disciplines including dance, theatre, music and visual arts. It has sold over 19,000 copies worldwide and been translated into German (Tanz Magazine, 2010), Slovenian (Maska, 2011), French (Contredanse, 2017), Bulgarian (Metheor, 2017), Chinese (Bookman Books, 2020), Korean (Workroom Press, 2022) and Croatian (Acadamy of Dramatic Art Zagreb, 2024).
Published articles by Jonathan Burrows
Conversation on Body and Performance Practices, between dancer Linda Samaraweerova and choreographer Jonathan Burrows, TQW Paper, Tanzquartier Vienna, 2024
Creativity, skill, integrity, intelligence and community: A conversation on the nature of practice in hip hop, Robert Hylton and Jonathan Burrows, Dance Research, edited by Sarah Whatley, Edinburgh University Press, 2024.
Scribbling Towards Something: Interview on the Written in Dance, for 'Materialities in Dance and Performance', edited by Gabriele Klein and Franz Anton Cramer, University of Hamburg, 2024.
Thinking Together About the Ethics of Training, article co-authored with Alesandra Seutin for the book Ethical Agility in Dance: Rethinking Technique in British Contemporary Dance, edited by Dr Noyale Colin and Dr Catherine Seago (University of Winchester), draft publication date Spring 2023
Thinking Together About the Ethics of Training: A conversation between Alesandra Seutin and Jonathan Burrows, for 'Ethical Agility in Dance: Rethinking Technique in British Contemporary Dance', edited by Noyale Colin, Catherine Seago and Kathryn Stamp, Routledge, 2023.
Let the Use of the Words Teach You Their Meaning: Sue MacLaine and Jonathan Burrows in Dialogue, for 'Wittgenstein and Performance', edited by Mischa Twitchin, Rowman & Littlefield, 2023.
Can I Start Again Please, article co-authored with Sue MacLaine for the book Wittgenstein and Performance, edited by Dr Mischa Twitchin (Theatre and Performance Dept., Goldsmiths, University of London) for the Performance Philosophy Network, draft publication date Spring 2023
Creativity, skill, integrity, intelligence and community: A conversation on the nature of practice in hip hop, co-authored with Robert Hylton for the Journal of the Society for Dance Research, edited by Sarah Whatley, draft publication date Spring 2023
Dancing In Car Parks, article co-authored with Dr 'Funmi Adewole and Katye Coe for Performance Research Magazine 26.4 On (Un)Knowns, 2022
What would be another word for it?, text for a talk given at the 5th C-DaRE Dance and Somatics Practice Conference, published in Maska magazine Slovenia December 2021
Dancing in Car Parks, article co-written with 'Funmi Adewole and Katye Coe to be published in Performance Research Journal 26.2 On (Un)Knowns, 2021
Talking together about the ethics of training, conversation between Jonathan Burrows and Alesandra Seutin, to be published as part of Ethical Agility in Dance:Rethinking Technique in British Contemporary Dance, edited by Noyale Colin and Catherine Seago
Short text on 'A moment when I gained new insight into my practice', commissioned by Etc. Magazine, Belgium
