Dis/Orientation: Rhythmic Bodies and Corporeal Orature in The Fits

In Anna Rose Holmer’s 2015 film The Fits, 11-year old protagonist Toni is depicted as moving between the steady rhythms of the local boys’ boxing club and the highly syncopated, vertiginous, call-and-response rhythms of the local girls’ drill dance team, all of which culminates into a polyrhythmic,...

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Main Author: Elena Benthaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2018-06-01
Series:The International Journal of Screendance
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Online Access:http://screendancejournal.org/article/view/6220