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Performances
Project 2008. Concept. Ivar Hagendoorn. Choreography: Ivar Hagendoorn. Dancer: to be announced. Dates: to be announced.
Communications from the Lab, 2004. Ballett Frankfurt. 60 minutes. 8 dancers. 12 loudspeakers. Music: Paula Matthusen.
Talks
Dance, Language and the Brain. 2nd International Congress on Art, Brain and Languages. 11-12 September 2008, Casa da Musica, Porto, Portugal.
Articles
Hagendoorn, I.G., Can Dance Be Disgusting or Is It Forever Doomed to Aestheticism? Culture Teatrali, 2008 (forthcoming)
Hagendoorn, I.G., Dance, Choreography and the Brain, in: Melcher, D. and Bacci, F. [eds.], Art and the Senses. Oxford University Press, 2008 (forthcoming).
Hagendoorn, I.G., Einige methodologische Bemerkungen zu einer künftigen Neurokritik des Tanzes, in: Fenger, J. and Birringer, J. [eds.], Tanz im Kopf/Dance and Cognition, Jahrbuch Tanzforschung 15, 2005.
Hagendoorn, I.G., Dance Perception and the Brain, in: McKechnie, S. and Grove, R. [eds.], Thinking in Four Dimensions. Melbourne University Publishing, 2005.
Hagendoorn, I.G., Some speculative hypotheses about the nature and perception of dance and choreography. Journal of Consciousness Studies 11 (3-4), 2004.
When someone asked him why he took pictures, the American photographer Garry Winogrand said, "Because I want to see what something looks like when it's photographed."
Reading
Pascal Mercier: Night Train to Lisbon
Just finished
J.G. Ballard: The Atrocity Exhibition
Marshall McLuhan: Understanding Media
Tim Harford: The Logic of life
Nathan Englander: The Ministry of Special Cases
Ray Jackendoff: Foundations of Language
Listening
If you like The Arctic Monkeys, you'll love The Rascals (no album yet)
The Last Shadow Puppets: The Age of the Understatement
Benga: Diary of an Afro Warrior
About
Ivar Hagendoorn is a choreographer, photographer, researcher, philosopher, traveller, adventure capitalist and one time quantitative analyst.
His research applies insights from philosophy, cognitive neuroscience, psychology and sociology to the study of art and has been published in various academic journals. Currently his work and research focus on neuroaesthetics, globalization and urbanism.
This site is an incomplete record of his, that is my, work and ideas. As with all my work it is a continuous work in progress. If you want to know more about me you can read my bio or check out the various entries in blog from which you can infer more about me than I'd like you to know.
If you've got any comments, questions or suggestions regarding this site, my work, my research or any other aspect of my life, do not hesitate to contact me. Either send me an email or shout as loud as you can. If you like the site and/or the work it presents, tell your friends and come to see one of my performances.