Introduction

Abstract

In the post-Fordist work regime, the artist performs immaterial labor on a flexible basis within the context of temporary projects. They have become entrepreneurial individuals who work anywhere and anytime in exchange for low wages or immaterial income. This situation also demands persistent networking in order to ascertain future work opportunities. Various scholars have even nominated the performing artist as the paradigmatic example of the creative workforce occupied with immaterial and transnational project work. In this book, I set out to explore what is particular about contemporary dance artists today and their relation to work and how it ties in with more general issues of the project-based labor market and neoliberal society at large. The book consists of three parts, preceded by two chapters that contextualize the research.