In exploring skilled performance in Contact Improvisation (CI), we utilize an enactive
ethnographic methodology combined with an interdisciplinary approach to examine the …

Disability is defined by the World Health Organization as resulting “from the interaction
between individuals with a health condition such as cerebral palsy, down syndrome and …

Introduction: The classic model of theatrical presence The concept of presence is a much-
debated topic in the literature of the performing arts; in the history of theatre and theatrical …

I certify that the work in this thesis entitled Stage Presence in Dance: A Cognitive Ecological
Ethnographic Approach has neither been previously submitted for a degree, nor submitted …

Dance as a complex human activity is a rich test case for exploring perception in action. In
this article, we explore a 4E approach to perception/action in dance, focussing on the …

This article reports a quasi-experiment on the impact of contact improvisation (CI) sessions
and free improvisation (FI) interfaces on dance proficiency, improvisation competence/output …

As an interdisciplinary researcher and dance artist, I often wonder how evocative
movements and meaningful choreographies develop, and what makes a suggestive …

This article challenges the assumption of contact improvisation (CI) as a gender-neutral
dance form, as it has been claimed since the emergence of the dance form in the 1970s and …

Over the past few decades, cognitive science and the philosophy of mind have moved
increasingly towards cognitive theories that consider the mind as fundamentally embodied …

Mainstream psychology adheres to a reductionist perspective on the body which is founded
on a biomedical framework. In this view, the bodys functioning is investigated as merely …