This thesis considers a sense of self as an emergent, embodied process in somatically oriented UK contemporary dance. Central to this examination is the physicality of the dance form, with the body as a site of discourse, supporting embodied cognition and opposing mind-body dich…
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Dance has attracted little scientific interest on the effects of physical fitness improvements on performance and injury severity, particularly with respect to contemporary dance. The main aims of the current work were: a) to observe the physical demands of dance performance; b)…
Currently, across dance studies, choreographies are usually discussed as representational of the choreographer, with little attention focused on the dancers who also bring the work into being. As well as devaluing the contribution that the dancer makes to the choreographic proce…
As the world faces climate change and unprecedented environmental catastrophe, it is time that the dance community urgently respond to the call for ecologic awareness and action. Human interactions and habits with waste are at the forefront of climate problems; this research rev…
This paper asserts that by incorporating immersive practices into the exploration of concert dance, dance artists expand and enrich the genre of contemporary dance. They are following the valued dance tradition of challenging assumptions of previous decades. Immersive production…
This dissertation engages Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin and his movement language Gaga as significant and celebrated in the world of dance in the contemporary moment. Naharin’s choreography and Gaga present significant contradictions that ultimately reveal important tension…