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Freelance Dance Artists’ Working Ecology September 10, 2023 blog My colleague Karen Wood at C-DaRE has been working with local freeland dance artists and has recently published a report available for download at

he danced September 1, 2023 blog From the extraordinary Hopeland by Ian McDonald: Auberon Brightbourne strode onto the dance-floor. No hesitant, testing steps here. He must throw

listening and pain August 24, 2023 blog listening opens that which pain has closed. – Jerry Colonna, Reboot (Chapter 1) Seems like listening is something I come back to on this blog. See

Somatics unlimited July 15, 2023 practice On the pages of the Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices — and elsewhere in dance scholarship — artists, scholars, teachers and practitioners are

body politics July 6, 2023 blog Here’s a videoed walk and conversation between Sunaura Taylor and Judith Butler. They talk about being bodies and I liked it a lot: I’m allergic to

vernacular activities June 21, 2023 blog The Austrian philosopher Ivan Illich is best known for his book Tools for Conviviality (1973). Illich used the word ‘vernacular’ to name all the

the many practices of practice research May 26, 2023 practice

On the 26th of May 2023 I presented a paper to the Dance Research Institute of the Chinese National Arts Academy, Beijing. The paper was designed to

one sentence email tips May 21, 2023 blog This blog is about as far away from a productivity blog as you could imagine, but I really enjoyed Josh Spector’s list of one sentence email tips …

scrutiny April 24, 2023 blog For Sebald everything is an uncanny memento mori: even a photograph is a device through which the dead scrutinise the living. I read this quote by

ripeness March 26, 2023 blog I’m in the middle of supporting the development of Igor and Moreno’s new choreography Karrasekare. The work is at an intriguing stage some seven

Dance after lockdown - living with paradox March 20, 2023 practice

This writing explores the experiences of people in the UK’s contemporary dance sector during the COVID-19 pandemic.1 It draws on qualitative data

mini essay March 17, 2023 blog This is to remind casual and regular readers of this blog that each month I send out a mini-essay to people who have subscribed to my mailing list.

Esther May Campbell March 14, 2023 blog I saw these images in Dark Mountain Issue 21 and was enraptured by them. They were taken as part of the Kitchen Table Photo Club started by Esther

a community of practice February 19, 2023 blog Back in January I was interviewed for Gemma Harman’s podcast called Resdance — a podcast about research in dance. The interview was published a

a nest for hope January 20, 2023 blog I like James Bridle’s writing. Here’s an extract from a recent blog post of his called hope needs a place to perch: To learn, to make

Colin, Simon and I archive January 16, 2023 blog & practice

Colin Poole and I started working together as “Colin, Simon and I” in 2009. We made politically and racially charged choreographies, and I find it

power of a lifetime January 10, 2023 blog The son of an old friend of mine is deep in the world of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Not so long ago, while trying to explain to

now: 4 January 2023 January 4, 2023 blog Going on for me right now: Reading: Writing Dance by Jonathan Burrows; The Feeling of What Happens by Antonio Damasio; Ministry for the Future by

Fading out the human presence: A conversation between Barbara Stimoli, Titta Raccagni and Simon Ellis December 22, 2022 practice

This is a conversation between Italian artists Barbara Stimoli and Titta Raccagni with Choreographic Practices’ co-editor Simon Ellis. The

Editorial: Making choreography, making community December 22, 2022 practice

Amaara and Simon are choreographers who co-edit Choreographic Practices (along with Dani Abulhawa and Lee Miller). In this editorial they peer into