Attending to Movement

This edited collection draws on the conference, Attending to Movement: Somatic Perspectives on Living in this World, run at C-DaRE, the Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University, 12 - 14 July, 2013.

Somatic practitioners, dance artists and scholars from a wide range of subject domains cross discipline borders and investigate the approaches that embodied thinking and action can offer to philosophical and socio-cultural inquiry.

The book celebrates and builds upon the work of visionary dance artist, teacher and scholar Gill Clarke (1954 -2011), who championed the value of somatic approaches within and beyond dance education and creative practice.

Contents

PART ONE - INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUES Carol Brown: So, Remember the Liquid Ground Lalitaraja: Thinking, Reflecting and Contemplating With the Body Nadra Assaf: Not Without My Body Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz: Choreographic Mobilities

PART TWO - SOMATICS IN A WIDER SOCIAL CONTEXT Thomas Kampe: The Art of Making Choices Lizzy Le Quesne: An Intricate Field Somaticatica (Bernadette Cronin, Jools Gilson, Roisin O'Gorman): Embodied Adventures in and out of the Irish Countryside

PART THREE - INTERPLAY OF PRACTICE AND WRITING Adam Benjamin: The Fool's Journey and Poisonous Mushrooms Cath Cullinane, Natalie Garrett Brown, Christian Kipp & Amy Voris: At Dusk, the Collaborative Spills and Cycles of L219 Carolyn Roy: As My Attention is Wandering Sally E. Dean: Amerta Movement and Somatic Costume Hilary Kneale: 'The Daily Round, The Common Task' Sarah Whatley: Motion Capture and The Dancer

PART FOUR - PEDAGOGY/EDUCATION Sara Reed: Attending to Movement Fiona Bannon and Duncan Holt: Attending to Ethics and Aesthetics in Dance Penny Collinson: Re-sourcing the Body Nicole Harbonnier-Topin and Helen Simard: Somatic Education and Introspective Verbalisation

PART FIVE - LIVED LINEAGES Jenny Roche: Disorganising Principles Jennifer Mackerras and Jane Toms ~ Myth-Busting Duncan Holt: A Moving and Touching Career in Dance and Chiropractic Martha Eddy: Early Trends

ABOUT THE EDITORS

Sarah Whatley is Professor of Dance and Director of the Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE) at Coventry University.

Dr Natalie Garrett Brown is principal lecturer in dance at Coventry University, UK, where she contributes to the BA(Hons) Dance course and co-ordinates postgraduate provision for the Performing Arts Department.

Kirsty Alexander studied law and then trained in contemporary dance. She performed with a diverse range of artists including Gill Clarke, Rosemary Butcher, Gaby Agis, Michael Clarke, Station House Opera and Michel Laub.