Abstract:
The focus of this paper is an instance of practice led research. I will discuss the specific processes embedded in creating and performing a tightly scored improvisation work—named The Little peeling Cottage—in which choreographic writing was a central aspect in the dance structure and in performance. This practice led research engages with the politics of translation and the concept of writing as a form of listening and attending to movement. Choreographic writing is differentiated as drawn words, handwritten as a performance duet practice, with one dancer manifesting their dance in bodily movement, and the other manifesting their dance through the site of the page. ....