Scores of the City, Scores of the Shore

Dancing Place stories the author's experiences of moving together, making, being in the world. From an Africanist & Indigenous relational philosophy the book discusses artistic process of somatic-based movement inquiry through sharing the authors' work with scores over a 6-year research project, 'Concrete-Water-Flesh'. 25 illus.

The book explore how dance practices can be embodied through relationships with the environment. The book begins with discussing somatic experiences of being in Place; including discussing a sense of belonging to the environment through responsive movement. The second part offers infrastructures (scores) for generative movement drawn from transdisciplinary workshops. The book presents text, poetic prose, and image.

Dancing Place: Scores of the City, Scores of the Shore reveals the collaborative choreographic making process as a way of being in the world. In the book the authors story their experiences of working with scores as ways of noticing, sensing and bringing focus to moments within the assemblage of environments of which we are a part.