META: discourses from dancers inside action machines

meta: discourses from dancers inside action machines constructed a series of applied studio-based dance practices that sought to construct different bodies in dance. The action machines aimed to develop external frameworks that direct dancers’ attention and elicit new/novel movement responses. This research demonstrates the potential application of systems such as action machines in the training of dancers and the ongoing practice of dance to direct dancers movement enquiries beyond codified traditions of dance, develop new aesthetics, and ways of thinking and moving in dance.