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Dance, Embodiment, and Cultural Ecology: The Reflexive Relationship Between Bodies and Space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2016

Lauren Baines
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Abstract

A dynamic, reflexive relationship exists between bodies and space as humans both respond to and mold the world around them, and vice versa. Demonstrating this body–space relationship as one of embodiment, site dance holds great potential for engaging community, activating public space, and affecting change. By placing dance within the lived experience, site dance empowers audiences to recognize their roles as active agents shaping the non-static entity of space, and thereby it can be used to engender new relationships to places within a community.

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Research Article
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Congress on Research in Dance Conference Proceedings , Volume 2016 , Fall 2016 , pp. 1 - 8
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Copyright © Lauren Baines 2016 

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