IMPACTGlossary

A Glossary item is a list  list of key terms and concepts relevant to contemporary dance and performance studies, curated by the IMPACT consortium. It serves as a resource to clarify specialized vocabulary and facilitate deeper understanding within the community.

Resonance

Resonance is a phenomenon that occurs when an object or system is subjected to an external force or vibration that matches its resonant frequency, defined as the frequency that generates the maximum amplitude response in the system.

Mediated performance

Performances that incorporate digital or technological interfaces, such as video or virtual reality.

Materiality

The quality or character of being material or composed of matter. The physical properties of objects, bodies, and environments in artistic practices.

Locomotive/locomotor

Movement or the ability to move from one place to another.

Lateral

Anatomy: situated on one side or other of the body or of an organ, especially in the region furthest from the median plane. Lateral thinking: the solving of problems by an indirect and creative approach, typically through viewing the problem in a new and unusual light.

Kinaesthetic (awareness)

Relating to a person’s awareness of the position and movement of the parts of the body by means of sensory organs (proprioceptors) in the muscles and joints

Affect

Emotion or desire as influencing behaviour. Touch the feelings of; move emotionally.

Aesthetics

A set of principles underlying the work of a particular artist or artistic movement.

Agency

The capacity of individuals or groups to act independently and make choices that impact their artistic and social environments.

Autoethnography

A research method that uses personal experience and self-reflection to explore cultural, social, and political meanings.

Avant-Garde

Favouring or introducing new and experimental ideas and methods in art

Canon

The list of works considered to be permanently established as being of the highest quality; a piece in which the same melody/phrase is begun in different parts successively, so that the imitations overlap.