In dance, a score is a set of instructions, guidelines, or frameworks that structure a performance or movement exploration. Unlike traditional music notation, dance scores can take various forms, from written text and symbols to visual maps, graphic notations, or digital interfaces. Scores can be fixed (prescriptive) or open-ended (allowing interpretation and improvisation).

Performance created in direct response to a particular location and its spatial, historical, or social context.

The study of movement within social and political contexts, beyond traditional dance settings.

Body-centered practices that emphasise internal awareness, sensory perception, and holistic movement approaches.

A method of interpretation and analysis of aspects of human cognition, behaviour, culture, and experience, which focuses on relationships of contrast between elements in a conceptual system. The doctrine that structure is more important than function.

An approach that crosses disciplinary boundaries to create new frameworks for artistic and academic inquiry.

Vernacular in dance refers to movement styles that emerge organically within specific communities, cultures, or social settings, rather than being formally codified or institutionally taught. Vernacular dances are often linked to everyday life, social interaction, and cultural expression.

Transnational in the context of contemporary dance refers to how dance practices, aesthetics, and collaborations move across and beyond national boundaries, often blending cultural influences, styles, and identities. It creates hybrid practices and decenters the “Western” canon.