Tag: Practice as research

Maria Luigia Gioffrè

Maria Luigia Gioffrè is an artist and PhD practice-based researcher (2024-27) in the field of performing arts and theatre direction at Accademia Nazionale d’Arte Drammatica Silvio d’Amico, Rome, Italy. Between 2025 and 2026 she is a visiting PhD at Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, affiliated at Creatie LAB. Her research focuses on mediated live theatricality emerging […]

Karel Tuytschaever

Karel Tuytschaever is an actor, filmmaker, and teaching artist currently finishing his PhD in the arts at the University of Antwerp (ARIA) and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. His research explores embodied presence, ethics of making and presentation, and lens-based practices, framed through the concept of the “Transparent Body.” Working across performance, film, […]

Lokomotiva – Centre for New Initiative in Arts and Culture

Lokomotiva – Centre for New Initiative in Arts and Culture is a small non-profit organization founded in 2003 in Skopje, North Macedonia. It has the role of a multi-purpose platform for education, reflection, research, discussions, production and critical thinking in the field of contemporary arts and culture. Through its activities, Lokomotiva aims to widen the […]

Anne-Lise Brevers

Anne-Lise Brevers Kuhn (BE/USA) is a dancer, researcher and choreographer. Trained in classical ballet by Menia Martinez, she obtained a master in dance at  Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, her master’s project receiving the PlayRight Prize. She worked as a freelance dancer for several choreographers before meeting Cindy Van Acker in 2010 while dancing in Romeo Castellucci’s […]

Del Valle, Marian, Bianca Maurmayr, and Marina Nordera (eds.). 2020. Pratiques de la pensée en danse : les Ateliers de la danse. L’Harmattan.

This edited volume delves into the practices of thought in dance, particularly through the lens of dance workshops, exploring how dance serves as a medium for intellectual and creative exploration.

Hecquet, Simon, and Sabine Prokhoris. 2014. Fabriques de la danse. Presses universitaires de France.

Simon Hecquet and Sabine Prokhoris examine the “fabrics” or making of dance, likely discussing the processes, institutions, and cultural contexts that shape dance creation and performance.

Laermans, Rudi. 2015. Moving together: Theorizing and making contemporary dance. Valiz.

Rudi Laermans provides a theoretical and practical exploration of contemporary dance, discussing how collective movement and collaboration contribute to the creation and experience of dance.

Nachbar, Martin. 2018. “Tracing sense/reading sensation: An essay on imprints and other matters” in The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Reenactment edited by Mark Franko. Oxford Handbooks. (2): 19-32.

Martin Nachbar investigates the sensory and experiential aspects of dance, focusing on how imprints and sensations are traced and interpreted within the context of dance and reenactment.

Candelario, Rosemary, and Matthew Henley, eds. 2023. Dance research methodologies: ethics, orientations, and practices. Taylor & Francis.

This edited volume provides a comprehensive overview of methodologies in dance research, focusing on ethical considerations, research orientations, and practical approaches in the field.

Gehm, Sabine, Pirkko Husemann, and Katharina von Wilcke, eds. 2015. Knowledge in motion: Perspectives of artistic and scientific research in dance. Vol. 9. transcript Verlag.

The book explores the intersection of artistic and scientific research in dance, offering various perspectives on how knowledge is generated and disseminated through dance practices.

CORPoREAL

CORPoREAL is an inter-artistic-pedagogical research platform, founded in 2014 at the Royal Conservatoire of the AP University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Antwerp. It supports, develops and disseminates research on physical and experiential processes and knowledge in the performing arts (music, drama and dance).

Kuppers, Petra. 2011. Disability Culture and Community Performance: Find a Strange and Twisted Shape. Palgrave Macmillan.

Petra Kuppers delves into the intersection of disability culture and performance, highlighting how community performances can challenge and reshape societal perceptions of disability.