books & articles

*Let me know if you need help getting your hands on any of these.
Also it might be worth checking the Arnolfini’s reading room, gov libraries (Bristol Central, etc), Spike Associates library (members only) and Interval library (members only).

Embodied philosophy in dance: Gaga and Ohad Naharin’s Movement Research

Einav Katan, 2016

Lamb at the Altar

Deborah Hay, 1994

Using the sky: a dance

Daborah Hay, 2015

Reading dancing: bodies and subjects in contemporary American dance

Susan Leigh Foster, 1986

Choreographer’s Handbook

Jonathan Burrows, 2010

Performance Theory;
Performance Studies, an introduction

Richard Schechner

Participation (Documents of Contemporary Art)

Essays by various authors, ed. Claire Bishop

Dance (Documents of Contemporary Art)

Essays by various authors, ed. Andre Lepecki

The Wisdom of the Body Moving

Linda Hartley, 1994

Embodied Spirit, Conscious Earth: From Embryology to Embodied Relational Spiritual Practice

Linda Hartley, 2024

Gravity

Steve Paxton, 2018 (audio book read by him is also available)

Awareness through Movement