Body Weather is a comprehensive approach to training and performance that investigates the intersections of bodies and their environments. Bodies are conceived not as fixed and separate entities but as constantly changing – just like the weather. Weather is seen as a complex system of forces and influences coursing through and beyond bodies and theContinue reading “Body Weather / some resources”
Author Archives: albaybutt
By way of an epilogue: 22 May 2024 book launch
About my book Contemporary Dance Festivals in the Former Yugoslav Space: (in)dependent scenes was published with Routledge in 2023. Contemporary Dance Festivals in the Former Yugoslav Space: (in)dependent scenes expands the understanding of conditions defining the creation and circulation of contemporary dance that differ across Europe. It focuses on festival-making connected with the Balkan regional projectContinue reading “By way of an epilogue: 22 May 2024 book launch”
Using LBMS for creative pedagogy
Using the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System for creative pedagogy I use LBMS in many different ways. This post is about how it supports my work as an educator and facilitator. The example I share here is a workshop that took place in December 2023 in Vienna, Austria and Bratislava, Slovakia. This workshop was not about teachingContinue reading “Using LBMS for creative pedagogy”
CVs are not linear
I made a venn diagram that better reflects my work and commitments: Like many people who ‘come from dance’, there are many interconnected, overlapping jobs. Sure, it’s normal and expected to edit a CV to tell a particular story. But to claim working life in dance (broadly conceived) looks different to a venn diagram ofContinue reading “CVs are not linear”
Equity in Working Conditions in Dance, research commission 2023
Equity in Working Conditions in Dance research
On Transversality: Ullmann, infrastructures, ethics
Alexandra Baybutt (Presented 12 April 2023, as a talk in the frame of the WAEF three-day summit on the Laban/Bartenieff Movement System. I was part of a day focussed on ‘the ‘silent’ bodies of knowledge and overlooked contributors: the women and men who developed and ensured the legacy of ‘Laban’ studies’) Abstract This presentation discussesContinue reading “On Transversality: Ullmann, infrastructures, ethics”
What is a personal movement practice?
How to develop a personal movement practice
What is Movement Direction?
Theatre director Russell Lucas interviewed me about my work in Movement Direction for his 300 Thoughts for Theatremakers channel
What is dramaturgy?
Befriending the artistic work The artist makes the work; the dramaturg support the process. Less movement intervention and more conversation partner and offering second set of eyes/perceptual systems: dramaturgy is a bit like being a midwife of the artwork in its development. Dramaturgs ask a lot of questions. If we are working on the developmentContinue reading “What is dramaturgy?”
What is movement coaching?
I help you identify, understand and re-pattern movement habits that are no longer serving you. What ever your goals are, together we develop more movement choice, functionality and expression. Check out these questions about working 1 to 1 with me and experiencing movement coaching. How is movement coaching faciliated? I verbally facilitate and guide youContinue reading “What is movement coaching?”
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