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Area of Science:

  • Phenomenology
  • Dance Studies
  • Cognitive Science
  • Creativity Research

Background:

  • Contact Improvisation (CI) is a dance form exploring intercorporeal connection through weight sharing, kinesthesia, touch, and momentum.
  • Traditional creativity research often focuses on ideation internal to the mind, which may not fully capture the emergent nature of CI.
  • Understanding the spectrum of creative resources in CI is crucial for appreciating its unique collaborative processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To typologically discuss creativity-related skills in Contact Improvisation.
  • To explore the spectrum of creative resources utilized by CI dancers, ranging from ideation-driven to emergent creation.
  • To analyze the role of interpersonal self-organization and skilled intentionality in emergent CI choreography.

Main Methods:

  • Employs a micro-phenomenological paradigm to analyze CI.
  • Utilizes micro-genetic data to examine the dynamics of creative skill and emergent behavior.
  • Applies concepts from dynamic systems theory, critiquing its limitations regarding individual intentionality.

Main Results:

  • CI creativity often occurs in tightly coupled, radically emergent behavior where interpersonal synergies arise spontaneously.
  • Creative feats are 'distributed' across dancers through cascades of cross-scaffolding and micro-intentions responding to micro-affordances.
  • Dancers exhibit 'emergence management' skills, balancing global constraints with guiding collective movement dynamics.

Conclusions:

  • CI exemplifies a highly interactive and emergent form of creativity, distinct from traditional ideation-focused models.
  • Skilled intentionality in CI is characterized by momentary micro-intentions that skillfully navigate and shape emergent movement.
  • The study validates interpersonal self-organization in CI while highlighting the crucial role of individual 'emergence management'.