Article Title：Colours on the surface of my body in motion: The relationship between synaesthesia and dance improvisation
Abstract：
In synaesthesia, the stimulation of one sense or cognitive concept simultaneously and involuntarily produces a sensation in a second sense or cognitive experience. While synaesthesia has been investigated from neuroscience and psychology to social sciences and the arts, the relationship between synaesthesia and dance is largely un-researched. This article provides insight into my practice-led research project on the relationship between synaesthesia and dance improvisation, informed by somatic practice. It demonstrates the interrelation of synaesthesia and dance improvisation when performed by a synaesthete, and discusses the role of attention in this context as well as explorations of the relationship between synaesthesia, somatic practice and dance improvisation by synaesthetes and non-synaesthetes. In conclusion it is suggested that research into synaesthesia through dance and somatic practice can contribute to an integral understanding of this highly quantitatively investigated phenomenon.
Keywords: synaesthesia; synesthesia; dance improvisation; somatic practice; kinaesthesia; attention
DOI: 10.1386/jdsp.11.1.25_1
Source：JOURNAL OF DANCE & SOMATIC PRACTICES
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