Paper short abstract:

A conversation between Siobhan Davies and James Leach on collaboration and responsibility in her choreographic practice

Paper long abstract:

Choreography in Siobhan Davies Dance has an explicit intention around conversation, discovery and making. In this way, we hope to sustain a practice that is inclusive and responsive. It echoes the complexity of life, that we are not on our own, and we are responsible to each other in each moment. We aim to explore the tension between finding some distinctive quality in ourselves while knowing and wanting to work with others doing the same thing; adjusting our singular activity in order to be alongside others. During processes of documentation and digitisation, we continue to explore ways to keep the live-ness of of choreography and dancing in a medium other than our bodies. How do we keep the renewal of activity in other forms? Our interview explores the possibilities of maintaining the connection between live-ness in choreography, dance making, and digitisation.