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The inaugural event of the Costume & Fashion in Context & Practice Symposium & Exhibition held at... more The inaugural event of the Costume & Fashion in Context & Practice Symposium & Exhibition held at the University of Huddersfield. This was a two day peer reviewed symposium with accompanying exhibition hosting students/designers/practitioners/educators/performers. Representing independent practitioners, 22 institutions across 10 countries.
Studies in Costume & Performance, 2016
Sally E. Dean has led the Somatic Movement, Costume & Performance Project in collaboration with c... more Sally E. Dean has led the Somatic Movement, Costume & Performance Project in collaboration with costume designers/visual artists Sandra Arròniz Lacunza and Carolina Rieckhof since 2011. This project offers an alternative costume design methodology that starts from the body or ‘soma’ (i.e. a sentient, perceiving person), whereby perception is inherently active and relational. This approach is thus multi-sensorial, somatic and holistic, and is based upon Sally’s background as a somatic practitioner, performer, performance-maker and teacher. This visual essay gives examples from the project’s design approach, working with a live, moving and multi-sensorial body to create Somatic CostumesTM through co-creation, collaboration and participation. Costume designers are actively engaged in trying on materials and costumes through all stages of the process in order to answer the following overarching question: what are the materials/costumes doing to the body (i.e. body image and body schema)...
Scene, 2014
This article introduces Sally E. Dean’s ‘Somatic Movement & Costume Project’ by presenting exampl... more This article introduces Sally E. Dean’s ‘Somatic Movement & Costume Project’ by presenting examples of the ‘somatic costumes’ created and the costume design, choreographic and pedagogic methodologies applied. ‘Somatic costumes’ aim to facilitate multi-sensorial experiences that change our relationships to ourselves, others and the environment. Although costume has been incorporated in performance for centuries, this project argues for a critical social–cultural paradigm shift: the aesthetic and movement of the performance work comes from the somatic experiences (kinaesthetic and sensorial) of the costume, rather than the costumes being designed to enhance an aesthetic already established in advance. This is also inherent in the costume design process itself: we start with what somatic experiences we would like to enhance or generate as opposed to the visual aesthetic. This approach has the potential to not only instigate new ways of moving, being, perceiving, creating, teaching and ...
Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices, 2017
Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices, 2012
This article is an introduction to the possibilities of the field of costume and somatic movement... more This article is an introduction to the possibilities of the field of costume and somatic movement. It is a reflective account of my first stage of research in this area, which culminated in a workshop presentation at the Dance and Somatic Practices Conference at Coventry University. The project centred on costumes created and designed in collaboration with Sandra Arroniz Lacunza and Carolina Rieckhof (visual artists and costume designers with an M.A. in Costume Design for Performance from the London College of Fashion). The aim was to consider how costumes can link internal sensory and imaginary experiences to our perceptions. This article traces the background of the project, its research methodologies and structure, the costumes designed and experimented within the workshops and performances, and considers the project’s potential applications to performance, creative process and dance training.
Sally E. Dean has led the Somatic Movement, Costume & Performance Project in collaboration with c... more Sally E. Dean has led the Somatic Movement, Costume & Performance Project in collaboration with costume designers/visual artists Sandra Arròniz Lacunza and Carolina Rieckhof since 2011. This project offers an alternative costume design methodology that starts from the body or 'soma' (i.e. a sentient, perceiving person), whereby perception is inherently active and relational. This approach is thus multi-sensorial, somatic and holistic, and is based upon Sally's background as a somatic practitioner, performer, performance-maker and teacher. This visual essay gives examples from the project's design approach, working with a live, moving and multi-sensorial body to create Somatic Costumes™ through co-creation , collaboration and participation. Costume designers are actively engaged in trying on materials and costumes through all stages of the process in order to answer the following overarching question: what are the materials/costumes doing to the body (i.e. body image and body schema)? Through these experiential methodologies, the project aims to return and relocate the body into the costume design process.
This article introduces Sally E. Dean's 'Somatic Movement & Costume Project' by presenting exampl... more This article introduces Sally E. Dean's 'Somatic Movement & Costume Project' by presenting examples of the 'somatic costumes' created and the costume design, choreographic and pedagogic methodologies applied. 'Somatic costumes' aim to facilitate multi-sensorial experiences that change our relationships to ourselves, others and the environment. Although costume has been incorporated in performance for centuries , this project argues for a critical social–cultural paradigm shift: the aesthetic and movement of the performance work comes from the somatic experiences (kinaesthetic and sensorial) of the costume, rather than the costumes being designed to enhance an aesthetic already established in advance. This is also inherent in the costume design process itself: we start with what somatic experiences we would like to enhance or generate as opposed to the visual aesthetic. This approach has the potential to not only instigate new ways of moving, being, perceiving, creating, teaching and performing, but to also foster social–cultural understanding. This project aims to create bridges between somatic practices, costume design, culture and performance.
The inaugural event of the Costume & Fashion in Context & Practice Symposium & Exhibition held at... more The inaugural event of the Costume & Fashion in Context & Practice Symposium & Exhibition held at the University of Huddersfield. This was a two day peer reviewed symposium with accompanying exhibition hosting students/designers/practitioners/educators/performers. Representing independent practitioners, 22 institutions across 10 countries.
Studies in Costume & Performance, 2016
Sally E. Dean has led the Somatic Movement, Costume & Performance Project in collaboration with c... more Sally E. Dean has led the Somatic Movement, Costume & Performance Project in collaboration with costume designers/visual artists Sandra Arròniz Lacunza and Carolina Rieckhof since 2011. This project offers an alternative costume design methodology that starts from the body or ‘soma’ (i.e. a sentient, perceiving person), whereby perception is inherently active and relational. This approach is thus multi-sensorial, somatic and holistic, and is based upon Sally’s background as a somatic practitioner, performer, performance-maker and teacher. This visual essay gives examples from the project’s design approach, working with a live, moving and multi-sensorial body to create Somatic CostumesTM through co-creation, collaboration and participation. Costume designers are actively engaged in trying on materials and costumes through all stages of the process in order to answer the following overarching question: what are the materials/costumes doing to the body (i.e. body image and body schema)...
Scene, 2014
This article introduces Sally E. Dean’s ‘Somatic Movement & Costume Project’ by presenting exampl... more This article introduces Sally E. Dean’s ‘Somatic Movement & Costume Project’ by presenting examples of the ‘somatic costumes’ created and the costume design, choreographic and pedagogic methodologies applied. ‘Somatic costumes’ aim to facilitate multi-sensorial experiences that change our relationships to ourselves, others and the environment. Although costume has been incorporated in performance for centuries, this project argues for a critical social–cultural paradigm shift: the aesthetic and movement of the performance work comes from the somatic experiences (kinaesthetic and sensorial) of the costume, rather than the costumes being designed to enhance an aesthetic already established in advance. This is also inherent in the costume design process itself: we start with what somatic experiences we would like to enhance or generate as opposed to the visual aesthetic. This approach has the potential to not only instigate new ways of moving, being, perceiving, creating, teaching and ...
Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices, 2017
Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices, 2012
This article is an introduction to the possibilities of the field of costume and somatic movement... more This article is an introduction to the possibilities of the field of costume and somatic movement. It is a reflective account of my first stage of research in this area, which culminated in a workshop presentation at the Dance and Somatic Practices Conference at Coventry University. The project centred on costumes created and designed in collaboration with Sandra Arroniz Lacunza and Carolina Rieckhof (visual artists and costume designers with an M.A. in Costume Design for Performance from the London College of Fashion). The aim was to consider how costumes can link internal sensory and imaginary experiences to our perceptions. This article traces the background of the project, its research methodologies and structure, the costumes designed and experimented within the workshops and performances, and considers the project’s potential applications to performance, creative process and dance training.
Sally E. Dean has led the Somatic Movement, Costume & Performance Project in collaboration with c... more Sally E. Dean has led the Somatic Movement, Costume & Performance Project in collaboration with costume designers/visual artists Sandra Arròniz Lacunza and Carolina Rieckhof since 2011. This project offers an alternative costume design methodology that starts from the body or 'soma' (i.e. a sentient, perceiving person), whereby perception is inherently active and relational. This approach is thus multi-sensorial, somatic and holistic, and is based upon Sally's background as a somatic practitioner, performer, performance-maker and teacher. This visual essay gives examples from the project's design approach, working with a live, moving and multi-sensorial body to create Somatic Costumes™ through co-creation , collaboration and participation. Costume designers are actively engaged in trying on materials and costumes through all stages of the process in order to answer the following overarching question: what are the materials/costumes doing to the body (i.e. body image and body schema)? Through these experiential methodologies, the project aims to return and relocate the body into the costume design process.
This article introduces Sally E. Dean's 'Somatic Movement & Costume Project' by presenting exampl... more This article introduces Sally E. Dean's 'Somatic Movement & Costume Project' by presenting examples of the 'somatic costumes' created and the costume design, choreographic and pedagogic methodologies applied. 'Somatic costumes' aim to facilitate multi-sensorial experiences that change our relationships to ourselves, others and the environment. Although costume has been incorporated in performance for centuries , this project argues for a critical social–cultural paradigm shift: the aesthetic and movement of the performance work comes from the somatic experiences (kinaesthetic and sensorial) of the costume, rather than the costumes being designed to enhance an aesthetic already established in advance. This is also inherent in the costume design process itself: we start with what somatic experiences we would like to enhance or generate as opposed to the visual aesthetic. This approach has the potential to not only instigate new ways of moving, being, perceiving, creating, teaching and performing, but to also foster social–cultural understanding. This project aims to create bridges between somatic practices, costume design, culture and performance.