Back in print: print and ebook copies available  March 2023
(Previously published by Dance Books - this is a very lightly updated new edition)

Publisher: Triarchy Press
Publication: March 2023
​List Price: £25 use code to save £5
Format: Paperback, 322 pages
Size: 24.6 x 18.9 cm
ISBN: 978-1-913743-77-2
Tags: Dance; Modern dance; Contemporary dance; Creativity; Improvisation; Body therapy; Creative arts
About the authors: Miranda Tufnell | Chris Crickmay
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Body   Space   Image
Notes towards improvisation and performance

Miranda Tufnell & Chris Crickmay
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When it was first published in 1990, Body Space Image was acclaimed as the first book of its kind – a remarkable guide to improvisation, using a narrative of discovery that “set the mind loose from the rut of everyday perception”.

It was groundbreaking in the way it addressed improvised movement, experimental  performance and how to create performance settings.

Thirty years later, Body, Space, Image still stands out from anything published in the interim – largely because of the way it combines a unique collection of images (from dance, theatre and painting) and statements by working artists.

The authors start with the individual’s movement itself as the basis of improvisation, then broaden their perspective to include groups working together and the physical setting of performance – space, light, sound and objects.

Body Space Image explores ways of working and ways of thinking about performance that have inspired beginners and experienced artists alike. It is a manual intended to stimulate rather than a comprehensive system of working and, in it, word and image combine to celebrate and record one of the most exacting art forms. 

Readership

Body Space Image is a widely used resource for students and teachers of dance and movement and all those working therapeutically with movement.
Image of Miranda Tufnell and Dennis Greenwood, 'Split' (1984), Photo: Chris Ha
Miranda Tufnell and Dennis Greenwood, 'Split' (1984), Photo: Chris Ha