Instant Composition: choreographic training of the dance artist and his corporeality

The article discusses the training and development of the dance artist’s corporeality drawing primarily from the bodily practices related to the work of instant composition, proposed by the British choreographer Julyen Hamilton. For that purpose, a field study of artistic practice was conducted both in the studio and over the workshops. Some of the categories emerging from the analysis of the data collected - quality of movement, reflective arenas and presence – are presented and discussed. This study further suggests ways of working up the body and the choreographic training that lead to an autonomous body, where exercises become performances, out of normative patterns.L’article se propose à discuter la formation et la préparation du corps-réel de l’artiste de la danse, en partant des pratiques corporelles liées au travail de composition instantanée, selon la conception du chorégraphe Julyen Hamilton. Pour ce faire, nous avons accomplis une étude de la pratique artistique. De l’analyse des données sont issues quelques catégories telles quelles: qualité de mouvement, arènes de réflexion et presence. Cette étude propose des manières pour travailler le corps et la formation chorégraphique ayant pour but la construction d’un corps autonome, de façon que les exercises deviennent des performances qui se dérobent des règlements de normalité.The article discusses the training and development of the dance artist’s corporeality drawing primarily from the bodily practices related to the work of instant composition, proposed by the British choreographer Julyen Hamilton. For that purpose, a field study of artistic practice was conducted both in the studio and over the workshops. Some of the categories emerging from the analysis of the data collected - quality of movement, reflective arenas and presence – are presented and discussed. This study further suggests ways of working up the body and the choreographic training that lead to an autonomous body, where exercises become performances, out of normative patterns