The Presence of Real Reality: Six Theses on Dance Animateuring

Tanssi-innostaminen^® (‘dance animateuring’ in English) is an artistic and pedagogical method, which I have developed in order to empower both individuals and communities. By dance animateuring I refer to dance/ movement based activity, in which everyone can find their own way of moving and expressing by movement, but also reflecting the self and its connections to the other and the whole world. In this paper I will argue the six theses that define my approach to contemporary art making in dance animateuring practice: 1) The dancer should never aim to produce something specific but only to be present. 2) The performance shows that everyone can dance. 3) The performance is born from action, not from an idea. 4) The performance is multisensory and multidisciplinary artwork. 5) The performance is incomplete and ambiguous. 6) The performance challenges the conventional ways of seeing the world and people.