Frissons in Dance

Abstract Musical frissons (or chills) have been at the forefront of both philosophical and psychological research on audience responses to music. The aim this article is argue that also play an important role in experience dance performances. Following Jerrold Levinson’s distinction between sound-quality sound-structure frissons, zooms concept conflict-inducted which feature prominently a variety art forms besides music, from film literature, it crucial importance for understanding reaction some A case study Pina Bausch’s choreographies given illustrate point.