Movement as Matter: A Practice-Based Inquiry into the Substance of Dancing

Abstract This article approaches dance through the lens of new materialist theories (speculative realism, object-oriented ontology, thing theory, posthumanism, etc.), considering possibility that objecthood need not align with inertness and movement be excluded from realm substantive. Deploying a practice-based methodology informed by participation in works Simone Forti Maria Hassabi, as well her own investigation, author considers theoretical positions counter persistent association ephemerality while also broadly questioning relationship between theory.