How does dance heritage inform today’s creations and research? Replays is a virtual exhibition by Anouk Llaurens, highlighting the work of some thirty choreographers, teachers, researchers and publishers who have been influenced by Lisa Nelson’s Tuning Scores. Together with artist-researchers Eva Maes and Julien Bruneau, they bring their publication to life. They conclude with a guided feedback exercise with the audience, during which everyone can share how this session has affected them.
Lisa Nelson is a dance-maker, improvisational performer, and collaborative artist who has been exploring the role of the senses in the performance and observation of movement since the ’70s. Stemming from an investigation of video and dance, she developed an approach to real-time editing and performance she calls Tuning Scores. It’s a practice and format for spontaneous, improvised composition that serves as both a performance and a research tool. Participants use a combination of movement, verbal “calls,” and sensory engagement with the environment to negotiate their collective understanding of space, time, and movement. The scores foster a dynamic feedback system where every participant acts as a performer, director, and spectator, creating a shared, ever-evolving “image space” through real-time editing and a dialogue of shared perception.