As narratives, the qualities of feeling and connection are teased out in the process of collaboration; the work takes on a non-linear form, ideas ebb and flow, wax and wane. In order for nurtured collaboration to occur, synchronicity and flow are important.

AIDS had a devastating impact on the dance community globally. Lisa Petty was a dancer in New York City during the height of the epidemic. She shares her memories.

*dancing is used here as a noun, as distinct from dance. A dancing denotes one’s psychological state during, but not limited to, any physical activity, or indeed the course of a dance. Its essence is compositional, as derived from choreographic thinking, in organising actions and possibilities. For example, one can feel a dancing when combining opposing actions, like smiling while saying something disturbing. It is also possible to be in a dancing while standing still, and realising every possibility for motion.