Spirituality in Aurelia Baumgartner’s Tanzphilosophie

Against the background of a non-religious understanding of spirituality in the context of consciousness studies, the article analyses the dance practice, understood as embodied philosophy, of Aurelia Baumgartner. The article considers her inspiration, intuitive collaboration with other artists, the concepts of femininity, beauty, and non-linearity central to her practice and thinking, her biography (in terms of training; a pivotal, life-changing, crossroads she encountered at the age of 14; and her heritage), and cultural and philosophical contextualizations.