@article{intel:/content/journals/10.1386/jdsp.11.1.25_1, author = "Scheubeck, Stephanie", title = "Colours on the surface of my body in motion: The relationship between synaesthesia and dance improvisation", journal= "Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices", year = "2019", volume = "11", number = "1", pages = "25-37", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1386/jdsp.11.1.25_1", url = "https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jdsp.11.1.25_1", publisher = "Intellect", issn = "1757-188X", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "kinaesthesia", keywords = "synaesthesia", keywords = "synesthesia", keywords = "somatic practice", keywords = "attention", keywords = "dance improvisation", abstract = "In synaesthesia, the stimulation of one sense or cognitive concept simultaneously and involuntarily produces a sensation in a second sense or cognitive experience. while synaesthesia has been investigated from neuroscience and psychology to social sciences and the arts, the relationship between synaesthesia and dance is largely un-researched. This article provides insight into my practice-led research project on the relationship between synaesthesia and dance improvisation, informed by somatic practice. It demonstrates the interrelation of synaesthesia and dance improvisation when performed by a synaesthete, and discusses the role of attention in this context as well as explorations of the relationship between synaesthesia, somatic practice and dance improvisation by synaesthetes and non-synaesthetes. In conclusion it is suggested that research into synaesthesia through dance and somatic practice can contribute to an integral understanding of this highly quantitatively investigated phenomenon.", }