Underscore Talk-Through

The Underscore includes a clear description of the progressive layers of participation as well as elementary phenomena that typically happen when showing up to engage in collaborative movement improvisation. This Underscore description – the "talk-through" – is part of the activity which participants take in beforehand.

• Here's one of the most complete videos available of Nancy presenting her talk-through, from 2020: Unpacking the Underscore on Vimeo

• In this video Nancy provides insights on the Underscore's details and what brought her to develop it: An Emergent Underscore: a conversation with Nancy Stark Smith, London - YouTube

• Here are photos of posters that we use in our talk-throughs. (Hopefully I'll get higher-quality posters and pics online eventually.) The descriptions include glyphs as well as text, providing visual as well as verbal cues, all a part of the practical and artistic endeavor.

• The pics are available from Google Photos as well.

Underscore Talk-Through Poster 1/4

Arrival, Assembly, Preambulation, Skinesphere, Kinesphere

Underscore Talk-Through Poster 2/4

Grazing

Underscore Talk-Through Poster 3/4

Engagement, Recirculation, Open Score, Finish

Underscore Talk-Through Poster 4/4

Anytime Phenomena

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