Intuitive Fitness

Abstract

Intuitive Fitness is a workshop designed by dance artist and scholar Allison Peacock intended to blend practices of physical training, instant composition, and site-specific creation, while inhabiting the multiple roles of a dance artist (performers, choreographers, event planner, and audience). The workshop’s format is a result of over a decade of international research in contemporary dance and cross-training practices, and the desire to support low-tech dance performance experiences that simultaneously highlight the imaginative while training the physical. This article will detail the research and development of this workshop method, including exercise examples from the first three iterations of Intuitive Fitness, outlining responsive practices that work with site and the unique constellation of participants to build a physical and conceptual readiness for dance.