ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the agency and experience of dress and costume in the creative and collaborative process of making contemporary dance work and explores the complexity of its relationship to the body. Contemporary dance embraces aspects of other dance forms, including physical dance, modern, lyrical, and classical ballet, and is often experimental. It is understood differently in its cultural and socio-political contexts, and being a highly visual, abstract, and collaborative art form, the potential for new forms of costume or dress is vast.
