Widening Field

Miranda Tufnell is a dancer, Alexander teacher and craniosacral therapist. She has been showing her performance work in galleries and theatres since 1976, often making sitespecific events and collaborating with visual artists. She has taught widely, including periods of teaching at Dartington College of Arts and at Fellside Alexander School.Her work both as a dancer/choreographer and body therapist has been to make visible the invisible world of the sensing body.Chris Crickmay trained as an architect, but has worked mainly in visual art with a strong interest in the links between art, dance and creativity. In his teaching career, he was one of the initiators of the Open University's course, 'Art and Environment'.As head of Art and Design at Dartington College of Arts, he helped create and run a degree course entitled 'Art and Social Context'. He now works as an independent writer and artist, continuing to participate in collaborations across the arts.

• About this Book Autobiographical Notes Sources Acknowledgements 1 Arriving Part 1 Creating as ConversationIntroduction to part 1 2 Moving and writing 3 Making 4 Getting to know what you have made Notes on timing and getting stuck Part 2 The Unfolding ImageIntroduction to part 2 5 Skin 6 Materials 7 Stories 8 Bone 9 Places 10 Heart Glossary of Terms Selected Bibliography Permissions

"Perhaps the way that the world sees itself is changing, and the divide between participant and observer, object and intelligence, is diffusing into field activity. This handbook is part of that process." Antony Gormley