ATE Methodology practice classes:

“Accountable temporary expedients” (ATE) is a choreographic methodology I developed, that uses task-based improvisation to challenge dancers’ ability to handle confusion and uncertainty. An “expedient” is a practical tool for a specific situation, “temporary” means it’s not a permanent solution, and “accountable” means the practitioner considers the consequences of the action within that context. ATE is used to provoke a more embodied, intuitive, and responsive form of dance that moves beyond habit.
Key principles of Accountable Temporary Expedients

Accountable: The tasks are mindful of their immediate consequences in a specific performance setting.
Temporary: The “expedients” or tasks are not universal; they are useful only for the current situation and are not meant to be applied to all circumstances.
Expedient: The tasks are practically useful in the moment of action.
Improvisation and Composition: ATE is a tool for both improvising in the moment and for choreographing future work.
Embracing Confusion: The practice challenges dancers to attend to multiple stimuli at once and encourages embracing doubt and uncertainty to foster new decision-making and “emergent embodied cognition”.
Beyond Habit: ATE aims to break dancers out of self-indulgent habits and create a more raw, responsive, and less predictable form of danceAs a freelance dancer and performance artist working across different disciplines, I have been teaching and choreographing, taking my work to international festivals such as Venice Biennale and various Fringe Festivals since 2010.

I am enthusiastic about sharing the principles of with those who have an interest in challenging their givens, whichever may be their backgrounds.

OPEN PRACTICE – ATE methodology:
 7-8 December 2025; 13:00-16:00h
PARTICIPATION
: 1 day in €25 2 days €40.
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