Dance Creation in Expanded Contexts: Mediated Bodies and Generative Processes in the Screendance "Nuvem"

Abstract

This article reflects on contemporary dance creation practices mediated by technologies, with an emphasis on generative creative processes and forms of technological mediation of the body within the context of screendance. Through a practice-based theoretical approach, the creative process of the screendance Nuvem (2025) is analyzed as an experimental field of investigation, in which the operation of generative systems, modes of the body’s imagetic representation, and the sharing of creative decision-making between human and non-human agents are examined. The discussion engages with theoretical frameworks that ground the notions of generativity, virtuality, and mediation, highlighting contributions by Galanter (2003), Lévy (2003), and Latour (2012). By articulating theory and practice, the article seeks to expand the understanding of the ontological, poetic, and authorial transformations that emerge in dance within technologically mediated contexts.