Towards Sensuous Ecologies Lecture

Towards Sensuous Ecologies is a lecture by choreographer and researcher Dalija Aćin Thelander on designing performance and spaces that centre perception, agency and communality for babies, neurodivergent children and their adults. Drawing on her multi-year research project Towards sensuous ecologies – Rethinking ableism in choreographic and movement practices (Swedish Research Council; Stockholm University of the Arts), Dalija shares methods for building interrelational, immersive, sensory environments, and reflects on how rethinking ableism can transform artistic process, audience experience and hosting practices. Expect a vivid mix of theory and practical examples from performances, workshops and field research, with time for Q&A. (Dalija Acin Thelander)

Dalija Aćin Thelander is an award-winning choreographer and researcher based in Sweden. Her work focuses on interrelational, sensory performance for the very young and neurodivergent audiences, and on inclusive methods that bridge art and developmental science. She leads the research project Towards sensuous ecologies at Stockholm University of the Arts. 

This lecture is of interest to arts facilitators, baby and/or sensory theatre makers, producers, programmers, academics, theatre and dance students, parents interested in the work they take their babies.