Emilyn Claid’s career stretches back to the 1960s when she was a ballet dancer with the National Ballet of Canada and the 1970s when she was co-founder of X6 Dance Space in London. In the 1980s she was artistic director of Extemporary Dance Theatre and in the 1990s worked as an independent dance artist. Emilyn has made choreographies for companies such as Phoenix Dance Company and CandoCo Dance Company, and has led choreographic research projects in Auckland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Berlin, Helsinki and Beirut. In 1997 she was awarded a PhD and published a book, Yes? No! Maybe… (2006). Since 2003 Emilyn worked as a professor at Dartington College of Arts and at University of Roehampton. In 2020 she resigned from the arena of academia to continue her free-lance career as dance artist, educator and psychotherapist.

This book is significant because it creates the space for more diverse considerations of falling—a space to reflect on previous experiences while opening readers’ eyes to possibilities yet to catch their attention.

• 1. IntroductionStructure and ContentFalling-through DanceA Practice of FallingConceptual FallsThe Contextual FabricBack Stories2. Falling Apart3. Falling Out4. Falling Away 5. Falling AboutReferences

Emilyn Claid’s career stretches back to the 1960s when she was a ballet dancer with the National Ballet of Canada and the 1970s when she was co-founder of X6 Dance Space in London. In the 1980s she was artistic director of Extemporary Dance Theatre and in the 1990s worked as an independent dance artist. Emilyn has made choreographies for companies such as Phoenix Dance Company and CandoCo Dance Company, and has led choreographic research projects in Auckland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Berlin, Helsinki and Beirut. In 1997 she was awarded a PhD and published a book, Yes? No! Maybe… (2006). Since 2003 Emilyn worked as a professor at Dartington College of Arts and at University of Roehampton. In 2020 she resigned from the arena of academia to continue her free-lance career as dance artist, educator and psychotherapist.

This book is significant because it creates the space for more diverse considerations of falling—a space to reflect on previous experiences while opening readers’ eyes to possibilities yet to catch their attention.

• 1. IntroductionStructure and ContentFalling-through DanceA Practice of FallingConceptual FallsThe Contextual FabricBack Stories2. Falling Apart3. Falling Out4. Falling Away 5. Falling AboutReferences

Emilyn Claid’s career stretches back to the 1960s when she was a ballet dancer with the National Ballet of Canada and the 1970s when she was co-founder of X6 Dance Space in London. In the 1980s she was artistic director of Extemporary Dance Theatre and in the 1990s worked as an independent dance artist. Emilyn has made choreographies for companies such as Phoenix Dance Company and CandoCo Dance Company, and has led choreographic research projects in Auckland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Berlin, Helsinki and Beirut. In 1997 she was awarded a PhD and published a book, Yes? No! Maybe… (2006). Since 2003 Emilyn worked as a professor at Dartington College of Arts and at University of Roehampton. In 2020 she resigned from the arena of academia to continue her free-lance career as dance artist, educator and psychotherapist.

This book is significant because it creates the space for more diverse considerations of falling—a space to reflect on previous experiences while opening readers’ eyes to possibilities yet to catch their attention.

• 1. IntroductionStructure and ContentFalling-through DanceA Practice of FallingConceptual FallsThe Contextual FabricBack Stories2. Falling Apart3. Falling Out4. Falling Away 5. Falling AboutReferences