Drawing on a micro-phenomenological paradigm, we discuss Contact Improvisation (CI),
where dancers explore potentials of intercorporeal weight sharing, kinesthesia, touch, and …

Recent voices in creativity research emphasize the vital role that processes of active
engagement and interaction play. These distributed, interactivity-based, and ecological …

Our title can be read as trivially true, namely that perceived affordances shape real-time
interaction dynamics. A less trivial reading suggests that affordances themselves interact in …

This chapter discusses cognitive, sensorimotor, and interactional prerequisites for
improvising together in tango argentino. Tango is a highly structured and precise skill where …

As scholars have recently emphasized, creativity is not restricted to the individual mind; it
can happen in and through interaction. To evaluate the legitimacy of claims about …

This article introduces a micro-phenomenological method for interpersonal synergy
research, which operates on a sub-second timescale or slightly higher. This is illustrated by …

There has been considerable progress in investigating collective actions in the last decades.
However, the real progress is different from what many scholars take it to be. It lies in the fact …

Using a video-supported cognitive ethnographic and phenomenological approach, we
address the interactively generated dynamic of bouts in Aikido. This “soft” martial art enables …

This paper discusses key conceptual resources for an understanding of coordination
processes in team sports. It begins by exploring the action guidance provided by the …

This paper reports on projects researching sophisticated interaction and improvisation in five
domains of bodywork, pair dance, and martial arts. A general taxonomy of the requisite …