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Nature 441, 410 (25 May 2006) | doi:10.1038/441410a; Published online 24 May 2006

Science in culture: Form becomes feeling

Martin Kemp1

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Siobhan Davies looks to science to shape her dance.

Why does Siobhan Davies expose her dancers to an informal academy of thinkers from diverse worlds, including science and medicine? The answer lies in the depth and power of our instinctive response to body language — a response that choreographers and dancers are adept at exploiting — and her desire to reconstitute and refresh its stock vocabulary.