{"id":19274,"date":"2026-07-06T07:12:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hipsync.com.au\/?p=19274"},"modified":"2026-07-06T07:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:12:39","slug":"response-to-humming-the-bones-by-ami-skanberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hipsync.com.au\/?p=19274","title":{"rendered":"Response to “Humming the Bones” by Ami Sk\u00e5nberg"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recommendation and reflection on Humming the Bones<\/em> by Dianne Reid<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Humming the Bones –<\/em>\u00a0what a title, what a writer, what a force of movement Dr\u00a0Dianne Reid<\/span><\/span> is.<\/p>\n

This is a beautifully written book about the life of performers – especially those working across dance, choreography, writing, screendance, teaching, and research. It is an intellectual and compassionate autobiography, yet also accessible and generous in what it offers the reader.<\/p>\n

Reading it, I am reminded of Isadora Duncan<\/span><\/span> \u2013 the same wild, passionate striving to understand life through movement, to inhabit space fully, and to live independently as an artist. The resilience it demands – a particular act of survival.<\/p>\n

I had the great fortune of meeting Dianne Reid in 2007, when I spent three months in\u00a0 Melbourne. I admired her from the very beginning. We met at Dancehouse, where I taught my weekly morning classes. I also took her classes myself, rediscovering the joy of dancing and gaining new inspiration for Dianne’s class and choreography.<\/p>\n

We collaborated on a walking screendance piece, and I later invited Dianne to create a performance with me and my Japanese colleague Heidi S. Durning. Performing Dianne\u2019s choreography was a privilege – I learned so much through that experience.<\/p>\n

Looking back, I feel especially grateful for the time we spent revisiting collaborative works, touring, and creating under often unstable conditions – financially and spatially. Reading about her earlier life, which I previously knew little about, is deeply moving and sometimes heartbreaking. In many ways, we share similar artistic paths. While I never busked on the streets of Europe, I too moved between comedy, stand-up, and modern\/postmodern dance.<\/p>\n

Dianne Reid has long been a role model for me. Her integration of dance and text is powerful, witty, and confident. She is generous, energetic, and passionately engaged with movement, camera, and language. I have followed her articles and admired her video work, and shared it with my students. Her collaborations with lovely Mel Smith gave me yet a moment to follow her work and present it to audiences in Gothenburg, Sweden.<\/p>\n

Her writing on intercultural practice is particularly striking. I have always wanted to dance in India, and through Dianne\u2019s words, I feel as though I have already experienced something of that journey.<\/p>\n

I bow to this book and to all the knowledge it carries.<\/p>\n

Ami Sk\u00e5nberg ( also finally a Dr…), Gothenburg, Sweden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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