A sequel to Hiking the Horizontal, Liz Lerman's Shape and Momentum: An Insomniac's Guide for a World in Constant Motion is a choreographic manifesto for living in motionāpart memoir, part creative toolkit, part philosophical inquiry. Written in a series of essays, from single-paragraph meditations to expansive chapters, the book weaves together personal anecdotes, creative theory, and movement-based wisdom. Lerman draws on Heisenberg's uncertainty principle to frame a central question: how do we hold both shape and momentumāform and changeāat once? With insight and generosity, she explores creativity as a life practice, rooted in embodied knowledge and accessible to all. Witches from her decade-long project Wicked Bodies appear throughout as fierce, funny guides, helping readers stay curious and grounded. Essays are grouped in thematic sectionsālived experience, kinship, rejection, reflection, and radical imaginationāculminating in an "Atlas of Creative ToolsĀ®," a practical and poetic resource. Bridging dance, education, politics, and spiritual practice, Shape and Momentum offers tools for navigating instability and making a more relational world.
- 264 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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DanceTable of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Authorās Note
- Prologue
- Part One: Living and Experiencing
- Part Two: Shape and Momentum: The Uncertainty Principle Is a Choreographic Puzzle and a Theory of Change
- Part Three: Rejection and Reflection
- Part Four: The Atlas of Creative ToolsĀ®
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Sources
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