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S3 Ep1  PETER, dance with Matthias Sperling
Today we danced with Matthias Sperling. To follow and get in touch with Matthias Sperling visit, http://matthias-sperling.com or on instagram @matthias_sperling.

In Stockholm in early October 2025 Matthias will give a two-week series of workshops and performances https://www.fylkingen.se/en/events/no-how-generator-matthias-sperling-and-katye-coe#title of No-How Generator , thanks to support from Fylkingen, Uniarts and Dansalliansen. 

Special thanks to Efrosini Protopapa.

References:

• Stockholm University of the Arts / ADiE project (Artistic Doctorates in Europe) – linked to the PhD Practice Week.
  https://nivel.teak.fi/adie • “No Answers, Questions Only”https://nivel.teak.fi/adie/no-answers-questions-only/
• No-How Generator (2019–ongoing) – Sperling’s choreographic work and PhD project. nohowgenerator.com 
• Back-and-forthing – the central practice within No-How Generator.
  View the score (PDF) http://nohowgenerator.com/nhg_choreographic_score.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com
• Neurolive project – five-year collaboration between artists and neuroscientists.
  http://neurolive.info
• Deborah Hay
• Steve Paxton Small Dances
• Limón technique
• Katye Coe – dancer and Sperling’s collaborator in No-How Generator. http://katyecoe.org
• Paul Feyerabend – philosopher of science, known for Against Method and the idea of “epistemological anarchy.”
• Karl Popper – philosopher of science, mentioned in contrast to Feyerabend.
• Catherine Malabou – philosopher known for the concept of plasticity.
• Guy Claxton – learning scientist who researches the body, intuition, and intelligence. https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Intelligence_in_the_Flesh/xqpJCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
• Cindy Millstein – anarchist writer, referenced for her ideas about freedom.
• Aby Warburg – magic and science.
• Website of the Warburg Institute (London) -  A short biography of Aby Warburg and history of the Warburg Institute: https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/about-us/history-warburg-institute
• Matthias  interest in Warburg's epistemoloigcal approaches is very influenced by the ways that art historian Georges Didi-Huberman articulates them in this book: https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Atlas_or_the_Anxious_Gay_Science/FXlvDwAAQB

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