Orpana, Choreographed by Situation - Self-organizing choreography and the dancer’s agencement

There are many ways to approach self-organizing or improvised choreography. In this artistic research the choreography is approached as a self-organizing system and investigated for the requirements that this kind of approach demands from the choreographic thinking and practice and the dancer's work to make the self-organization happen. This dissertation will go through the following key concepts from art, scientific thinking and philosophy: • choreography and choreographer • composition, assemblage and agencement • emergence • systems theory • situation • embodied mind • improvisation • choreographic knowledge This doctoral dissertation also contains thorough analysis of three performances and one workshop that were done during the years 2011-2017.