The author explores the practices of Polish but¿ dancers. Underlining the transcultural
potential of the genre she discusses in particular their individual body-mind practices and
so-called but¿ techniques in order to produce a generalised account of but¿ training. Her
argument is underpinned by complex field research which she carried out as an expert observer
and a workshop participant. Drawing on a transdisciplinary approach which combines insights
and findings from the fields of cultural and performance studies cultural anthropology and
cognitive sciences the book depicts the sequence of three phases which make up the processual
structure of but¿ training: intro following and embodiment.
