ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the interaction between people as a social choreography, followed by the consideration of space that influences a site-specific choreography. In modern dance practice, choreography has developed from hierarchical processes that are known from ballet or other pre-choreographed genres such as folk and social dances, into a collaborative practice. In classical ballet, a more traditional form of hierarchical leadership is executed, when steps and positions are delimited by style conventions and the structure of the music. Choreographies in organisational settings today however are not only about 're-member-ing' pre-scripted choreographies, but increasingly about self-directed or co-created choreographies. The notion of 'lived space' denotes the phenomenologically experienced space of 'inhabitants' and 'users' overlaid with imaginary and negotiated spaces, going beyond the deliberately planned architectural elements. The concept of 'non-place' stands in contrast to Pierre Nora's idea of a 'memory place', encompassing geography, historic contexts, symbolic connotations, collective memory and identity.
