A corpus survey on a term in process. 52 artists, theoreticians, curators and critics declare themselves. [All texts in English. corpus wishes to thank Tanzplan Deutschland for its financial support for the translations.]

Terms are products of their usage. Since that which they designate inevitably changes, some of those who operate with certain terms gradually notice that something has ceased to be all right. Insecurity spreads out. In the course of the past ten or fifteen years, dance has undergone significant changes. While on the surface it looked as if the dancing in dance might become obsolete, it actually expanded the field's potentials, started to flow and began to investigate new territory. The resulting irritation with the identification of dance did not really question the production of art works, but it did do so regarding some handed-down thinking models of the genre.