Humming the Bones

""A multi-faceted journey that takes grief for a walk, over landscapes literal and figurative, past and present, to depict a life bursting with artistic twists and turns. Poetry and prose is caught in the moment or evoked through memory in this moving account of a dancer’s life."" — Dr Philipa Rothfield—Professor, Dance and Philosophy of the Body, University of Southern Denmark; Senior Lecturer, Philosophy and Politics, La Trobe University. ""I live in the middle of the United States, so far away from Australia that it seems like another world. Yet, I have been aware of Dianne Reid’s work across multiple disciplines for as long as I can remember. Dianne’s tribe stretches beyond the boundaries of countries, language, practice and time. Similarly, the research topics that have animated her work run from Bachelard to Burlesque, to film and performance and in and out of the histories of modern and contemporary dance. Humming The Bones is an archive of a creative life fully lived. The writing is deeply honest, at times painfully so, and centers Dianne’s emotional and empathetic relationship with the universe and all the folks in it. The joy, the grief, the sacred and profane are all to be found in the thoughtfully wrought pages of this book. For Dianne, dance has indeed been, “an act of survival.” Humming The Bones allows us, the readers, to share in that journey in a lovely and poetic way."" — Douglas Rosenberg—Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison