my friend, rob, publishes a local dance journal, and sparked some thoughts with the basic (basic!) question, "what is dance". i was tempted to produce a minimalist description:

dance is a progression of movements, and spaces between movements, where where what happens later agrees in vital ways what happened earlier. (the "agreements" can include "agreeing to disagree".) other activities besides dance have this quality (sports, house building, ceremony, war, ...), but it is at dance's center.

in choreographed dance, the progressions are in some way designed ahead of time.

in improvised dance, the progression and its unfolding is discovered along the way.

in improvised collaborative dance, the partners share the discovery process, together developing their dance as they dance it (and, as it dances them.)

even more briefly, dance is a container for realizing and growing forms in which enjoyable engagement with movement thrives.

according to what i suggest in CI Sharing The Moment, a CI dance is mutually developed, based on sharing play with balance's dynamics.

Kira's Star (by kira, not me)