Why subscribe?
I made Timedancers as a public record of how knowledge survives in the body when institutions fail.
This publication brings together dance, history of technology, embodiment and tradition to examine how time, culture and bodies are enclosed, extracted and erased — and how they continue to move anyway.
If you are interested in:
Dance as a form of knowledge, not decoration
Indigenous and Romani histories Europe learned to forget
Decolonial approaches that go beyond critique and into practice
How bodies carry truth when archives lie
Then this work is for you.
What you’ll receive
Subscribers receive:
long-form essays and open letters that build a coherent, ongoing argument
research-based writing grounded in dance, history, and lived experience
early access to new work and projects as they develop
occasional reflections on practice, process, and survival
This is not a content feed. It’s a body of work that compounds over time.
Who this is for
Timedancers is for dancers, artists, researchers, technologists and anyone who senses that something essential has been lost and is curious about how it might be recovered through movement, attention and care.
You do not need to be a dancer to read this.
You do need to be willing to think with your whole body.
About the author
I’m Russell Patrick Brown, a dancer, writer and researcher working at the intersection of embodiment, history and technology. My work draws on Romani and Irish-American heritage, dance scholarship and lived experience to ask how people survive inside systems not designed to hold them.
Timedancers is part of a larger body of work that includes writing, performance and emerging practice-based tools.
Why your support matters
This work is independently produced and self-funded.
A paid subscription helps sustain the research, writing and development of future projects, including practice-based tools and a forthcoming app.
If this work has helped you see differently, your support allows it to continue.
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