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Research question/s/problemDance is an embodied practice that is challenging to capture, document and archive because dance movement encompasses complex somatic and also cultural knowledge.Up to date, dance is mainly recorded through audio visual media on either institutional databases or streaming websites such as YouTube or Vimeo. In training environments, dancers often resort to video to learn and share their knowledge on their practices and guide each other visually [1]. However, mere video recordings do not inform on the cultural context, the movement qualities nor the kinaesthetic sensations in dance, among others.This PhD aims at designing interactive systems for dance documentation and transmission. The goal is to capture traces of dance practices and cultural experiences.The first year of this PhD includes a project grounded in a field work engaging with the modern dance repertoire by Isadora Duncan, as thought by a Duncanian dancer and teacher. The project aims to explore ways in which sound can be used as a tool and material when designing for documentation and transmission of the movement qualities and kinaesthetic sensations -or experiential qualities -that the Isadora Duncan repertoire embodies. Context/theoryThroughout the creative process, some dance practitioners invent personal ways of representing their dance practices using heterogeneous artefacts to document it such as pictures, videos, drawings, annotations [2] but also using objects that carry cultural and personal values. Moreover, dance practice generates a diversity of embodied sensations and experiences that are difficult to articulate and transmit for practitioners [3][4]. Despite the diversity and complexity of dancers' embodied experiences and the heterogeneity of their documentation practice, the literature in