This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Steve Paxton / Drafting Interior Techniques, a retrospective exhibition, in Culturgest, Lisbon, March-July 2019, co-curated by Joao Fiadeiro and Emma Bigé. American dancer, choreographer and improviser Steve Paxton (1938-2024) has continuously been shaping the face of dance for more than six decades. Starting his dance career in the 1950s, he danced with José Limon and the Cunningham company, contributed to found the Judson Dance Theater and post-modern dance, invented two dance techniques (Contact Improvisation and Material for the Spine), while writing extensively about movement (more than a hundred articles since 1970) and relentlessly performing improvisation around the world. Drafting Interior Techniques is the first retrospective look taken at his work and legacy. Organized around the concept of study (a a study in pedestrian movements, study in anarchy, a study in touch, a study in improvisation, a study in gravity...), the book offers essential texts a full biographical timeline around Steve Paxton's work, as well as never published images and archives. Contributions: Emma Bigé, Ramsay Burt, Bojana Cvejić, João Fiadeiro, Alice Godfroy, Hubert Godard, André Lepecki, Daniel Lepkoff, Bebe Miller, Martin Nachbar, Patricia Kuypers, Julie Perrin, Yvonne Rainer, Delfim Sardo, Nancy Stark Smith.