In this course we will create a new dance project together. The ensemble work will allow participants to engage in a rigorous approach to the practice of performing.
Each performer is invited to bring what they know with them to the project, yet leave room for each to express a complex and indefinable range of experience through the humor, intelligence and emotional engagement of the dancing body. Performers will also be invited to include voice as part of this project, considering it as part of the whole body. The material will be triggered by image or character-based movement directives. Performers will work with un-prescribed movement in most situations throughout the process, allowing the structure of the dance to unfold.
Learning Outcomes:
To be open to new dance material and be available to how you play it
To be able to recognize fixity, in order to free oneself up
To engage with performance and compositional tools through directed performance and dance work together
To stimulate the intelligence of the dancer, elevating their level of engagement in both performance and dance making
Delivery Method: Fully in-person
Prerequisites:
Please contact via email (roswarby@bennington.edu) describing your interest in the course and your previous experience.
Corequisites: Dance or Drama Lab Assignment if students are registered for 4 or more credits in designated dance courses
Course Level: 4000-level
Credits: 2
Tu/F 2:10PM - 4:00PM (Full-term)
Maximum Enrollment: 10
Course Frequency: One time only
Categories: 4000 , All courses , Dance , Fully In-Person , Two Credit
Tags: collaboration , dance , performance