This class will be co-taught by Dance Faculty from the BFA and BA Dance program and is open to both groups of dance students as well as music students. This class is for students who have had training in improvisational practices. Students will explore and perform structures, paying attention to pattern recognition, arcs of development and the building of gestural, sonic, spatial, and energetic movement and sound vocabularies. Solo and Ensemble practices will be collaborative between dancers and musicians. The performance of improvisation as composition will be shared at the conclusion of the class. Musicians should be able to convey a sense of shape and form on their respective instruments.
Learning Outcomes:
improvisation skills
pattern recognition
emergent forms
sonic and gestural vocabularies
performance practice
Delivery Method: Fully in-person
Prerequisites:
Previous work in improvisation. Please contact Michael Wimberly (mwimberly@bennington.edu) with a letter of interest and experience for musicians, and contact Susan Sgorbati (sgorbati@bennington.edu) and Jesse Zaritt (jessezaritt@bennington.edu) for dancers.
Course Level: 4000-level
Credits: 2
Th 3:40PM - 5:30PM (Full-term)
Maximum Enrollment: 20
Course Frequency: One time only
Categories: 4000 , All courses , Dance , Fully In-Person , Music , Two Credit
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