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Course Description

Summary

This course focuses on the making and performing of solo dances/movement-based performances. We will consider dance making not as a craft that can be taught but as a collective practice of excavation of the self and personal interest. We will explore and expose our own creative inclinations, watch and learn from one another, and consider various strategies of positioning our work in relation to an audience. The first half of the course will consist of a series of structured exercises, showings and conversations around issues of ownership, aesthetic preference, preconceived concepts of form, commitment, risk and vulnerability. In the second half of the course, we will examine various approaches towards how dance and performance might engage a public. This course is designed for students working in the field of body-based performance. Technical dance experience is not necessary. This course asks for fully committed participation and investment in class sessions, as well as some reading, video viewing and preparation of performance work outside of class.