DANC 464 Choreography III
In this course, students continue their exploration of various elements of the craft of choreography: space, time, force and motivation. These are concepts that can be applied to any genre of dance when choreographing. Movement invention will be approached through improvisation, movement studies, readings, performance viewings, video viewings and written assignments. An emphasis will be placed upon discovering your own unique expressive movement vocabulary and deepening your powers of observation of self, others and the world around you. Dancers will learn how to investigate movement and to probe and manipulate movement materials. Concepts will be explored as soloists and group works. In preparing for a final composition showing, dancers will investigate issues that are important and use their findings to create a final work, a solo either set on themselves or someone else, or a group work. Choreographers can not be in their own group work. As a class we will decide what work will be shown or create a work together for the TADA Informal Class Showing that happens at the end of each semester.. Dancers will leave this class with different methods of how to generate movement for themselves, and how to describe their movement using language to others. Above all, a spirit of inquiry will be cultivated in this final level of choreography course.
Credits
3
Offered
Every year