Making Dance: Space, Place and Technology

Semester and Year	FA 2010
Course Number	ARTS-UG1211
Section	001
Instructor	Leslie Satin
Days	Wed
Time	11:00 AM - 1:45 PM
Units	4.0
Level	U
Foundation Requirement

Description

In this workshop, students will explore the possibilities of dancing across spatial categories, making dances in “real space,” digital space, and a range of choices in between. Taking off from the notion that dance is rooted in the material body, we will join those contemporary choreographers whose experiments re-think that body: we will consider how our beliefs and arts practices are linked to evolving ideas and cultural systems, and ask questions that tug at the assumptions of what dance is, what bodies are, what space is and how they are significant as components of choreography and of our dance experiences. We will think about what constitutes technology, and we will make and watch dances ranging from low-tech works to virtual collaborations with students at other universities. In addition to making dances, we will read about contemporary dance and technology, view performances of choreographers and visual artists, and meet with practitioners engaged in the questions and practices of our study. Readings might include work by Gaston Bachelard, Valerie Briginshaw, Merce Cunningham, Kent DeSpain, Simon Goldhill, Andrew Gurian, Ivar Hagendoorn, Yi-Fu Tuan, and other artists and scholars. The course is open to all students: anyone interested in dance and/or technology is welcome. Note: all workshop members will be expected to participate as movers!

Course Type

Arts Workshops (ARTS-UG)