Dan020x321y: The Resourceful Choreographer

DAN020X321Y: The Resourceful Choreographer Autumn Term 2009 Course tutor:

Simon Ellis ([email protected], x3209)

Week 1: 2 October 2009 Beginnings

RSS

Some moving/watching

Three short studies

Introducing the light sources

Assessment Study 1

Getting online

Assessment Study 1: Choreographing light Task In groups of three, develop a short solo study that prioritises the audience’s experience of light, stillness and time. The work will be approximately 5 to 10 minutes long1. The emphasis is on an imaginative engagement with darkness, light, focus (as in what is foregrounded by your decisions) and time, along with a creative approach to considering and ‘choreographing’ the audience’s engagement with the work. Other questions/thoughts include: How do you organise the collaboration so that your voices are heard, nurtured and supported? To what extent can you foster a strong sense of experimentation and play as you develop ideas? How might ideas and possibilities emerge as you wrestle with the materials and stimuli? What are the ways in which you might reflect on—and document online—your experiences, thoughts, concerns, and understandings?

Assessment Week 3, 16 October (2 – 4pm).

Reading Barthes, R. (2000). Camera Lucida. London: Vintage. Berger, J. (1972). Ways of Seeing. London: BBC. Tanizaki, J. (2001). In Praise of Shadows. London: Vintage.

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Or whatever is appropriate to the form-content of your ideas as they develop (and as discussed with me).

The Resourceful Choreographer: Week1

Simon Ellis ([email protected] x3209)

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Ellis, S. (2009). The Resourceful Choreographer [Blog]. Retrieved 29 September 2009, from http://resourceful.posterous.com.

The Resourceful Choreographer: Week1

Simon Ellis ([email protected] x3209)

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