Welcome to Choreography: Physical Design for the Stage. In this course we explore dance composition (not excluding improvisation) as a tool for building and understanding creative and expressive embodied ideas. We begin our entry in choreography through the solo form where we are both the creator of the dance and the performer of the dance.
Learning Outcomes
In this course you will:
- Pursue choreographic exploration and making in the solo form.
- Experiment with choreographic theory and methods as observed and analyzed in the work of professional choreographers, peers and self.
- Research choreographers and choreographic method tailored to your aesthetic.
- Grow in confidence as a creative maker that centers the body as source.
We explore Choreography as areas that braid together:
- Movement generation
- Generated movement explored with choreographic devices
- Arranging generated movement through design, structures, patterns, and more.
- Designing to communicate meaning.
- The big “WHY?”