Saturday 23 February 2013

Advanced Dance Composition

This was an advanced course in the subject of choreography and composition, focussing on the student's individual research and aesthetic approach. The course provided students the opportunity to start developing their own physical language and choreographic statement through a series of workshops, feedback sessions on their work, work presentations and written work. The final project was a 10 min choreography piece we choreographed ourselves.

What did we do?
  • Started developing our own movement language explored through compositional elements and choreographic structures.
  • Produced and presented our work, following a specific subject/matter.
  • Created our own choreographic statement and documented creative process.
Some quotes from 'A choreographer's handbook' by Jonathan Burrows. Every person who wants to create his own piece should have this book!

Banging my head against the wall to solve something could help, but then again, everything might just look a bit clearer in the morning...

Know what your intention is - then say it with clarity and simplicity...

If I could say it, I would not dance it...

Show it. We have to see it. It can not stay in your head...

Inspiration is useful if you can get it, but working is more useful...

I am too familiar with myself to see anything...

It is about what the audience see, not about what we feel (that doesn not mean we don't feel)...

No art suffers more misunderstanding, sentimental judgements, and mystical interpretation than the art of dancing...

Follow your curiosity. The audience is also curious...

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