Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0252 - Making Dances 2

Making Dances 2 will build upon students' prior study of dance composition. The studio will be our laboratory as we engage in a series of choreographic experiments, with a particular focus on group forms. Employing the elements of movement (weight, time and space), formal structures and play, each experiment which will provide cumulative insight into how compositional choices/strategies lend themselves to embodied meaning-making and serves to frame each students' unique creative impulse. The insights gathered from these in-class experiments will inform each student's development of a group dance which will be developed outside of class in semester-long weekly rehearsals with a group of dancers you will select by audition. Theses culminating works may then be submitted for performance in Hampshire's Winter Dance Concert. Together members of the class will support one another in developing a nurturing space for curious investigation, boundary expanding rigor, constructive feedback and playful discovery.

Independent Work Prerequisite: Composition 1 and/or previous study of dance composition on the college level. Students are expected to spend 6-8 hours weekly in preparation and work outside of class time. Fees: $30-$50 to attend performances.