Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0151 - Making Dances 1

Making Dances 1 will provide a foundational experience with the art of dance-making. The studio will be our laboratory as students engage in a series of improvisational and choreographic experiments designed to open up different dimensions of the medium: kinesthesia; time and rhythm; shape, space and the visual design of movement; energy, qualities of motion and the embodiment of emotional and character states. Each experiment will provide insight into how compositional choices/strategies lend themselves to meaning making and uniquely serves to frame each student's creative impulse. The insights gathered from these experiments will inform the development of concluding solo and duet works at the close of the semester. Together the class will work to support one another in developing a nurturing space for curious investigation, choreographic rigor, generous feedback and playful discovery.

Arts, Design, and Media Independent Work Concert ticket fees: $30-$50. In this course students are expected to spend 6-8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time.