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Improvisation Ensemble for Dancers Musicians — DAN4357.01

Fall 2014

Instructor: susan sgorbati; michael wimberly

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

This advanced course focuses on work in the performance of improvisation. For dancers, special attention is given to the development of individual movement vocabularies and the exploration of emergent forms and structures within an ensemble. For musicians, special attention is given to creating rhythms and sonorities which can then be manipulated and developed while

Dance

Improvisation Ensemble for Dancers and Musicians — MPF4357.02

Spring 2021

Instructor: Michael Wimberly

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

This course is for dancers and musicians interested in working on the performance of improvisation. For musicians specific attention is given to creating rhythms and sonorities which can then be manipulated and developed while interacting with dancers in the moment. Once a week dancers will have a class with musicians in collaboration on improvisational structures. Musicians

Music Dance

Improvisation Ensemble for Dancers and Musicians — DAN4357.02

Spring 2021

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati

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Credits: 2

This course is for dancers and musicians to work on the performance of improvisation. This section is for advanced dancers who will focus on developing an original movement vocabulary, understand pattern recognition and learn a solo and ensemble practice in emergent forms. Once a week, the dancers will have a class with musicians and will collaborate on improvisational

Dance Music

Improvisation Ensemble for Dancers and Musicians — MPF4375.02) (cancelled 10/10/2024

Spring 2025

Instructor: Michael Wimberly

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Credits: 2

This course is for dancers and musicians interested in working on the performance of improvisation. For musicians, specific attention is given to creating rhythms and sonorities which can then be manipulated and developed while interacting with dancers in the moment. Once a week dancers will have a class with musicians in collaboration on improvisational structures. Musicians

Improvisation Ensemble for Dancers and Musicians — MPF4357.02

Spring 2023

Instructor: Michael Wimberly

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

Dance Music

Improvisation Ensemble for Musicians — MPF4357.02

Spring 2024

Instructor: Michael Wimberly

Days & Time:

Credits: 2

This course will actively explore sound creation concepts and practices with special attention given to the investigation of sonorities and rhythms, which can then be manipulated and developed into open form composition. Students will explore and develop sound using graphic notation, text, and non-traditional notation approaches while exploring basic conduction techniques

Music

Improvisation Ensemble for Musicians Dancers — MPF4233.01

Fall 2013

Instructor: Bruce Williamson; Susan Sgorbati

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

***Time Change*** This advanced-level course focuses on work in the performance of improvisation. For dancers, special attention is given to the development of individual movement vocabularies, physical contact and interaction, and the exploration of forms and structures. For musicians, special attention is given to creating rhythms and sonorities which can then be

Music

Improvisation Ensemble for Musicians Dancers — DAN4357.01

Fall 2013

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati; Bruce Williamson

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 2

***Time Change*** This advanced course focuses on work in the performance of improvisation. For dancers, special attention is given to the development of individual movement vocabularies, physical contact and interaction, and the exploration of forms and structures. For musicians, special attention is given to creating rhythms and sonorities which can then be manipulated and

Dance

Improvisation Ensemble for Musicians Dancers — MPF4233.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Bruce Williamson

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Credits: 4

This advanced-level course focuses on work in the performance of improvisation. For musicians, special attention is given to creating rhythms and sonorities which can then be manipulated and developed while interacting with dancers in the moment. Musicians should have basic skills on their instrument and be able create and convey a sense of form to other musicians in

Dance Music

Improvisation Ensemble for Musicians Dancers — MPF4233.01

Fall 2014

Instructor: michael wimberly, susan sgorbati

Days & Time: TBA

Credits: 4

This advanced course focuses on the performance of improvisation. For musicians, special attention is given to creating rhythms and sonorities which can then be manipulated and developed while interacting with dancers in the moment. Musicians should have basic skills on their instrument and be able to create and convey a sense of form to other musicians in an efficient way.

Music

Improvisation Ensemble for Musicians and Dancers — MPF4233.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Elena Demyanenko

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Credits: 4

This advanced course focuses on work in the performance of improvisation. For dancers, special attention is given to the development of individual movement vocabularies, physical contact and interaction, and the exploration of forms and structures. For musicians, special attention is given to creating rhythms and sonorities which can then be manipulated and developed while

Dance Music

Improvisation Ensemble for Musicians and Dancers — DAN4357.01

Spring 2020

Instructor: Elena Demyanenko

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

Dance Music

Improvisation Ensemble for Musicians and Dancers — MPF4233.01

Fall 2017

Instructor: Bruce Williamson

Days & Time:

Credits: 4

Music

Improvisation Ensemble with Focus on Electronics — MCO2001.01

Spring 2022

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 2

This class will be a hands-on improvisation workshop. Students will be asked to bring in both acoustic and electronic instruments, and we will develop strategies and techniques to integrate and combine them. We will play improvisation exercises in solos, duos, and trios as well as interpret text and graphic scores. We will listen and look at examples of compositions and music

Music

Improvisation for a Catastrophe — APA2006.01) (level changed as of 5/9/2022

Fall 2022

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 2

CAPA

Improvisation for a Catastrophe: Complexity and Resilience — APA2351.01

Fall 2024

Instructor: Susan Sgorbati

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Credits: 2

This class will examine the principles of complex systems, improvisation and resilience. Concepts such as self-organization, emergence, pattern recognition, adaptation and non-linear structures will be introduced. Ordinarily, we think of order and form as externally imposed, composed or directed. In this class, however, we will consider new kinds of order, not because they are

CAPA

Improvisation Lessons — MIN2243.01

Spring 2023

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski

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Credits: 1

This class will focus on weekly instruction in improvisation through differing styles and feels. Explore and develop skills in chord analysis, rhythm and expression through your instrument. We will also touch on the deep history of improvisation. Weekly assignments will focus on growing improvisation skills and expanding ones knowledge of what improvisation can be. Individual

Music

Improvisation, Indeterminacy and Art Intervention — APA2141.01

Fall 2016

Instructor: Susie Ibarra

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Credits: 4

This course explores art intervention in cities and rural environments that utilize methods of improvisation and indeterminacy to address social and environmental issues. The class will examine the relationships and dialogue between traditional and contemporary practices of problem solving in communities. The class will work on collaborating on the design and

CAPA Music

Improvisation, Play and Persistence — SCMA4107.01

Spring 2018

Instructor: Betsy Sherman and Katie Montovan

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Credits: 2

When we first come into this world, we are endlessly curious about everything, without the self-consciousness we acquire later in life. When we get to school, many of us are told that there is a single right way to answer questions, whether about a poem or the material world. We are discouraged from trying different approaches and all too often we learn that “failing” to get

Science and Mathematics

Improvisation: Methods and Practice — APA2160.01

Spring 2019

Instructor: Susie Ibarra

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Credits: 4

This course examines improvisation as a transcultural practice. Improvisation is an important tool in human agency as well as fundamental to many creative practices. The class will study how human beings respond, adapt and communicate in their environment with the use and practice of improvisation. Field Component: Students will assist in documenting and archiving interviews on

CAPA

Improvisation: Somatic Nuance — DAN2143.01

Fall 2019

Instructor: Hilary Clark, MFA Teaching Fellow

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Credits: 2

This is a class for those curious about their bodies’ potential for spontaneous, nuanced movement. We will begin with a slow warmup, emphasizing our natural desire to move. We will use varied improvisational structures or scores to create frames for attention. By gaining awareness in our bodies, we will improve our ability to move easily and articulately. We will explore

Dance

Improvisation: Survival, Adaptation, Invention — DAN2175.01

Spring 2018

Instructor: Elena Demyanenko

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Credits: 2

In this semester-long laboratory on improvisation, we will place ourselves attentively into particular environments and situations in order to access and develop the skills of individual and ensemble physical problem solving. Pattern recognition will be one lens through which we will view the role of perception in real time decision-making. Ultimately, our choices will activate

Dance

In and Out of Italy: Migration Fluxes Through the Boot — ITA4402.01

Fall 2021

Instructor: Barbara Alfano

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Credits: 4

For many decades, Italy’s geographical position in the center of the Mediterranean Sea has made the country a preferred port of entry into Europe for migrants coming from North Africa, joined over time by people coming from Eastern Europe, Albania, China, the Far East, South America, and, lately, from Syria. Some of Italy’s Southern regions have been in a perpetual state of

CAPA Cultural Studies and Languages

In and Out of Italy: Migration Fluxes Through the Boot — ITA4402.01

Spring 2018

Instructor: Barbara Alfano

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Credits: 4

For many decades, Italy's geographical position in the center of the Mediterranean Sea has made the country a preferred port of entry into Europe for migrants coming from North Africa, joined over time by people coming from Eastern Europe, Albania, China, the Far East, South America,, and lately, from Syria. Some of Italy's Southern regions have been in a perpetual state of

CAPA Languages

In conversation with the exhibit Connected Diaspora: Central American Visuality in the Age of Social Media — VA2238.01) (cancelled 5/30/2023

Fall 2023

Instructor: Veronica Melendez

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Credits: 2

This course will provide time and space for students to engage with the art and artists from the exhibit Connected Diaspora (on view in Usdan Gallery Fall 2023). Through lectures, workshops, and readings students will gain knowledge of established, mid career, and emerging artists from the Central American diaspora. Coursework will consist of creatively and critically

Visual Arts