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Motion Capture Workshop — MA4126.01
This workshop is concerned with investigating the interaction of projected manipulated imagery with performers, motion, and space.
We will explore spaces and objects through 3d mapping; the results will then be manipulated and projected back into the space.
We will also explore performers movement through motion capture of gestures that will be further manipulated digitally.
Motion Capture: Interactivity — DRA4208.01
This workshop is concerned with investigating the interaction of projected manipulated imagery with performers, motion, and space and its use in performance. Using Watchout, a multi-display production software, and utilizing various other tools such as live cameras, animations, motion sensing input devices, and real-world inputs, students will investigate the integration of
Mountain Dulcimer — MIN2224.01
A comprehensive course on learning skills on the mountain (aka lap) dulcimer. We will learn the history of the dulcimer and both traditional and contemporary styles. Music theory and playing techniques will be covered and students will be expected to perform (as a group or individually) at Music Workshop. Students will purchase a lap dulcimer kit and construct the instrument as
Mountain Dulcimer (Lap Dulcimer) — MIN2224.01
A comprehensive course on learning personal music making skills on the Mountain (aka Lap) Dulcimer. History of the Dulcimer and many different styles will be learned both traditional and contemporary. Music theory and playing techniques will be covered and students will be expected to perform ( as a group or individually) at Music Workshop.
Corequisites: Students must also
Mountain Dulcimer (Lap Dulcimer) — MIN2224.01
A comprehensive course on learning skills on the mountain (aka lap) dulcimer. We will learn the history of the dulcimer and both traditional and contemporary styles. Music theory and playing techniques will be covered and students will be expected to perform (as a group or individually) at Music Workshop. Students will purchase a lap dulcimer kit and construct the instrument as
Mountain Dulcimer (Lap Dulcimer) — MIN2224.01
A comprehensive course on learning skills on the mountain (aka lap) dulcimer. We will learn the history of the dulcimer and both traditional and contemporary styles. Music theory and playing techniques will be covered and students will be expected to perform (as a group or individually) at Music Workshop. Students will purchase a lap dulcimer kit and construct the instrument as
Mouvements — FRE4404.01
This course will examine movement--travel, migration, and transition--in the French-speaking world. We'll examine the travel tale as philosophical form (Candide), the sonnet, Orientalism, the graphic novels of Marjane Satrapi, queer movement in the work of Abdellah Taïa, the North Atlantic Triangle (Maboula Soumahoro), and the gender transition of Océan. Students will write a
Mouvements — FRE4610.01
This course will examine movement–travel, migration, and transition–in the French-speaking world. We’ll examine the travel tale as philosophical form (Candide), the sonnet, Orientalism, the graphic novels of Marjane Satrapi, films of Josephine Baker, queer movement in the work of Abdellah Taïa, the North Atlantic Triangle (Maboula Soumahoro), and the gender transition of
Movement and Language: Colliding Bodies and Words — DAN4408.01
This course examines ways in which language, through written and vocalized forms, can be employed as potentially expansive tools within movement-based performance.
We will look at language through a choreographic and corporeal lens, combining research on artists who engage with language and body-generated speaking and sounding, as well as our own improvisational and creative
Movement Patterning Self Perception: The Feldenkrais Method® — DAN2145.02
In this course, you'll have the chance to experience the Feldenkrais Method® through a series of Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® lessons. The Feldenkrais Method® studies the works of our nervous system and our ability to recognize and create movement patterns that are both more efficient and more pleasant.
Feldenkrais lessons will be the framework for exploring how our
Movement Practice: Sénémali 2 — DAN2421.01
This course is an introduction to Sabar (traditional dance, drum, and ceremony) from Sénégal and Gambia and Traditional West African Mandingo dance and music forms. We will build an improvisation practice that explores the dynamics between the musicians and dancers as well as how movement and live music can be experienced as a singular, integrated entity. We will also
Movement Practice: (de)composing dance, choreographing breath — DAN4185.02
This course is open to students from all disciplines with an interest in movement and practice as research. The course is an introduction to a way of working that continually asks questions without seeking answers or solutions. This method has been developed through mayfield's ongoing art/life/movement project, Improvising While Black or IWB. For this course, the movement
Movement Practice: A Spell for Utopia — DAN2140.01
Can Utopia be a practice instead of a destination? Is a new world possible if we learn to create our own language as an incantation for our new future bodies?
During this course we will delve into the relationship of language and somatic states and how our embodied presence is directly related to how we perceive the world. How we perceive the world is
Movement Practice: Activating the Animal Body — DAN4335.01) (cancelled
This class cultivates a movement ritual to engage the mind in accessing the strong, animal body. Each class actively engages three avenues for dancing:
1) Movement Patterns – by employing precise, sensorial exercises that lead through developmental movement patterns to observe habits, test new pathways, and re-organize coordination. These are based on Bartenieff fundamentals,
Movement Practice: Advanced Dance Technique — DAN4344.01
This advanced movement class will develop from simple skeletal mobility sequences to expansive movement forms. The warm-up will examine the joints and how their range of motion relates to alignment, readiness to move, and articulation. We will explore release and abandon to gravity as a means to move, throwing and catching our bodies in space. Working towards ease and
Movement Practice: Advanced Dance Technique — DAN4344.01
This advanced level movement practice is designed for students with prior experience in dance technique. In this class, we will hone in on the importance of balancing controlled and spontaneous action as well as internal and external movement through using a series of improvisational, compositional, writing and drawing practices. We will be also learning longer and more complex
Movement Practice: Advanced Dance Technique — DAN4344.01
This advanced movement class will develop from simple skeletal mobility sequences to expansive movement forms. The warm-up will examine the joints and how their range of motion relates to alignment, readiness to move, and articulation. These principles will then become the foundation for traveling sequences and longer movement phrases. We will hone in on the
Movement Practice: Advanced Dance Technique — DAN4344.01
This advanced movement class will develop from simple skeletal mobility sequences to expansive movement forms. The warm-up will examine the joints and how their range of motion relates to alignment, readiness to move, and articulation. These principles will then become the foundation for traveling sequences and longer movement phrases. Distinguishing between tempo, rhythm, and
Movement Practice: Advanced Dance Technique — DAN4344.01
***Time Change***
This advanced movement class addresses the constantly changing body and its potential by expanding receptivity to detail, connections, and logic. The warm-up will examine the joints and how their range of motion relates to alignment, readiness to move, and articulation. We will approach movement from a place of ease and space, especially when applying vigor
Movement Practice: Advanced Dance Technique — DAN4344.01
This advanced movement class will develop from simple skeletal mobility sequences to expansive movement forms. The warm-up will examine the joints and how their range of motion relates to alignment, readiness to move, and articulation. These principles will then become the foundation for traveling sequences and longer movement phrases. We will hone in on the importance of
Movement Practice: Advanced Dance Technique — DAN4344.01
This advanced level movement practice is designed for students with prior experience in dance technique. In this class, we will hone in on the importance of balancing controlled and spontaneous action as well as internal and external movement through using a series of improvisational and compositional practices. We will be learning longer and complex movement phrases that are
Movement Practice: Advanced Dance Technique — DAN4344.01
In this advanced level course, we will focus on tapping into the subtle connections in the body. We will be using improvisational scores and somatic exercises to hone these connections and increase self-awareness. Gentle focus can be used to achieve high intensity movement. Tracking what we are doing as we do it--we will acknowledge the nervous system’s role in our movement
Movement Practice: Advanced Dance Technique — DAN4344.01
This advanced movement practice will begin slowly through utilizing alignment exercises, scores, improvisation and set phrase material. We will investigate the interconnections of fascial tissue and energetic pathways, and explore different somatic approaches. We will practice using a healthy range of motion, shifts of weight, changes of direction, and dynamic fluctuations of