Actions in Practice
Course Description
Summary
Actions in Practice employs Sidra Bell's CONTEMPORARY SYSTEMS, an interior and material approach to movement that encourages provocative thought and an immersive approach to the subject matter of the body. The work demands a high degree of physicality and input from the dancers, encouraging them to execute movement with intention, curiosity, and empathy.
The pedagogical approach emphasizes immersive collaborative models in which students gain insight into professional working practices and is designed to help students recognize the tools and methodologies used in both dance creation and performance.
This course culminates in a work of performance shared with the public.
Learning Outcomes
- Generate individual and collective compositional and performative actions/studies
- Articulate how concentration, generosity and consistency affect co-creative processes
- Use embodied research to identify methods through which an idea can be activated within time and space
- Create individual and collective systems of self-reflection and peer review to expand capacities for choreographic thinking and relational engagement
Prerequisites
BFA Priority. This course is also open to BA students with permission of the instructor required.
Please contact the faculty member : sidrabell@bennington.edu