Movement for Dancers

Catalog description

Introductory lecture and studio practice in contemporary movement forms; includes engagement with historical, theoretical, and/or literary material that deals with the body as knowledge production. Introduces participants to terminologies applicable to any form of movement. Students will embody an eclectic cocktail Africanist aesthetics senses, American postmodern dance, physical theatre, and martial arts techniques. The class physically interrogates cultural norms by drawing from transcultural physicalities and philosophies.