Choreographic Tools for Artistic Practice

Teacher: Bahar Fattahi

These sessions will provide a space for artist practitioners from different backgrounds to embark on the topic of choreography and the possibilities it offers as a methodology for creative thinking and practice. As such, no prior experience of dance practice is required.

The course is an opportunity for creating and thinking collectively through a series of playful yet careful ways of relating to one another, our own bodies and our practice. Our gatherings will introduce a collection of processes and together we will explore the direction we want them to take. In each session we will work on one or two different ideas related to choreographic practice. We will write individually and communally, use speech, write manifestos, create social structures, play games and “perform” our experiences.

PREREQUISITES

None

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of the module, the student will:

– have gained experience in using choreographic tools in their creative process.

– have gained experience in collaborative processes.

– have explored and developed performance skills.

– have had the opportunity to participate in an ‘open studio’ format.

CONTENT

We will work with the following areas:

• Choreographic practice
• Artistic ideation
• Embodied knowledge
• Performance

TEACHING AND WORKING METHODS

• Video materials
• Physical exercises
• Communal writing
• Scores and games

GROUP FORMATION

–

ASSESSMENT

Self evaluation

REFERENCES

TBD