DANCE 45 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mirror Neuron, Ballroom Dance, Prime Time
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Something that has happened in the past. Art is clearly an expression that has been given some type of form. Doing something with an intention is giving it form: art and intimacy ellen dissanayake. What is dance: basic elements of dance, qualitative aesthetic process of dance. Space we travel in space and create a form positive space- anything you can touch negative space- the shape given to an empty space by positive space. Dance is a temporal art it exists over the course of time rhythm is how we sequence that time in western culture music has the tendency to be divided into even numbers. Energy not about what movement you do but about how you do it (force) bound energy- to restrict energy. Ow over arching structure how you con ict or release energy. Choreographic: form content function the content is the movement costumes and function. Function of the choreographer is whatever his/her intent was.
