DANCE 45 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pointe Shoe, Vaslav Nijinsky, Mirror Neuron

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3 Mar 2018
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What is art: art is about aesthetic qualitative experience, human brain since infancy is hardwired to partake in. Space: the body exists in space, which gives the body shape and design. Body travels through space, defines space around it and the body is defined by the space, creating positive and negative space. Dance occurs in space whether stage, bedroom, or park. Time: dance is always temporal, existing within a period of sequenced time, which incorporates rhythm, the structuring of time (usually differently culturally, western rhythm usually even). A photo captures a moment in time, but dance exists over the course of time. Energy: our embodied attitude towards movement, not what movement is done but how the movement is executed, by changing energy, also change the timing and relationship to space, exp. Flow: amount of energy released or constricted (free flow vs. bound) Form/style: form, broad overarching rules, is ballet, style is romantic, russian; form = modern dance, style is.

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