DACP 361 TMD: Improvisation Into Choreography

College of Performing Arts School of Dance

2 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course

A broad array of discussions ranging from chance to failure and beauty to the everyday will be proposed using documents of contemporary art.’ Questions will be posed: What if we practice harnessing a consciousness of immediacy and mystery? What is your first impulse? Can you trust it? What happens when the judgment is suspended? Can thought or sight be a handicap? Can you know too much? Improvisations will be explored with a gradual progression toward known material. Spoken and written text may be used with students using language in an automatic and improvisational way. Starting by making Instant Performances, students will discover through process and develop choreographic studies over time.

Priority enrollment to majors in the School of Dance.
This course is not repeatable for credit.