Dancing and seeing
What do we see when we look at dance? If dance is a type of language, how does it speak? In this lab we will move through a series of scores related to two things: dancing and seeing. We will do this either all together or in smaller groups and will alternate between moving, writing, watching and dancing. Our activities might resemble games more than exercises. We will see how games function as choreographic structures and discuss the notion of play in performance. We will also find time to reflect together: Can a dance be anything? And what conditions the way we ‘read’ and ‘write’ these dances?
Ingrid’s overall research “Literacy in Dance” will provide a base as a for exploring different intersections between language, dance and play. Her practice and material from previous pieces BLANKS, In Other Words and Spelling Spectacle will serve as starting points and offer tools to explore these questions together.