2016 NET Intersection Symposium—The Narrative Body Movement Explorations in the Cinematic Medium
Channel: HowlRound Theatre Commons
Date: 2016-05-25

The Network of Ensemble Theaters (NET), in association with Columbia College of Chicago and the League of Chicago Theatres, presents the second event in our multi-year series of national symposia that brings together ensemble artists, practitioners, and educators. This event is livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on May 20—22. In Twitter, use #howlround and follow @NETEnsembles.

This weekend’s programming has been curated for viewing through six core thematic lenses: 1) art + university + community; 2) navigating the academy/industry relationship; 3) movement + physical theatre approaches; 4) cultural pluralism, equity, diversity, and inclusion; 5) technology + innovation; and 6) place.

With growing interest in ensemble scholarship and pedagogy, and an increase in ensemble artists entering academia, today’s “next generation” artists benefit from earlier, more visible, and more frequent access and exposure to ensemble-based training. These opportunities are now offered through numerous universities, colleges, and community youth organizations (as well as directly through professional ensemble companies themselves).

The Narrative Body: Movement Explorations in the Cinematic Medium 
5:15 pm—6:45 pm EDT (New York)/4:15 pm—5:45 pm (Chicago)/2:15 pm—3:45 pm PDT (Los Angeles)

Presenter: Karla Beltchenko, Artistic Partner, Chicago Moving Company.

This session focuses on the expressive and affective qualities that can be viewed through the human and cinematic body, and responses that can be felt through the act of spectating. We will discuss how movement-based artists can utilize choreographic knowledge to create a digital canvas, how this canvas can be manipulated through rhythmically focused editing interventions, and how one can navigate the collaboration between movement creation within dance and cinematic forms. Comparisons will be drawn between cinema and movement, specifically as related to the choreological frameworks of relationships, proximity, and timing.

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