Students will keep a journal of their experiences. Weekly readings will be assigned. A final paper is required. This course explores daily, everyday human movement, space, and performance. Space is examined in the private and public spheres, as sensory environment, on stage, and within the body as dimensions, planes, and complex 3-D shapes.
Experimentation is encouraged as is dialogue between all workshop participants.
The class incorporates movement, reading and writing assignments, classroom activities, and improvisation. As Others See Us, Irmgard Bartenieff, Coping with the Environment, Helen Thomas, Ed. The Practice of Everyday Life. This course is designed for musicians and non-musicians alike, including students with music business, music technology, and music performance concentrations. Specially written and sequential course material enables students to develop basic musicianship skills which are appropriate to and practical for today s contemporary popular and jazz idioms.