*Choreographic Space

This course will consider how space is socially constructed both in performance and in everyday life. Field trips to museums, shopping malls, and a variety of other sites in Florence will illustrate how urban, tourist, and retail built environments work. In addition, this course will focus on bodily explorations of space. through movement warm-ups and structured improvisation students will examine the spatial possibilities between the performer’s body and the environment. Because the emphasis of this course is on developing social commentaries through performance, students will be asked to create performative “fragments” in response to the readings and sites visited. Interactions between diverse media and genres will be highly encouraged. Prerequisites: Modern Dance I or equivalent. Placement audition required.