The course aims:
1. to increase your understanding of newly emerging practices at the intersection of the field of theatre, performance and dance (theory and practice) and other fields;
2. to expand your understanding of the potential and relevance of knowledge and skills from performance practice and theory for other fields, and
3. to develop the skills of thinking and acting as an advisor.
|
|
Expanding Performance tracks a range of contemporary developments in which concepts or strategies from theatre, dance and dramaturgy are employed in (research) domains beyond the arts, and how in turn artists use the theatre to query societal phenomena through performative strategies. As such, theatre and choreography expand their sphere of engagement and relevance. We will explore how performance artists and scholars increasingly use theatrical and choreographic concepts, forms and formats to investigate parliamentary and legislative systems, for instance, or how dance research on embodied knowledge is put to use for treatment of Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease. Artists employ artistic processes and scenographic or choreographic tools to envision and understand alternative societal scenarios, forms of assembly or collaboration. This course charts ways in which theatrical, choreographic and dramaturgical processes become research methods, employed to critically dissect social and political matters of concern.
We will investigate how concepts and practices of theatre, dance and performance intersect with other fields of knowledge and expertise, and how such transdisciplinary encounters help us both to gain insight into current transitions in the performing arts as well as offer ways to understand and research phenomena and developments in other fields.
Career orientation:
The course actively investigates the potential of knowledge and expertise from the artistic field for domains beyond the arts, and trains students to think as advisors and develop a project proposal. Researchers and artists are invited into the course, their work forms the basis for several research assignments.
This course is an elective open to students in the MA CTDD as well as to students from other MA programmes. Please contact the course coordinator before enrolling. The entrance requirements for Exchange Students will be checked by International Office and the Programme coordinator. You do not have to contact the Programme coordinator by yourself.
|
 |
|