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Resonance -relating to sound, movement, space and time - — DAN4378.01

Instructor: Martin Landz
Days & Time: WE 4:10pm-6:00pm
Credits: 2

A class, a laboratory that explores the relationship between movement and sound, starting with the phenomenology of sound and acoustics, and considering the translation from sound to movement.

Incorporates listening techniques and sensory perception and encourages participants, through improvisation, to draw from movement, sound, space and memory interchangeably. They will be guided through exercises that help make decisions based on assessment, observation, listening and decision making.

Contact Improvisation: Partnering Yourself, Partnering Others — DAN4374.01

Instructor: Londs Reuter
Days & Time: MO,TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 2

Contact improvisation is an American movement form that uses sustained physical touch to create a dance with a partner. According to founding practitioner Nancy Stark Smith, contact improvisation "resembles other familiar duet forms, such as the embrace, wrestling, surfing, martial arts, and the Jitterbug, encompassing a wide range of movement from stillness to highly athletic.鈥