the philosophy of movement
Paraphrasing Schuller and Duke-
‘”Improvisation is the heart and soul of [contact improvisation].” However, [contact improvisation] is not the heart and soul of improvisation, and they are definitely not one and the same.’ – John Henry Duke, Teaching Musical Improvisation: A Study of 18th and 20th Century Methods, pg. 16
some thoughts that came to me during Renee Green’s lecture at Graduale 13 at the UdK on 11.10.13
The choreography of a piece is that which is repeatable between iterations.
The improvisation of a piece is that which is not repeatable between iterations.
Art is something that you need to be told to look at.
Con –
1. a prefix meaning “with,” “together,” “in association”
2. a verb meaning “to commit to memory” or “to study or examine closely”
3. an adverb meaning “on the negative side” or “in opposition”
Improvisation: bodies manifesting and dissolving dynamic temporal-spatial structures according to aesthetic and physical potentialities and proclivities in a planar arena.
Dance is the theater of the object.
Theater is the dance of the subject.
A piece is choreographed if the logic is determined before the piece begins.
Art is that which provides no comfort, gain, or reward to its creator.