Moving Knowledge: Using memory and music to investigate choreographic processes
Abstract
Moving Knowledge investigates the choreographic processes of eight Western Australian choreographers to develop case studies that are informed by in-depth interviews, which unpack the memories, emotions, and sensations that illuminate creative decision making in experts. Investigation takes place within the context of a curated dance work, With a Bullet: The Album Project (Nat Cursio, 2013, subsequently in this paper, With a Bullet) that poses a nostalgic and experimental challenge to the choreographers, inviting them to recall the first song to which they ever ‘made up a dance’, and to use this piece of music as a springboard for, and soundtrack to, a new piece of choreography...
RAS ID
18232
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Date of Publication
1-1-2014
School
Faculty of Regional and Professional Studies / ECU South West Research Centre
Copyright
metadata only record
Additional Information
Paper presented at the International Federation of Theatre Research World Congress 2014.
Publisher
Warwick University
Comments
McKenzie, V. (2014). Moving Knowledge: Using memory and music to investigate choreographic processes [Abstract]. Theatre and Stratification (p. 345). Warwick, United Kingdom: University of Warwick.