Embodied Movement Practices / Fall 2023

  I Introduction The concept of an archetype appears in areas relating to behavior, historical psychology, and literary analysis. An archetype is a primitive generalized plan of structure deduced from the characters of a natural group of plants or animals and assumed to be the characteristic of the ancestor from which they are all descended. In the psychology of C. G. Jung,  it is an inherited idea or mode of thought that is derived from the experience of, in this case the animal,  and is present in the unconscious of the individual.   II   Learning Objectives Understand  the meaning of the term archetype Explain the use of the concept of archetype in structuring movement Gain an awareness of the role that the archetypal movement phrase plays in the overall understanding of your solo dance Experience the integration of the archetypal phrase with the rest of you...

    I  Unit : Voice Theme : Scoring the Voice and Movement    Introduction   In theatre, the voice is imperative for both speaking and singing . Performers use their voices to communicate the dramatic truths of the characters through the dialogue of a play or the songs of a musical or opera. Breathing, phonation, resonance, and articulation are the fundamentals of vocal production and technique.   II Learning Objectives Understand the difference between blocking, structuring and scoring  Explain the integration between text, structure, voice & movement score through areito inspired dance Gain an awareness of your voice potential to express feelings and ideas via Varley's voice method. Experience the integration of movement and voice as it is arranged using score-making for your ensemble and solo.     III Main Lesson 1 The Score  vs. The Blocking      The term "dance score," or movement score, refers to notatio...

I  Introduction ABA is a three-part compositional form in which the second section contrasts with the first section. The third section is a restatement of the first section in a condensed, abbreviated, or extended form. The rondo (ABACADA) is a musical form that contains a principal theme (sometimes called the "refrain") which alternates with one or more contrasting themes.   A narrative , story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, whether nonfictional or fictional. Narratives can be presented through a sequence of written or spoken words, through still or moving images, or through any combination of these. Rhapsodies on the other hand express pure feelings. We can thank the Greeks for the idea of the Rhapsody, though their rhapsodies were rather more word-based – poetry to be exact. Poetic rhapsodies were a kind of recital of all the best bits of poems, brought together in one colorful epic. And that’s really what a musical Rh...

    I   Warm Up   II   Unit: The Text Theme: Context, Text, Subtex   Introduction Context, text and subtext are all part of the same meaning making mechanism that allows the actor to justify his/her choices. In the case of Embodied Movement, these three concepts makes the delivery of expression more grounded, authentic and convincing for the actor and those witnessing.   III Main Lesson CONCEPTS  Context, Text, and Subtext   Context Often when we think of context, we think of things like the date a work was published, who it was written by, or the climate of the time. But context is very important within your fictive universe as well.  Context in this sense is all the grounding and guiding information that the audience needs, such as who the characters are, where they are, what time of day it is, etc. Context can also be any other additional information the audience needs to interpret and accurately understand what is happe...

  I  Unit: The Structure Theme: Constructure, Structure, Substructure / Frame, Portraiture, Score   Introduction In all fictionalized performing forms, depending on the aesthetic structure of the performance, actors use extra- daily scenic behavior in a fictionalized manner, which is different from daily behavior. The use of terms such as constructure , structure and substructure should make sense in the context of embodied movement within the stage context. I our lab, these concepts are illustrated through the creation of frame that delineates the performance space, the exploration of shapes (portraiture) within that space and the creation of a score to document the choreographic structure of the solo work.   II Learning Objectives   Understand the concepts explored in class Explain the importance of extra-daily techniques for actors  Gain an awareness of how these concepts aid the development of your solo work Embody these concepts through moveme...