Delicious Movements for Forgetting, Remembering, and Uncovering
EAST 244
Spring 2011 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
DANC 244 |
This course has two components: movement lab (Delicious Movement Workshop) and study of the postwar Japanese artists who assumed the role of public intellectuals. Grounded in Eiko & Koma's movement vocabulary, the Delicious Movement Workshop is emphatically noncompetitive and appropriate for every level of ability and training. We will move/dance to actively forget the clutter of our lives to fully "taste" body, mind, time, and space. We will read literature and see art works and films from postwar Japan as examples of artistic representations of despair and perseverance. In these art works, we will look at the human experiences of the atomic bombs and the memories of World War II. The course also makes active use of the fact that the instructor is a working movement artist (as Eiko & Koma). What is it to forget, remember, mourn, and pray? How do we transcend violence and loss? How does being or becoming a mover or dancer affect our emotional rigor, seeing/learning, and creativity? These are some of the many questions we will explore. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Designing, Creating, and Realizing, Intercultural Literacy |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA EAST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CEAS-MN)(CEAS)(DANC-MN)(DANC) |
Major Readings:
Readings will include Mitsuharu Kaneko, Makoto Oda, Kenzaburo Oe, Ango Sakaguchi.
Film screenings will include works by Kazuo Ohno, Eiko & Koma, Akira Kurosawa and Kaneto Shindo.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Reading, film viewing, movement review, and journal entry are required every week. Class presentation and final paper. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
No dance experience is necessary but a willingness to explore movement is required.
In addition to Weds class, attendance at a minimum of four Tuesday labs (7:30pm-9:00pm workshop or screening) is mandatory. |
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