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Telling a story is an art unto itself. The choreographer crafts how the story is told. DAN 367 Choreographic Voice: Dance and Narrative, delves into the art of story telling through dance. The class will look to past and present choreographers such as: Petipa, Graham, Limon, Bausch, Wheeldon, Jones, Kahn, among others, to see an array of story telling approaches. Concepts of: subject matter, setting, plot, text, media, character analysis, and performance will be included in the classs choreographic exploration. Throughout the semester, students will choreograph narrative movement studies from a variety of perspectives, culminating in a final narrative piece that will be performed for a university audience. |