Pursuing Meaning Within Choreography: Developing and Presenting Dance Compositions from Personal Backgrounds and Motivations
Conference Year
2024
Abstract
UVM Dance presented six student choreographed pieces (3 solos and 3 groups) at the American College Dance Association (ACDA) regional conferences in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Rochester, New York this spring. The pieces were developed during a semester-long composition class, in which the students participated in choreographic studies that challenged them to work with sound design, movement motifs, spatial design, and storytelling. They explore a variety of themes and were presented to several audiences for feedback in both classroom and performance contexts, giving each choreographer the opportunity to explore different iterations and grow their pieces over time.
Primary Faculty Mentor Name
Paul Besaw
Status
Undergraduate
Student College
College of Arts and Sciences
Second Student College
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Program/Major
Biomedical Engineering
Second Program/Major
Dance
Primary Research Category
Arts & Humanities
Pursuing Meaning Within Choreography: Developing and Presenting Dance Compositions from Personal Backgrounds and Motivations
UVM Dance presented six student choreographed pieces (3 solos and 3 groups) at the American College Dance Association (ACDA) regional conferences in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Rochester, New York this spring. The pieces were developed during a semester-long composition class, in which the students participated in choreographic studies that challenged them to work with sound design, movement motifs, spatial design, and storytelling. They explore a variety of themes and were presented to several audiences for feedback in both classroom and performance contexts, giving each choreographer the opportunity to explore different iterations and grow their pieces over time.