Body Library

Course Description

A collaborative process in Body Library is not a premeditated passage, but an invitation for a responsive sequence of experiments that are issued by intention and vision. Consisting of the entire third-year cohort, the objective of the course is the development, research, production, and presentation of a new collaborative interdisciplinary live performance. The cohort is broken into groups and each student is responsible for bringing their interests, skill set, ambition, and aspirations to contribute to the creation of a unique process that is tailored to each group's chosen subject matter, themes, and formats. Body Library is an occasion for experimentation and a call to step outside of our comfort zone. In this rigorous process, we welcome risks and challenges into our collaborations to explore the opportunities and possibilities they present, and to learn how to meet them with creativity and innovation. While working on methodology and building the group's focus and visions based on the individuals in the group and the collective’s goals, we will also encourage flexibility and curiosity in the process to allow for discovery, chance, and surprise. The nuance of a project’s meanings are often hidden deeper in its process; Body Library wants you to transform the joy and playfulness of art making and community into a sincere art practice and to create a work you did not know you had in you. Body Library is an interdisciplinary lab and will make use of the entire facilities of the departments. We will integrate sculpting, drawing, sound, video, light, movement, technology, and text into the assignment for the class to become part of the process and the final performance to be presented to the Collaborative Art community at the end of the semester. The Individual group projects will be developed in parallel with several sharing of their work in progress with the rest of the class. Through the transparency and vulnerability of this sharing, we will be able to provide feedback and learn from observations across the collaboration teams. The course will include a series of visiting guests from different fields; a dancer, a dramaturg, a light designer, and a sculptor to provide their skills and perspectives on their approaches to interdisciplinary collaborative performance art practices.

Code

COART-UT 14

Credits

4

Subject

Collaborative Arts

Programs That Include This Course

• Bachelor's Collaborative Arts (BFA)