DANCE
Spring Semester: a full dance program with 15 credits hours
Summer Arts Program: intensive five week dance program with 6 credit hours
Spring Semester
OFFERED EVERY SPRING SEMESTER IN COOPERATION WITH MUHLENBERG COLLEGE + GOUCHER COLLEGE
Spring 2011
January 31 – April 30
Spring Break: March 12 – March 20
Each spring semester Accademia dell’Arte offers a unique dance program designed in cooperation with dance faculty at Muhlenberg College and Goucher College.
Contemporary in its aesthetic orientation, the Accademia curricula features intensive and in-depth study of several dance genres including ballet, modern, Butoh, somatic practices, choreography and popular Mediterranean dance forms linked to Tarantismo.
Working intimately with a variety of Italian and European artists, students will have the opportunity to expand their artistic range and experience new approaches to dance training, performance and dance making. Through the creation of solo and small group pieces, students will be encouraged to incorporate a range of disciplines including song and text into their work, and will be exposed to an array of musical and thematic material that will challenge and develop their choreographic skills.
Students will be guest artists-in-residence during a working excursion to Naples, where they will participate in a professional workshop with Accademia faculty and local Tarantismo experts. Students will have the opportunity to see professional performances, as well as present their own work generated during the semester both in-house and locally, as assessed by the faculty.
Throughout the semester students will reflect on the nature of their class work through a philosophical lens in the academic seminar the Philosophy of Art and Performance.
Application procedure requires submission of supplemental materials by July 1. For further information on the spring dance program student application process, contact info@dell-arte.org.
COURSES
DANCE TECHNIQUE + PERFORMANCE 3 CREDITS
TARANTISMO + POPULAR DANCE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN 3 CREDITS
EXTENDED PERFORMANCE TOPICS: DANCE 3 CREDITS
ITALIAN LANGUAGE I OR II 3 CREDITS
THE PHILOSOPHY OF ART + PERFORMANCE 3 CREDITS
SUMMER ARTS PROGRAM 2010
MAY 24 – JULY 4
Accademia dell’Arte invites you to participate in an exceptional study abroad experience that celebrates the collaborative nature of the arts.
The Summer Arts Program gives students an opportunity to experience a taste of conservatory-style immersion in the areas of digital filmmaking, theatre or dance. Each day begins with all students participating in Scott Putman’s Elemental Body Alignment System warm-up (see below) followed by morning and afternoon studio time with outstanding teachers who will structure collaborative components that encourage students to link theoretical work with the immediate creative application in a truly interdisciplinary approach.
Students will live, eat and study in the spectacular Villa Godiola, a sixteenth century Renaissance structure overlooking the hills of Tuscany and the city of Arezzo.
EBAS (Elemental Body Alignment System)
This class is a series of stretching and strengthening exercises designed to integrate the body while increasing flexibility, range of motion and core strength. The focus of EBAS is to understand basic principles of initiating and anchoring movements from the pelvis while finding efficient and effective alignment through experimental anatomy.
This system empowers the learner to develop a consciousness for integrating and articulating body parts while translating the information to various techniques such as yoga and dance. When combined with other movement modalities, EBAS helps the student find a deeper understanding of the body and its kinetic awareness.
Course:
THE ARCHITECTONICS OF DANCE 6 CREDITS
Instructor: Scott Putman, Virginia Commonwealth University
see bio under guest faculty
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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Semester Courses
DANC I25 Dance Technique and Performance
This course combines daily technique classes in modern dance and ballet with somatic practice, including Feldenkrais technique and acrobatics. The work of somatic practice will serve to investigate the dancer’s body experientially, developing movement skills through awareness and economy of effort.
Classes will address fundamental elements of dance training, such as endurance, flexibility and accuracy in execution of combinations.
DANC I30 Tarantismo and Popular Dance of the Mediterranean
The interdisciplinary laboratory of dance, theatre and voice takes as an example the phenomena of Orphism in ancient Greece and the development of Tarantismo in Italy during the Middle Ages in order to introduce the Italian popular culture in an authentic context to further explore its myth and history.
This course offers an opportunity for participants to research the themes of Orphism and Tarantismo, utilizing an expressive approach developed by scenic relation and founded on the languages of dance and song.
Portions of the course will be dedicated solely to narration, an element that will serve as a means of in-depth analysis and representation of social and expressive frameworks; the narrative aspect of the course will focus on the ancient popular dance of the Tarantella in its regional and rhythmic varieties (Pizzica Salentina, Tamurriata Napoletana, Tarantella del Gargano, etc.).
The course is led by Gianni Bruschi and incorporates consistent collaboration with various instructors, musicians and internal members of the Terìaca Association.
DANC I35 Extended Performance Topics: Dance
This course is designed to expand students’ boundaries, both in terms of dance performance and personal exploration of space and time. This is achieved through the two sections that compose the course: improvisation and composition and somatic practice.
Improvisation and composition is a consistent course throughout the semester and will focus on the dancer as a performer, investigating presence and theatricality. Students will be encourages to incorporate a range of disciplines, including song and text, into their choreographies and will be exposed to an array of material that will challenge their choreographic skills. Through improvisation, students will develop solo and small-scale ensemble compositions.
The somatic practice component is an intensive workshop that presents students with a form of dance performance that is in cultural contrast with contemporary American trends. In 2008 the workshop consisted of Butoh and Tanztheater. However, the choice of workshop is not a restrictive one and future programs will continue to propose innovative creators whose cultural and dance references will challenge the student.
PHIL I20 Philosophy of Art and Performance
In this course, students will probe the nature of art and its relation to the human experience In particular, students will study writings by philosophers, artists and critics as a gateway to thinking critically about how art is defined, experienced, commodified and valued.
The class will address central questions such as the following: What is art? What is the nature of the aesthetic experience? What are the differences between art and entertainment? What does art do for us and why is it important?
To facilitate this study, the course brings together the writings of philosophers and the work of artists from a variety of domains. Students will consider famous writings on art by thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Schiller, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Breton, Artaud, Eisenstein, Debord, Baudrillard and Foucault, among others, in relation to important works of literature, theatre, painting, music, architecture and film.
Through close reading, deep thinking and extended class discussion, students will examine the meanings of art for modern life. The class will particularly investigate the extent to which contemporary capitalist culture has altered the relationship between the artist, the work of art, and its reception.
ITAL I10 or I11 Italian Language
This course introduces the student to basic Italian in such a way that, from the beginning, he or she will be able to understand simple, everyday Italian, both spoken and written. The provided textbook and workbook contains readings and exercises that reinforce the grammar studied in each lesson. The readings in the text will provide a point of departure for conversation—which will be an essential component of each class. The course will cover aspects of Italian culture and society, as well.
Summer Arts Program
The architectonics of dance (6 credits)
comprised of dance i25: dance technique + performance (3 credits)
dance i35: extended performance topics (3 credits)
This course is a comprehensive investigation of technique, composition and performance skills as they relate to dance, dance on camera and physical theatre. Investigating structural efficiency and integrity through a daily practice of the Elemental Body Alignment System, modern and contemporary ballet techniques, the dancer will find articulate ways of speaking with his/her body while building on fundamental relationships with space, time and energy.
Through these explorations dancers will have the opportunity to make work, as well as collaborate on work with other students.
Spring Semester: a full dance program with 15 credits hours
Summer Arts Program: intensive five week dance program with 6 credit hours
Spring Semester
OFFERED EVERY SPRING SEMESTER IN COOPERATION WITH MUHLENBERG COLLEGE + GOUCHER COLLEGE
Spring 2011
January 31 – April 30
Spring Break: March 12 – March 20
Each spring semester Accademia dell’Arte offers a unique dance program designed in cooperation with dance faculty at Muhlenberg College and Goucher College.
Contemporary in its aesthetic orientation, the Accademia curricula features intensive and in-depth study of several dance genres including ballet, modern, Butoh, somatic practices, choreography and popular Mediterranean dance forms linked to Tarantismo.
Working intimately with a variety of Italian and European artists, students will have the opportunity to expand their artistic range and experience new approaches to dance training, performance and dance making. Through the creation of solo and small group pieces, students will be encouraged to incorporate a range of disciplines including song and text into their work, and will be exposed to an array of musical and thematic material that will challenge and develop their choreographic skills.
Students will be guest artists-in-residence during a working excursion to Naples, where they will participate in a professional workshop with Accademia faculty and local Tarantismo experts. Students will have the opportunity to see professional performances, as well as present their own work generated during the semester both in-house and locally, as assessed by the faculty.
Throughout the semester students will reflect on the nature of their class work through a philosophical lens in the academic seminar the Philosophy of Art and Performance.
Application procedure requires submission of supplemental materials by July 1. For further information on the spring dance program student application process, contact info@dell-arte.org.
COURSES
DANCE TECHNIQUE + PERFORMANCE 3 CREDITS
TARANTISMO + POPULAR DANCE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN 3 CREDITS
EXTENDED PERFORMANCE TOPICS: DANCE 3 CREDITS
ITALIAN LANGUAGE I OR II 3 CREDITS
THE PHILOSOPHY OF ART + PERFORMANCE 3 CREDITS
SUMMER ARTS PROGRAM 2010
MAY 24 – JULY 4
Accademia dell’Arte invites you to participate in an exceptional study abroad experience that celebrates the collaborative nature of the arts.
The Summer Arts Program gives students an opportunity to experience a taste of conservatory-style immersion in the areas of digital filmmaking, theatre or dance. Each day begins with all students participating in Scott Putman’s Elemental Body Alignment System warm-up (see below) followed by morning and afternoon studio time with outstanding teachers who will structure collaborative components that encourage students to link theoretical work with the immediate creative application in a truly interdisciplinary approach.
Students will live, eat and study in the spectacular Villa Godiola, a sixteenth century Renaissance structure overlooking the hills of Tuscany and the city of Arezzo.
EBAS (Elemental Body Alignment System)
This class is a series of stretching and strengthening exercises designed to integrate the body while increasing flexibility, range of motion and core strength. The focus of EBAS is to understand basic principles of initiating and anchoring movements from the pelvis while finding efficient and effective alignment through experimental anatomy.
This system empowers the learner to develop a consciousness for integrating and articulating body parts while translating the information to various techniques such as yoga and dance. When combined with other movement modalities, EBAS helps the student find a deeper understanding of the body and its kinetic awareness.
Course:
THE ARCHITECTONICS OF DANCE 6 CREDITS
Instructor: Scott Putman, Virginia Commonwealth University
see bio under guest faculty
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Semester Courses
DANC I25 Dance Technique and Performance
This course combines daily technique classes in modern dance and ballet with somatic practice, including Feldenkrais technique and acrobatics. The work of somatic practice will serve to investigate the dancer’s body experientially, developing movement skills through awareness and economy of effort.
Classes will address fundamental elements of dance training, such as endurance, flexibility and accuracy in execution of combinations.
DANC I30 Tarantismo and Popular Dance of the Mediterranean
The interdisciplinary laboratory of dance, theatre and voice takes as an example the phenomena of Orphism in ancient Greece and the development of Tarantismo in Italy during the Middle Ages in order to introduce the Italian popular culture in an authentic context to further explore its myth and history.
This course offers an opportunity for participants to research the themes of Orphism and Tarantismo, utilizing an expressive approach developed by scenic relation and founded on the languages of dance and song.
Portions of the course will be dedicated solely to narration, an element that will serve as a means of in-depth analysis and representation of social and expressive frameworks; the narrative aspect of the course will focus on the ancient popular dance of the Tarantella in its regional and rhythmic varieties (Pizzica Salentina, Tamurriata Napoletana, Tarantella del Gargano, etc.).
The course is led by Gianni Bruschi and incorporates consistent collaboration with various instructors, musicians and internal members of the Terìaca Association.
DANC I35 Extended Performance Topics: Dance
This course is designed to expand students’ boundaries, both in terms of dance performance and personal exploration of space and time. This is achieved through the two sections that compose the course: improvisation and composition and somatic practice.
Improvisation and composition is a consistent course throughout the semester and will focus on the dancer as a performer, investigating presence and theatricality. Students will be encourages to incorporate a range of disciplines, including song and text, into their choreographies and will be exposed to an array of material that will challenge their choreographic skills. Through improvisation, students will develop solo and small-scale ensemble compositions.
The somatic practice component is an intensive workshop that presents students with a form of dance performance that is in cultural contrast with contemporary American trends. In 2008 the workshop consisted of Butoh and Tanztheater. However, the choice of workshop is not a restrictive one and future programs will continue to propose innovative creators whose cultural and dance references will challenge the student.
PHIL I20 Philosophy of Art and Performance
In this course, students will probe the nature of art and its relation to the human experience In particular, students will study writings by philosophers, artists and critics as a gateway to thinking critically about how art is defined, experienced, commodified and valued.
The class will address central questions such as the following: What is art? What is the nature of the aesthetic experience? What are the differences between art and entertainment? What does art do for us and why is it important?
To facilitate this study, the course brings together the writings of philosophers and the work of artists from a variety of domains. Students will consider famous writings on art by thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Schiller, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Breton, Artaud, Eisenstein, Debord, Baudrillard and Foucault, among others, in relation to important works of literature, theatre, painting, music, architecture and film.
Through close reading, deep thinking and extended class discussion, students will examine the meanings of art for modern life. The class will particularly investigate the extent to which contemporary capitalist culture has altered the relationship between the artist, the work of art, and its reception.
ITAL I10 or I11 Italian Language
This course introduces the student to basic Italian in such a way that, from the beginning, he or she will be able to understand simple, everyday Italian, both spoken and written. The provided textbook and workbook contains readings and exercises that reinforce the grammar studied in each lesson. The readings in the text will provide a point of departure for conversation—which will be an essential component of each class. The course will cover aspects of Italian culture and society, as well.
Summer Arts Program
The architectonics of dance (6 credits)
comprised of dance i25: dance technique + performance (3 credits)
dance i35: extended performance topics (3 credits)
This course is a comprehensive investigation of technique, composition and performance skills as they relate to dance, dance on camera and physical theatre. Investigating structural efficiency and integrity through a daily practice of the Elemental Body Alignment System, modern and contemporary ballet techniques, the dancer will find articulate ways of speaking with his/her body while building on fundamental relationships with space, time and energy.
Through these explorations dancers will have the opportunity to make work, as well as collaborate on work with other students.
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