Generative Movement

Harvard FAS

This course is a continuation of "Physical Approaches to Acting and Storytelling." Focus will continue to be on principles and practices of performative movement as it expands to include a compact survey of the global ritual underpinnings of movement performance (from the paleolithic era to present). Basic techniques will be introduced from selected performance traditions from Sanskrit, Kabuki, Kathakali theater traditions to Butoh dance, Grotowski's movement lab, Scott…