Composing in Movement and Performance

Introduction:
In the unit of Movement and Performance, we talked about how movement is incorporated into all the different schools here. In terms of how we approached it, we made a video of ourselves performing either in public or just to the camera. We also discussed the point about the boundary between life and art as well as "what is art?". Dean Wilcox examined the different eras we have been through in the last century which included futurism, dada, and surrealism and then the categories underneath each one.

Starting Points:
In terms of movement and performance, I knew a bit, but there was still more to learn. I had performed many times-whether it be performing a monologue or performing at ice skating competitions or even playing an instrument. People are performing everyday. You are putting on costumes when you put on clothes in the morning and you on putting on a character everyday. Performance is all around us at every moment, even if we don't realize it.

What I learned:
I learned that there is movement and performance in every major here. In film, the movement of the cameras, in dance, it is solely about movement, drama, it is all about performance, D&P, there is movement is stage automation and we have to cater to the actors and think about how they move, and music, with the flow and movement of each piece. Looking at contemporary context, I noticed that there are so many artists out there that are blending boundaries and creating gibberish such as in the dada form that there is art everywhere and we are just not realizing it. We come to think on only art as what we see in a gallery or museum, but we are submerged in a world full of art. I also learned about performing and blending it with anything, as we did in our performance video. You can see my video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1DnhsyEEmw We tried to make it so that there was a blurred line between the art of performing and the everyday task or in mine a steam of consciousness.

Things I would like to know more about:
I would have loved to hear from our guest speaker that was sick, and how she thought dance related to composing. There were some other things I would have like to know about movement and performance, such as character development and other things actors and dancers think about when they perform. I wish that we could have done an actual movement piece that we have done a dance piece or something.

Conclusion:
I think that Dean Wilcox's presentation nicely wrapped up this course and emphasized every point that Bob King has been teaching us over the course of the semester. This was a great unit to end on because everything we do is performing which is related to composing-which is what the whole class is about.