Study group part 2

Following up on the Dancemakers study group (original call for interest)

On some technical things: The consensus seems to be for something once a month – which seems right. Mostly likely a weekday evening.

On a broader level I’d like to get some ideas of what areas people might be interested in studying.

While dance will be the frame for the group, I would like it to be a interdisciplinary approach to that. Not only between disciplines of art practice, but also of fields outside of art-making (social sciences etc…)

Some things I’ve thought of - they are broad and somewhat theoretical, please feel free to comment on areas of focus too – and really – I want this to be lead by the curiosities of the group, so please add your own.

The nature of “performance” – including performance studies and gender theory background. The first chapter of Diana Taylor’s book for example.

Some things about words we (especially at Dancemakers use): Contemporary (what do we mean? what do others mean?) Collaborative (how, why)

Aesthetics (how people talk, think about aesthetics) – Dave Hickey’s Invisible Dragon, a book on beauty in art comes to mind.

Any the of these subjects could be a year in themselves, but I imagine a series of shorted readings, articles and chapters rather than books.

Ancillary field trips could also be planned…

thoughts?

also, please send this on to anyone else might be interested.