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This August, as part of the Bessie Schönberg Choreographers’ Residency 2011 at The Yard in Martha’s Vineyard, Kai Kleinbard and I have been invited to create a community project with kids and adults – leading classes that focus our research on forms of emergent learning. Emergent learning practices use adaptive, self-organizing methods that stimulate what it means to learn. These practices are experiential in nature, utilizing both creative and physical components to integrate self-awareness, creativity and health.
In these classes, we bring a variety of influences to our work ranging from principles in the Alexander Technique, to our exploration of vernacular dance forms, Laban Movement Analysis, Body Mind Centering, Emergent Improvisation, and our own creative work.
It is our goal to create an open-ended learning process where students learn through creating and create through learning. This method allows for a feedback loop in which students can build bridges between ideas, implement their own strengths, and harness reflective practices that foster their own self-development.
Students will use their imaginations to orient their bodies in time and space, develop rhythm and coordination, and transform into otherworldly creatures. Freedom of expression and improvisation will be encouraged and further developed through art projects that build costumes, sculptures, and drawings (using recycled materials). The workshop will culminate in an interactive lecture demonstration as the kids lead the audience through their worlds of transformation.
Stay posted for our next creative movement class – coming Spring 2012!
- Cori Olinghouse
