Yesterday on my first visit of rehearsals I witnessed various modes of creative practice/performance-making. Each work I have seen seems well on its way, in some of them the performance material has already been established and choreographers are now working on fine-tuning. Other processes seem still more ‘open’ for some development of new material.…
Notes on the term ‘devising’
A discussion has arisen about the use of the term ‘devising’ and its various possible functions and applications in each of the very different dance-making processes we are witnessing here. I am sharing a (short and slightly modified) section of my previous research as part of my PhD thesis which might be of interest here: The verb ‘to devise’ readily…
The ‘other’ is much the same
I have been pondering a while about the ready use of the term the ‘other’ in the present context of the gathering of Chinese, Taiwanese and UK-based choreographers as well as academics including the US. My sense is that beyond the institutional curriculum differences of each training institution that is involved here (which are arguably not representative of whole…