T h e e x p a n d e d f i e l d o f c h o r e o g r a p h y

"T h e e x p a n d e d f i e l d o f c h o r e o g r a p h y "

Liz Waterhouse March 2, 2017

Choreographic Laboratory - Kaserne Basel

Proposal:

Lately, many people around me are saying the phrase "choreography as an expanded practice" -- using the word expanded like it is self-evident what they mean. What do we mean when we use the word choreography? What critique is meant, if we say that choreography is expanding? And in what ways are we...or aren`t we... expanding the field of choreography here in Switzerland? In this session together, mixing lecture and discussion, we will discuss these and other issues. As an introduction, I will trace this business of "expansion" from the essay by Rosalind Kruass, "Sculpture in the Expanded Field" (1979), through Mårten Spångberg, to the retrospective and conference by Xavier Le Roy in Barcelona in 2012. We will also look specifically at the Choreographic Laboratory--asking ourselves how what has come up in the workshops, might help us to articulate what choreography is doing, right now.

Texts Referenced:

Rosalind Krauss, "Sculpture in the Expanded Field" (1979) - link - SLIDE

William Forsythe, "Choreographic Objects" (2008) - link, also available in german

Cvejic, B., & Le Roy, X. (2014). To End with Judgement by Way of Clarification. Danse: An Anthology, edited by Noémie Solomon, 145-57.

Links:

Dancer`s Knowledge - What else is it good for? Workshop 2016

"Dive into expanding theater and dance and interdisciplinary dialogue" - MA program in Utrecht

"the expansion of body knowledge" - MA program in Choreography in Berlin

"The students deal with an advanced understanding of Theater that goes beyond the borders of any particular discipline." - Expanded Theater HKB Bern

The Expanded Field of Choreography - Conference 2012

Documentation of Retrospective of Xavier Le Roy in Barcelona - 2012

Documentation of Retrospective of Xavier Le Roy at MOMA - 2015