TY - JOUR
T1 - Choreographic cognition : the time-course and phenomenology of creating a dance
AU - Stevens, Catherine J.
AU - Malloch, Stephen
AU - McKechnie, Shirley
AU - Steven, Nicole
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - The process of inception, development and refinement during the creation of a new dance work is described and explored. The account is based on annotated video of the professional choreographer and dancers as they create and sequence new movement material, as well as weekly journal entries made by one of the dancers. A 24-week chronology is reported. We analyse the choreographic process using the Geneplore model of creative cognition as an organising framework and identify generative and exploratory processes including problem finding and problem solving, metaphorical thinking, non-linear composition, and multi-modal imagery. An analytical tool adapted from the discipline of music analysis is used to explore relationships between recurring themes and visual, visceral, spatial and tactile images. Ideas for experimental work relating to choreographic cognition are discussed.
AB - The process of inception, development and refinement during the creation of a new dance work is described and explored. The account is based on annotated video of the professional choreographer and dancers as they create and sequence new movement material, as well as weekly journal entries made by one of the dancers. A 24-week chronology is reported. We analyse the choreographic process using the Geneplore model of creative cognition as an organising framework and identify generative and exploratory processes including problem finding and problem solving, metaphorical thinking, non-linear composition, and multi-modal imagery. An analytical tool adapted from the discipline of music analysis is used to explore relationships between recurring themes and visual, visceral, spatial and tactile images. Ideas for experimental work relating to choreographic cognition are discussed.
KW - Choreography
KW - Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
KW - Psychological aspects
KW - Dance
KW - Modern dance
KW - Cognition
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/9896
M3 - Article
SN - 0929-0907
JO - Pragmatics & cognition
JF - Pragmatics & cognition
ER -