Katharine Hawthorne on "Choreography as Research"
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Choreography as
Research
Katharine Hawthorne Dancer & Choreographer
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techné “Because the essence of technology
is nothing technological, essential
reflection upon technology and
decisive confrontation with it must
happen in a realm that is, on the
one hand, akin to the essence of
technology and, on the other,
fundamentally different from it.
Such a realm is art.”
Heidegger
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Form + Content • Content inspired by structure of physical world
– Analog: mechanics of human motion
– Lumen / Lux: light as a movement element
• Exploration of physical states
• Studio as a laboratory, rehearsal as research
through the medium of the body in motion and
human experience
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Excerpt from Lumen / Lux
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“Three Person Machine” from Analog
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Experiments in Thought & Motion
• “Ambiguity is an essential part of art.” – Alan
Lightman
• Kuhn’s insight: Science is about answering
questions within a paradigm
• Improvisation = stochastic process
• Process & Performance contain elements of
indeterminacy
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“Rattling” Duet from Analog
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“Electricity/Toaster”
Duet from Analog
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Structure • Performance as a complex system
• Real-time decision making
• Movement phrase work as container
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“Phrase 1” from Analog
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Thank you!
Katharine Hawthorne
www.khawthorne.net
© Katharine Hawthorne 2013
Photos by Ben Hersh & Hollis Nolan
Sculpture by Dan Grayber
Video by Loren Robertson & Sean Smuda