Sunday, February 5, 2012

Melinda Buckwalter's Meet the Artists

p. 161 Richard Bull-the dialogue that gets arises out of form".

Married to Cynthia Novack- wrote Sharing the Dance: Improvisation and American Culture

Bull created the Wareen Street Performance Loft in NYC 79-98

De Facto Dance continues their work


Penny Cambell performance improv. "the direction of the study arises from the interests of the group"

studied with Judith Dunn and Bill Dixon @ Bennington College

works with musicians

faculty at Middlebury College since 85

cofounded Workin the performance of improvisation, transforming into movement intensive in compositional improvisation MICI 996 (163

now interested in studying culture through movement***

spoke about "the practice of adopting metaphors from science as artistic research tools."

EARTHDANCE!!!

"more recently Cambell articulated the benefits of improv dance "Dance in the University Setting" Bennington College 75th reunion.


Barbara Dilley: 73 yrs young

Contemplative Dance Practice: score that explores open space improv

p. 164: directed the Natural History of the American Dancer: Lesser Known Species 71-74: where she developed scores such as the grid.

Mariposa Collective: 94-99 with Diane Butler, Carol McDowell and Polly Motley.


Katie Duck: "aesthetics of chance" founded Magpie Music Dance in 95 (in Amsterdam) : model of what she's into. Performances are often with live improvised music, sometimes incorporating text.

founded GROUPO in Italy in 79.

Magpie is now an org that not only puts on dance performances but supports improvised experimental dance and music projects. summer workshops and apprentice program.

Taught at Dartington College in UK. currently in Amsterdam teaching School for New Dance Development

ch1 p 18. ch 3 p 69. ch4 p87 ch 6 112. ch 7 p 120

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