10.29.2014
"Three-Part Inventions for Dance on Screen” with Peter Sparling
Responses from people who attended:
Responses from people who attended:
- Watching the dance pieces was incredibly moving and valuable for me. I enjoyed watching the MFA students dance in solo pieces and with each other. It was fun to see bodies moving in such creative ways, so many different ways from the few ways in which we normally move our bodies in day to day medical student life.
- I very much enjoyed the discussion because of the diverse perspectives that were represented. It was nice to meet new people and to have an opportunity to connect in a language outside of medicine.
- I felt the entire piece took us through the creative process of dance -- the initial setup of the stage and video; the layering of increasingly complex, chaotic, and crowded dances; the exploration of depth, space, and new places; and the revelation of a finished piece. I
believe the artistic process of preparation, exploration, and refinement can be easily applied to other settings, including the practice of medicine. - Watching dance reawakens in me a greater awareness of my own body, a sense of proprioception of my arms and legs, a keen awareness of my lungs breathing, a different perspective on the ways that my entire body communicates outside of everyday language. This performance left me thinking more about the everyday things that I see, the daily ways that we move our bodies, the ways that our bodies move themselves. Overall, it was incredible that this moving experience of watching dance stayed with me beyond the performance.
- I also found the opportunity to meet and discuss the performance with the choreographer and main performer to be an incredibly unique opportunity. This provided greater insight into the work that enhanced the experience.
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