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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0562687
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Intention and Serendipity: Investigating Improvisation, Symbolism and Memory in Creating Australian Contemporary Dance. Contemporary dance is one of the major vehicles through which Australian stories and cultural diversity are communicated. Little is known about the processes that underpin creation and performance of communicative dance works, and less still about processes and stylistic traditions unique to the Australian form. We will investigate cognitive and kinaesthetic processes involved in creating, refining, performing significant works. Combining experimental and practice-based research we examine psychological mechanisms engaged by elite choreographers, and experienced and emerging dancers, and analyse the unique Australian heritage and embodied knowledge evident in leading dancers and choreographers influenced by Gertrud Bodenwieser.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 10-2005
End Date: 06-2009
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $305,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Dance | Psychology | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Preserving movable cultural heritage | Behavioural and cognitive sciences | The performing arts (incl. music, theatre and dance)
