The Battleworks Etude: Staging and Embodying Dance Heritage through the Repertory Etudes Project(™) — Presentation Detail — Celebration of Scholars

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The Battleworks Etude: Staging and Embodying Dance Heritage through the Repertory Etudes Project(™)

Name: Stacy Pottinger
Department: Fine Arts
Type of research: Independent research

Name: Riana Alexandrou
Major: Marketing and Management
Hometown: Prospect, IL
Faculty Sponsor: Stacy Pottinger
Other Sponsors:
Type of research: Independent research

Name: Sara O'Lear
Major: Undecided
Hometown: Lockport, IL
Faculty Sponsor: Stacy Pottinger
Other Sponsors:
Type of research: Independent research

Name: Kristin Orban
Major: Biology
Hometown: Wayne, IL
Faculty Sponsor: Stacy Pottinger
Other Sponsors:
Type of research: Independent research

Name: Jenny Wild
Major: Business Administration
Hometown: Crystal Lake, IL
Faculty Sponsor: Stacy Pottinger
Other Sponsors:
Type of research: Independent research

Abstract

Since the establishment of the Department of Theatre’s Dance Minor, Carthage dancers have taken root in the tradition of American modern dance through the American Dance Legacy Initiative’s Repertory Etudes™ Collection curated and directed by Carolyn Adams and Julie Adams Strandberg at Brown University. The Repertory Etudes™ are short dances based on signature works of American choreographers available for study, viewing, and performance. The Battleworks Etude (created in 2003; revised in 2012) was performed by Carthage Dance Minors in the fall dance production, Kinesthetic Chitchat and recently adjudicated at the American College Dance Festival’s Regional Conference. Its performance was part of a project to develop the etude’s materials and methodology. This lecture demonstration shares the process of teaching, staging, and performing the Battleworks Etude as experiential research through which participants worked to surpass the steps and delve into the questions of embodying and ultimately preserving dance heritage.

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