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Generous Phenomenologies: Improv in the Blanks
4:00 pm
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
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Phenomenology is the study of experience. Sondra Fraleigh defines six kinds of phenomenology and their application to dance and ecology, while Rena Milgrom improvises dance in the spaces in between.
This performative essay presents six kinds of phenomenology as stepping stones toward dance improvisation and approaches toward researching dance at the intersection of body and nature. Listeners on Zoom have the option to engage the essay through informal performance along with dancer Rena Milgrom. The spoken essay speaks of plural phenomenologies and sketches six kinds at a glance: Transcendental, Existential, Heuristic, Hermeneutic, Performative, and Ecological. We emphasize ecological phenomenology, and finish with this, since the convergence of body and nature are important to phenomenology. This presentation relates to Fraleigh’s recent book with the University of Illinois Press: Back to the Dance Itself: Phenomenologies of the Body in Performance.
BeginnerNo understanding of topic required. Open to all.
Movement not requiredEnjoy this session from an office chair or curled up on your couch.
Likely soothingLike a bedtime story or a morning chorus.
