Double Skin/Double Mind Curriculum

Since 2005, when Emio Greco  | PC were artists in residence at the Amsterdam School of the Arts, they have developed a strong relationship with the school, So, too, with the department of Modern Theatre Dance (MTD) headed by Angela Linssen. The mutual commitment that has been established, is that of providing the students with time and space within the dance curriculum of MTD to explore Emio recoG | PC’s workshop format Double Skin/Double Mind. During the first explora­ tive short­term encounters this workshop was complemented with repertoire transmission, which allowed the students to get a full picture of the work. Out of the evaluation of this experience it became clear that for the students to get a deeper sense of the artistic work of Emio Greco | PC, more time was needed.
 
In the coming years a more indepth programme around Double Skin/Double Mind is offered to students from the first through to the third year. Each year group will touch upon different aspects of the creative process and will access different tools that have been developed within the research projects Capturing Intention and Inside Movement Knowledge.
 
Through this fresh collaboration the International Choreographic Arts Centre (ICK) aims to understand how far a professional praxis can enter into educational curricula and in what way it can influence the working methods within a school. A preparatory course, includ­ ing a theoretical and philosophical approach to the artistic work of Emio Greco | PC, will frame the intensive physical course. Depending on the year group, students will look at the principles of Double Skin/Double Mind, of the pre­choreographic concepts and later, in the third year, also of Emio Greco | PC repertoire. After the intensive physical course a reflective session will allow students to discuss their experi­ ences and questions and to gain more in­depth knowledge of the work.
 
This project also links exchange with research in that students from the MTD assist in testing the interactive DVD­rom that is part of Capturing Intention and the Interactive Installation DS/DM. Their feedback is used in the further development of these tools. Simultaneously, the students formulate and answer questions around the development of dance education.