Dance Notation | Inside Movement Knowledge

All information about this research project is presented on the website www.insidemovementknowledge.net

Inside Movement Knowledge is a two-year collaborative, interdisciplinary research project into new methods for the documentation, transmission and preservation of contemporary choreographic and dance knowledge. The project is a continuation of the Notation Research Project, Emio Greco | PC’s investigation into systems for recording and transmitting the essential elements of their creative work. The outcomes of this research were presented (October 2007) in the form of an interactive installation and publication of a book, film documentary and interactive DVD with the title Capturing Intention.

The Notation Research Project was the result of an artistic need to deepen understanding of transmission. This line of artistic research from within the company will be continued; but it will be broadened to involve a more rigorous interdisciplinary investigation. This next phase, again in close collaboration with partner Amsterdam School of the Arts (AHK) (specifically the Research Group: Art Practice and Development) and called Inside Movement Knowledge, was developed for a new consortium including the company Emio Greco | PC; the Netherlands Media Art Institute (NIMK); the Department of Media and Culture Studies, University of Utrecht (within the frame of the new Theatre Studies program); the Dance Departments of the Amsterdam School of the Arts; and an International Associates Network.

Inside Movement Knowledge involves four research groups, in the development of two 'case studies'. Firstly, the same team who developed the Capturing Intention interactive installation and DVD-rom will work closely with researchers and students from the professional dance and higher education sectors with the aim to develop the workshop mode of the installation and to promote the study of relationships between movement and metaphor, writing and meaning, body state and awareness, training/ learning and transmission. Secondly, a team of cultural heritage professionals working on systems for the documentation of live and variable media artworks will explore how to analyse and document the dance creation process of EG | PC with the aim of producing a model for further research on their principles of choreographic practice.