Nature aesthetics and pedagogy of Contact Improvisation dance jams in Spain
Contact Improvisation (CI), a dance technique that emerged from New York in the seventies, introduced new pedagogical and choreographic approaches, among them, the collective improvisation sessions called jams. The objective of this study was to define the concept, different functions, and evolution...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM) |
| Repositorio: | RIUCAM. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.ucam.edu:10952/6252 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10952/6252 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Danza posmoderna Improvisation Postmodern dance Pedagogy Art Improvisación Pedagogía Arte |
| Sumario: | Contact Improvisation (CI), a dance technique that emerged from New York in the seventies, introduced new pedagogical and choreographic approaches, among them, the collective improvisation sessions called jams. The objective of this study was to define the concept, different functions, and evolution of these jams in Spain. As part of a qualitative methodology we combine several techniques: content analysis, interviews, and ethnographic immersion. The results reveal that jams have been found in Spain since the introduction of CI in the eighties but did not become a regular occurrence until 2001, first in Barcelona and then in Madrid, and in the rest of the country approximately a decade later. Throughout the evolution of jams, concepts and functions have been diversified. This diversity is revealed through advertising definitions and through different forms of organization: space, duration, regularity, and autonomy or combination with other forms of teaching. This study shows that the jams in Spain in the XXI century, update the principles of artistic interdisciplinarity of American postmodern dance, but they also merge with other cultural domains linked to leisure and education, where the accessible dance experience is especially encouraged. Also, through the jams, in Spain, the conceptual debate accompanying Contact Improvisation since its inception in the U.S. in the seventies as a stage dance or a social dance continues |
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