Students will be introduced to performance as a phenomenon. The centrality of the body as a performing instrument is encountered in music, dance and theatre. The possibilities of working with the material body have been explored in various ways in different parts of the world and at different times, sometimes anchored in the physical, sometimes looking towards transcendence. This transformative process is the subject of both the practical as well as the theoretical component of this course. Participation in performance exercises will be required.
navtej.johar@ashoka.edu.in