Dance Program faculty member Brittany Whitmoyer Fishel welcomes creators who work behind or in front of the camera to explore the capture of embodied performance in her fall 2020 Screendance course. A practical introduction, Screendance invites students to connect film with dance in an evolving hybrid performative practice.
For both the maker and audience, the coming together of dance and screen is a diverse, global, emergent, continually evolving adventure. Screendance students will learn through screenings, exercises, readings and discussion, working both alone and in small collaborative groups to develop their own cinematic style integrating dance and video.
As an educator and artist, Fishel celebrates multiple approaches and points of view and believes diversity drives innovation, not only in the classroom but also professionally. She notes, "As an educator, it is my job to connect students not only to our dance history, but also to their dance future. Screendance is an opportunity to unpack the development of dance and technology and the impact it has on dance-specific audiences, as we imagine alternatives to traditional theater spaces, including online galleries, film festivals, and virtual environments."
Screendance will be offered in Pem Dance Studio on Monday and Thursday from 8:10 to 9:30 a.m. Students can take the course remotely. Learn more about the Dance Program and Britt Fishel, and contact Britt Fishel at bfishel@brynmawr.edu or Program Director Mady Cantor at mcantor@brynmawr.edu for more information.