Moving North
Moving North used improvisational dance to investigate
the experience of moving in conscious relationship to north.
Moving North began with the question "how can we relate
north pole to our dance practices?" Since we understand north pole
as both a geographic expression and physical location, we decided to
explore different approaches to orientation and navigation. We considered
how the Cartesian mapping system shapes the way we experience both direction
and location. We contrasted that experience with other ways of knowing
where we are, and where we are going: non-Cartesian spatial constructs
and the body's internal sensing systems.
Moving North took place in Alaska, Finland, and Siberia
in summer 2008. In Alaska, Tinu Hettich and Gabrielle Barnett worked
in Anchorage, using trained dancers, student dancers, and members of
the general public to create a site specific performance on the University
of Alaska, Anchorage campus. We also worked in more natural areas outside
the city. In Finland, Caroline Waters created performance scores for
dance students at North Karelia College in Outukumpu. She also created
workshops for both trained dancers and members of the public in Novosibirsk,
Russia. You can find some photographs and video documention of our work
on this site.
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