Projekt

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Initiative:	Wissenschaft und Kunst
Ausschreibung:	Wissenschaft und Kunst in Bewegung
Bewilligung:	30.11.2015
Laufzeit:	2 Jahre

Entrainment science focuses on processes in which independent rhythmical systems interact producing synchronization and/or rhythmic coordination. Entrainment has been studied in music, communication and motor action, but only to a limited extent in dance. The project "Motion Together" extends prior research of entrainment in contemporary dance, in the case study of William Forsythe's choreography "Duo". The primary objectives of "Motion Together" are 1) to transfer expertise from the perspective of dancers in collaboration with scholars and artists in other fields and 2) to develop an interdisciplinary understanding of entrainment relevant to artists and scholars. From the perspective of entrainment science, "Duo" is also a valuable example of expertise in planned synchronous and asynchronous partnering, and an unusual case of motion and sound production without an external musical pulse. Entrainment in "Duo" involves the dancers' deliberate and audible breath. It thus enables cross-comparison between phenomena considered related, but often individually analyzed: namely music, conversation, action, and dance. In the part of the project "Motion Together" that is located at CITEC, Bielefeld University, we will use eye-tracking, motion capture and behavioural measures to investigate how spectators watch and perceive contemporary dance choreography, in particular William Forsythe's choreography "Duo", presented as video material. The situation of two dancers engaging in a danced conversation without external cues or pulse is not only relevant in the context of dance perception and performance, it also has the potential to shed a new light on joint action, joint attention, nonverbal communication, and social interaction in general. In an initial eye-tracking study conducted under laboratory conditions, we investigate how spectators of "Duo" video footage visually monitor the dancers' interactions, specifically their moving in synchrony or unison, and how this interacts with the spectators' perception of the performance.

• Prof. Dr. Gabriele Brandstetter

  Freie Universität Berlin
  FB für Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften
  Institut für Theaterwissenschaft
  Seminar für Theater- und Tanzwissenschaft
  Berlin
  

• Elizabeth Waterhouse

  Freie Universität Berlin
  Fachbereich Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften
  Institut für Theaterwissenschaft
  Berlin
  

• Timo Herbst

  Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst
  Malerei/Grafik
  Bildende Kunst
  Leipzig
  

• Daniel Belasco Rogers

  Junge Akademie der Künste
  Berlin
  

• Dr. Susanne Schmitt

  Universität München
  Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society
  München
  

• Sophia New

  Universität der Künste Berlin
  Hochschule f. Schauspielkunst
  Ernst Busch Berlin
  Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum
  Tanz Berlin (HZT)
  Berlin
  

• Mark Coniglio

  Berlin
  

• Brigel Gjoka

  The Forsythe Company
  Frankfurt
  

• Dr. Monica van der Haagen-Wulff, Ph.D.

  Universität Köln
  Institut für vergleichende Bildungsforschung und
  Sozialwissenschaften: Erziehungs- und
  Kultursoziologie
  Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät
  Köln
  

• Riley Watts

  The Forsythe Company
  Frankfurt am Main
  

• Dr. Bettina Bläsing

  Universität Bielefeld
  Fakultät für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft
  Abteilung Sportwissenschaft
  Neurokognition und Bewegung - Biomechanik
  Bielefeld