Discovering New Ways of Moving: Observational Analysis of Motor Creativity While Dancing Contact Improvisation and the Influence of the Partner
✍ Scribed by CARLOTA TORRENTS; MARTA CASTAÑER; MÁRIA DINUŠOVÁ; M. TERESA ANGUERA
- Book ID
- 102289978
- Publisher
- Creative Education Foundation
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 348 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-0175
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✦ Synopsis
Contact improvisation (CI) is a form of dance based on motor creativity, improvisation and the physical contact between different improvisers dancing together. This will generate different ways of moving and a varied use of motor creativity depending on the dancers involved. This study aims to observe the differences in movement generation depending on the partner by using OSMOS (Observational System of Motor Skills; Castañer & Camerino 2006; Castañer et al., 2009). Four contact improvisers were video‐recorded while dancing in duets. Data were analysed by three observers using Theme Coder software (Magnusson, 1996) for the detection of T‐patterns and the production of event frequency charts. The results show that (1) the motor skills that appear most frequently are the conduction of partners, elevations, spatial level changes and turns; (2) motor creativity is affected by the partner, as there is a reciprocal influence in the dance; and (3) motor creativity is enhanced by interaction with a partner.