scholarly journals A syncretic analysis of the duality of dance as art and science

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 98-109
Author(s):  
Mariam A. Iyeh ◽  
Godwin Onuche
Keyword(s):  
Art And Science ◽  
North Central ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Scientific Nature ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Traditional Practitioners

This paper examines the duality of dance as both art and science. It argues on the premise that only the manifestations of dance as an art form has been explored whilst its scientific manifestations have been arguably ignored. It avers that duality is seen in the processes involved in dance choreography. In doing this, it maintains that dance as an art often manifests in the intuition and creativity involved during the creation of dances while dance as science manifests itself during the execution of movements. It argues that the traditional practitioners of dance in Nigeria and Africa are generally aware of the scientific nature of dance, which they adhere to unconsciously while creating dances without knowing it has a scientific posturing. The article insists that intelligence displayed in dance choreographies attests to the above claims. The study uses syncretism and Humphrey-Weidman theory of dance composition as theoretical moorings to contend that the Agbaka dance of the Igala people of Kogi State in North Central Nigeria expresses and displays the scientific nature of dance. Consequently, the dance form is examined from the physiological, psychological and biomechanical perspectives, informing the conclusion that dance practitioners in Nigeria should engage in a conscious exploration and admittance of dance as both art and science. Keywords: Syncretism, Art, Science, Duality of dance, Biomechanics, Agbaka dance

Aesthetics, Technology, and Popular Movies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Cutting
Keyword(s):  
Popular Music ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
Analog To Digital ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Digital Production ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Sound Color ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Physical Changes

Popular movies are, with popular music, the most thoroughly and widely entrenched art/media forms on our planet. Because movies are a relatively new art form, the technological changes they have undergone can be linked to the aesthetic needs and responses of their audiences. Discussed here are the aesthetic consequences of public versus personal projection; the structural changes to accommodate storytelling; the physical changes that eliminate aversive qualities; the effects of the additions of sound, color, and the creation of wider images; the flirtations with 3D and higher frame rates; and the consequences of the switch from analog to digital production and reception.

Genetic Art and the Aesthetics of Biology

Leonardo ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Tomasula
Keyword(s):  
Biological Materials ◽  
Genetically Engineered ◽  
Aesthetic Judgment ◽  
Art And Science ◽  
Work Of Art ◽  
Traditional Art ◽  
Biological Form ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Traditional Artists

The creation of Alba, the first mammal genetically engineered to be a work of art, accents the increasing number of artists who take as their medium plants, cells, genes and other biological materials. Like traditional artists, these bioartists raise traditional art issues; but since their work collapses the gap between art and science, representation and biological form, they also marry the rich tradition of manipulating nature for aesthetic reasons, the ethical complexities created by today's biotech revolution and the historical ramifications of applying aesthetic judgment to humans.

scholarly journals "Theatricalisation" of the lyrical hero in the poetry of Alexander Blok: genesis and ways of artistic realization

2019 ◽  
pp. 107-112
Author(s):  
Nataliya G. Koptelova
Keyword(s):  
Characteristic Feature ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Creative Mind ◽  
Art Form ◽  
The World ◽  
Stage Directors ◽  
Inner World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Way Of Knowing

The article deals with the "theatricalisation" of the lyrical hero, which is a characteristic feature of Alexander Blok’s poetry. It is shown that the desire for theatre, as the highest art form, meets the resistance of the lyrical way of knowing the world that prevails in Alexander Blok’s creative mind. This leads to the fact that the streams of lyricism and theatre in his artistic system collide and interact. As a result, traits which are inherent in the creative thinking of playwrights, actors and stage directors and organic for Alexander Blok are realised on the basis of lyricism. It is proved that the "theatricalisation" of the lyrical hero in Alexander Blok's poetry is expressed both in the reincarnation of the subject, revealing autopsychological experiences (then the reception of the "lyrical mask" arises), and in the statement of the role principle. It is emphasised that the "theatricalisation" of the lyrical hero, occurring in Alexander Blok's verses, leads to the creation of characters whose inner world can be in the most varying degrees of distance from the author's consciousness.

scholarly journals Tourism&Theatre. To be or not to be?

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 132-143
Author(s):  
Lluís Santamarta Espuña
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Distribution Channels ◽  
Exploratory Search ◽  
Qualitative Information ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Tourism Professionals ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Content Accessibility ◽  
Theatrical Culture ◽  
Depth Interviews

This project seeks to study the TourismTheatre phenomenon. The main proposal of the research is to highlight strategies of how an urban destination can make, from its inherent theatre products and theatrical culture, a tourist attraction.The methodology undertaken has been an exploratory search of qualitative information thanks to exhaustive in-depth interviews with theatrical and tourism professionals and companies. Currently, London and New York are the most successful examples of TourismTheatre destinations. However, examples from other western destinations are devising alternatives strategies.Surprisingly, the conclusion that the project has unearthed is that tourism accessibility is the key to TourismTheatre phenomenon. In destinations where theatre is not yet a tourism attraction, tourist managers should focus on making the art form more reachable for tourist consumption (content accessibility, communication campaigns, distribution channels, etc.). Thus, the creation of a tourism accessibility company applied to theatre could be the most feasible strategy to adopt.

scholarly journals Fabrication of a Silicone Auricular Prosthesis – A Case Report

2016 ◽  
Vol 06 (01) ◽  
pp. 091-097
Author(s):  
Krishna Prasad D. ◽  
Archana Ashok Swaminathan ◽  
Anupama Prasad D.
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Surgical Reconstruction ◽  
Art And Science ◽  
Facial Defects ◽  
The Creation

AbstractThe rehabilitation of a patient with facial defects is a challenging task. An alternative to surgical reconstruction is the creation of a silicone auricular prosthesis. The replacement of anatomical parts is an art and science. These prostheses provide a cost-effective and an acceptable means of camouflage for patients who are disinclined to surgical reconstruction. The process of creating a silicone auricular prosthesis is discussed in this article.

scholarly journals IN PORTUGUESE… AND SPANISH, ENGLISH, DUTCH, FRENCH… SINGULARITIES OF PORTUGUESE AZULEJOS WITHIN EUROPEAN HISTORIOGRAPHY

ARTis ON ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
Alexandra Gago da Câmara ◽  
Rosário Salema de Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Wide Context ◽  
Art Form ◽  
The Creation

The link between Portuguese tile decorations and the notion of identity(ies) is rooted today in a very wide context, leading to the extensive use of azulejos as cultural and narrative symbols with very different aims. The purpose of the present article is go back in time, to the mid 19th century, and to debate the role played by European historiography in the emergence of the azulejo as an “identitarian” art form, considering its unique characteristics and the main moments and agents that have contributed to the creation and consolidation of this phenomenon.

scholarly journals ‘Mōhiti E’: Empowering (Trans) Indigenous Performance

Te Kaharoa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valance Smith
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Cultural Performance ◽  
Dance Company ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Living Things ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Scientific Nature ◽  
Pascua Yaqui ◽  
The Ideal

How might a collaborative performance staged across indigenous cultures – in this case Māori and Native American – be seen to create a shared wairua that leads to mārama? For this Symposium, Valance Smith (Ngāpuhi/Waikato) will compose a waiata as the starting point for a hoop dance choreographed and performed by Eddie Madril (Pascua Yaqui) from the Sewan American Indian Dance company. Waiata is, at its simplest, song. It is a vessel for a kaupapa, in the lyrics and also in its music, an embodiment of the singer’s mauri that, in the ideal, resonates in the listener. Hoop dancing has many purposes. It describes the complexities of life, expresses many aspects of the scientific nature of the world through the art form, and invokes the meaning behind the cycle of all living things. In bringing together two distinctive performance languages and cultures, we will be looking for common ground, exploring possible synergies and seeking an experience of the metaphysical in the physicality of our song and dance that can be translated back into a deeper understanding of the potential power of (trans) indigenous performance. How might such a shared, cross-cultural performance not only inform the way we think about the particular practices involved, but also challenge our assumptions about what it means, both in theory and in practice, to perform as Māori and as Native American?

Climate Change Education through Art and Science Collaborations

2017 ◽  
pp. 876-895
Author(s):  
Phillip Gough ◽  
Kate Dunn ◽  
Caitilin de Bérigny
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
General Public ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Boundary Object ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Art And Science ◽  
Climate Change Education ◽  
Climate Change Information ◽  
The Creation

This chapter introduces three arts projects that employ different collaborative methods to promote climate change awareness through community-based environmental education. The artworks provide new access points to climate change information, rather than acting as a representative for the discipline of science. This allows different ways of knowing about climate change through the experience of the artworks. The artworks were created through collaboration between scientists and creative practitioners, such as artists or designers, who has expertise in communicating information to a non-expert audience. The collaboration is aided through the creation of a boundary object, which allows creative practitioners to develop their understanding of the science they are presenting to their audience. The artworks also act as a boundary object between the scientist and the general public, allowing both groups to understand and transform their knowledge about climate change.

New Readings: The Comic as Artists’ Book

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-19
Author(s):  
Rosie Sherwood
Keyword(s):  
Comic Book ◽  
Book Arts ◽  
Art Form ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Way

Artists’ books consider every aspect of the book in the creation of meaning. How might reading the comic book through this context extend the possibilities of the art form? Can considering the whole book change the way creators and readers approach the comic? This article considers the space between book arts and comics, asking how they might fit together and considering the possible benefits of this expanded reading for the comic book as a form.

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