Dear All, I am currently writing my dissertation on the aesthetic pros and cons of creating dance for screen (this includes all genres of screen/ film/ digital dance) I would really appreciate your input to give depth and clarity to my essay. As a relative newcomer to the dance.tech list, I realise these are issues that you almost certainly have already covered but I have missed out on. I hope you will bear with me on this one! I have put together 3 questions that especially pertain to my studies and I hope that you will find the time to answer them. If there is something that you wish to add that I have not alluded to, I would be very pleased to hear about them. Dance scholar Kent de Spain claims that "dance is (arguably, I'm sure) the most 'human' of the arts, by the simple logic that it's medium of expression is the human body itself...it is ineluctably contexted and referenced through the somatic presence of the dancer." (2000) 1. How do we enjoy live dance and how does this compare to our enjoyment of dance on screen? 2. If we separate the dancer from the movement itself, how do we anticipate the audience to empathise with the 'non-human' dancer? or If we expand the physical capacity of the dancer, do we risk losing our engagement with him/her? 3. The organic development of dance is often threatened by finance dictating its direction. Are we now facing a new threat of technology leading creativity rather than dance utilising technology to enhance creativity? I thank you very much for your attention and hope to hear from you in the near future. Yours, Ruth Nicoll
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