Cuttlefish : performing body

• This research report discusses and reflects on the development of the costumedesign and choreography of the performance piece Cuttlefish, 2017–19. In theperformance, the costumes played an essential role as they completely transformedthe movements and forms of the dancers. To enable this, costumes were designed astemporal forms, garments that contain a particular movement language based onthe structural possibilities of the body. The costumes are discussed here from twoperspectives: in relation to their role in constructing a narrative for the audience,choreographer and dancers and secondly concerning the practical aspects of theirdevelopment as temporal forms. The suggestion is that garments constitute materialopportunities, designed to provide a system of possible movements and expressionsthat the choreographer and dancer can explore. The result has implicationsfor both fields of fashion design and costume design as it proposes fundamentalparameters for a method of constructing garment as temporal form.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Konst -- Design (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts -- Design (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Konst -- Scenkonst (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts -- Performing Arts (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

performing body

costume design

material choreography

material expression

materiality of movement

artistic research

Textiles and Fashion (Design)

Textil och mode (konstnärlig)

Publikations- och innehållstyp

ref (ämneskategori)

art (ämneskategori)

kfu (ämneskategori)