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SESSIONS Visualizing the A Scale: A visual supplement to teaching Choreutics by Leslie Bishko, Canada Paper Visualizing the A Scale is a three-minute computer animated study that depicts a female dancer as she moves through the scale. The animation visualizes the Icosohedron, Planes, Symbols, Diagonals and Traceforms. Educators teaching the A Scale have been invited to include the animated study as part of their curriculum during the current academic year. Each instructor will teach the scale according to their usual curriculum, and will choose a relevant time and context for their students to view the animation. After seeing the video, the students will complete a questionnaire that investigates whether, and how, the visualizations of the scale helped them to comprehend Choreutics concepts. The instructors will also respond with their assessment of how viewing the animation influenced their dancers in movement. The spatial forms of Choreutics are both seen by the mind's eye, and felt in the body as a mover progresses through Space. The goal of the study is to demonstrate that some learners may struggle with Choreutics concepts and find assistance through visual modes of learning. My presentation will summarize the feedback from students and instructors, and discuss the role of visual and ideokinetic learning in the movement studio. The long-term goals for this investigation are to produce a larger body of animated visualizations that explore what Laban's movement concepts might look like, represented as three-dimensional dynamic forms in Space. The primary objective of this work is to create visual documentation of Laban theory for teaching purposes. It will also be an aesthetic exploration of a visual movement vocabulary towards my own creative work, and a potential catalyst for theoretical discussion of Laban theory. Participants in the study: - Ellen Goldman and John Chanik, Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, New York, New York - Kathie Debenham, Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah - Tonya Lockyer, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, Washington
Leslie Bishko (MA, OSU) is a computer animator, Certified Laban Movement Analyst and Associate Professor of Animation at Emily Carr Institute in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Leslie integrates the rich movement theories of Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) with her art and teaching, towards creating expressive movement in computer animation. Leslie's research investigates the use of animated imagery to visualize Choreutics. Lectures and workshops on LMA and animation include the Laban/Bartenieff Institute for Movement Studies, the Game Developers Conference, Xbox Sports, Surreal Software, Radical Entertainment, Tisch School of the Arts and Max the Mutt School of Animation.
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