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On Site is a practical guide to creating site-specific dance performance work. Written by experienced artist Stephan Koplowitz, the book guides everyone from beginners to experienced creators through the work of performing on site
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List of contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Motivations and Definitions
- 1. How Do We Start?
- Chapter 1 What Motivates Site Selection
- Chapter 2 Permissions, Permits and Insurance
- Chapter 3 Designing the Event, Staging the Audience
- Chapter 4 The Site as Inspiration for Your Work
- 3. Fueling Your Vision
- Chapter 5 Staffing Key Production Roles
- Chapter 6 Negotiating Fee and Contract
- Chapter 7 Planning Your Planning Budget
- Chapter 8 Fundraising for Your Artistic Plan: A Short Primer
- 4. Creating/Generating Content
- Chapter 9 Staging, Placing Your Work in a Site (one method)
- Chapter 10 Site Content and Process
- Chapter 11 Collaboration and Collaborative Elements
- 5. Creative and Production Challenges
- Chapter 12 Rehearsal Process
- Chapter 13 Rehearsal Safety
- Chapter 14 Creating for Physically Integrated Casts and Accessibility
- 6. More Challenges from the Real World
- Chapter 15 Working with a Set Budget after Fundraising
- Chapter 16 Promoting and Marketing the Work
- Chapter 17 Documentation
- Chapter 18 Assessment
- 7. Epilogue
- Chapter 19 Last, Last Thoughts
- Appendix
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- About the Author
About the author
Stephan Koplowitz is an award-winning director/ choreographer/media artist working on stage, film, and site. He has created 92 works produced in the US, Europe, and Asia. Awards include the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, Guggenheim Fellowship, New York "Bessie" Award, six NEA Fellowships, and a Rockefeller Bellagio Fellowship. After 23 years in NYC working as an educator and artist, Koplowitz was appointed dean/faculty of dance at the California Institute of the Arts (2006- 2016). Koplowitz has a degree in music from Wesleyan University and an MFA in choreography from the University of Utah. He currently resides in NYC.
Summary
On Site is a practical guide to creating site-specific dance performance work. Written by experienced artist Stephan Koplowitz, the book guides everyone from beginners to experienced creators through the work of performing on site.
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On Site is an invaluable resource to artists wishing to round out their practice of site-specific work, to educators wanting to impart these skills to their students, and to scholars wishing to investigate further the creative research and methods required in engaging in site specificity.
