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Interdisciplinary Arts helps students explore their capacities for creativity and cross-disciplinary thinking by drawing from the fields of theatre, dance, and visual arts. They will learn how to transfer the skills they gain from the book to any endeavor or career they undertake.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction to Interdisciplinary Arts
Interdisciplinary Movement
Bartenieff: Six Developmental Stages
Alexander Technique
Yoga
Conclusion
Chapter 2. Theatre
Getting Started: Connecting to the Text
Preparing a Scene
Body: The Actor’s Instrument
Stage Awareness
Props and Costumes
Collaborative Team
Chapter 3. Dance and Movement
Laban: Still Forms
Centering the Body: 12 Principles of Bartenieff Fundamentals
Preparing for the Work
The Creative Impulse
Intent: Moving With Purpose
Laban’s Effort Factors
Mise en scène
Collaborative Team
Chapter 4. Visual Arts
Visual Arts
Inspiration
Form
Color
Value and Contrast
Rhythm
Shape
Line
Texture
Space
Chapter 5. Dance and Theatre
Integrating Dance and Theatre: Poem Performance Using Laban’s Efforts
Overview of the Process
The Process in Detail
Assimilation of Feedback, Development, and Rehearsal
Conclusion
Chapter 6. Visual Arts and Dance
Integrating Visual Arts With Dance: Wearable or Scenic Art
Overview of the Process
Overview of the Concepts Used in the Project
Conclusion
Chapter 7. Theatre and Visual Arts
Integrating Theatre and Visual Arts: In/Out Masks
Overview of the Process
Overview of the Concepts Used in the Project
Arts-Based Research
Development: Creating Your In/Out Mask
Developing the Monologue
Chapter 8. All Three Art Forms
Making Art Using the Human Intelligences
Multiple Intelligences Synthesis Assignment
Chapter 9. Make Art, but Also, Go See Art!
Theatre Criticism
Visual Art Criticism
Dance and Movement Criticism
Conclusion: Interdisciplinary Arts as a Way of Life
About the author
Suzanne Ostersmith (MFA, Goddard College) is the founding director of the dance and interdisciplinary arts programs and an associate professor of theatre and dance at Gonzaga University. As a professor and scholar of dance, theatre, and visual arts, Ostersmith develops opportunities for students to grow and learn about themselves and the world around them through community, collaboration, and creativity. Ostersmith’s areas of research and creative inquiry are in the intersection of the art forms of theatre, dance, and visual arts.
Kathleen Jeffs (DPhil, University of Oxford) is core director and an associate professor of theatre and dance at Gonzaga University. Publications include her translation of the 17th-century Spanish play
The Force of Habit (Guillén de Castro’s
La fuerza de la costumbre) and
Staging the Spanish Golden Age: Translation and Performance, which is based on her time as rehearsal dramaturg with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Kathleen teaches performance studies, playwriting, acting, and directing using classroom and studio methods.
