Festival of the Moving Body - March 16 and 17, 2012
"The Body is the New Classroom"
Proposals and Submission Forms: Now Closed
The 2012 Festival of the Moving Body will be held March 16 and 17, 2012 at Stony Brook Universityʼs Charles B. Wang Center Long Island, New York
Day 1: On Friday, March 16, 2012 from 10am-5pm, we will host a Summit of invited-only experts, modeled after TED Talks. Our goal is to listen to one another in order to construct unknown territories for educating a new generation of healthy, creative, productive and imaginative citizens. Many consider dance and the movement arts to be closely aligned to medicine, music, visual art, and architecture. We plan to have representatives from these and many other fields examine how we work together for the greater good. The opportunity to engage our minds and imaginations across disciplines would be the kind of academic and artistic feast that will inspire many. Participants in the Summit are expected to present research, offer workshops and/or participate in panel discussions at the public Festival the next day.
Day 2: On Saturday, March 17, 2012 from 10am-4pm, The Festival of the Moving Body will be open to the public. Through the presentations of our Summit experts, the festival will examine the interdisciplinary nature of dance, movement and somatics. Our focus is to connect the dynamic relationships of performance, creativity, health, recovery and well-being through examples from some of the best experts around the country. We will include performance, film, media, installations, workshops, panels and lectures throughout the Wang Center. We plan to offer a stunning, strong consortium in order to promote the value and significance....live and through action... of our incredible fields as they contribute on diverse and interdisciplinary arenas. The Festival of the Moving Body invites submissions of original research, collaborative panels, live performance, media, film, workshops, installations, demonstrations and site performances for presentation at the Charles B Wang Center at Stony Brook University. All research methodologies, body/mind modalities, performance, visual, and artistic styles are welcome. Your application will be considered for both the Summit and the Festival.
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ALL PROPOSALS REQUIRE: (please click on links below to print out required sections or click here to print out entire package)
Section B: For performance, installation, visual, media and film artists. Section C: For therapists, artists, educators, researchers and scientists submitting workshops, research and/or panel discussions. |
Suggested Festival Topics
| Dance and Healing Live Performance The Future of Embodied Learning The Science of Movement Dance Therapy The Ethics of Movement The Wellspring of the Creative Body Performance and Improvisation Mind/Body and Traditional Medicine Recovery, Imagination and Creativity The Future of Physical Therapy |
Somatic Therapy and Education Film and Media: The Lens of Imagination Music and Movement Body and Brain Learning Movement as an Agent of Change Bodies of Difference: Invested in Moving Global Spaces and Creative Bodies The Future of Occupational Therapy Film Series: The Moving Body Collaboration and Research: What We Need for the Future |
Presentation Formats for the Public Festival:
Workshop: -Experiential and hands-on workshops focused on any of the following: movement, improvisation, body/mind modalities, physical therapy, recovery, imagination, somatics, dance, occupational therapy, creativity, collaboration, dance therapy.
Space: Classrooms or Movement Space
Time: 45 minutes
Demonstration: - Presenting, demonstrating and discussing exemplary lessons, training, rehabilitation, therapy and/or practice on a festival topic.
Space: Classroom or Lecture Hall
Time: 45 minutes, 15 minutes for Q&A
Research Lecture: - Presenting academic papers and findings from formal research on Festival Topics followed by an open discussion and/or Q&A.
Space: Lecture Hall seating
Time: 30 minute presentation, 15 minute Q&A
Installation: -Contemporary art that is installed in or around the lobbies of the Charles B Wang Center, responding to the site and flexible to the space requirements. All installations should leave the space in the same condition it was found. New art designed specifically for the space is encouraged. Preference will be given to installations that are envisioned as spaces and environments for the body in movement, performance and improvisation.
Space: Lobby of Wang Center
Time: Duration of the festival
Collaborative Panel:-Two or three colleagues from diverse disciplines presenting insights, research, viewpoints and information around one festival topic.
Space: Lecture Hall seating
Time: 45 minutes presentation, 15 minutes for Q&A
Film and Media:- Curated shorts (10-15 minutes) and feature length films on the topic of The Moving Body.
Space: Lecture Hall
Time: Three sessions of 2 hours each
Site Performance:-Performances in unexpected locations throughout the Wang Center. Collaborations with architecture, music, text and/or visual art are encouraged. Solo, duet and group work accepted.
Time: 10-15 minutes
Performance:- Dance and Movement performances produced at the Charles B Wang Theatre; 8pm on the Friday Night of the Summit, March 16, 2012.
Please Mail All Required Materials in One Package to:
FESTIVAL ADDRESS:
Festival of the Moving Body
115-C Nassau Hall
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York 11794-6240
