Laban Movement Choir

As part of the Mahler Project (a JCFA wide theme this semester, based on German art) the dance department is organizing a 1,000 person Laban Movement Choir. At a school the size of Butler, it was difficult to get a 1,000 people to participate so instead it's more like a 300-500 person choir.

The performance is this Saturday on the Butler Bowl (the football field). Over a few rehearsal sessions the participants learned the choreography and during the performance we will be moving to music and poetry.

The piece reminds me a lot of Whirl of Divine (a performance I was involved in through the Spirit and Place Festival in which we recited a Dada poem entitled Ur Sonata in collaboration with the dance department.)

If you are interested there is a short video on youtube about the movement choir. I don't think you can see me anywhere, but it gives you a taste of what the performance going to look like. Hopefully we'll get a good turn out. It should be pretty cool.