Study(s) on the moon. An action research project in living arts

Abstract

This article gives an account of a project of creation and research realized by an interdisciplinary team (dance, circus, performance, music and photography) around a choreographic duo: Studio (0) on the moon; from this first creation one evolves, throughout a series of twenty rehearsals and presentations, towards the collective experimentation with all the artists and with the audience. For the preparation of this article, we use the analysis of bibliographic content, as well as the materials generated through the written and audiovisual record. The collective composition method highlights the reformulation of the initial choreography through improvisation, as well as the repetition of the structure and into the structure as generator of difference. On the other hand, throughout the process, we detect how the playful nature of objects is imposed as solvent of discipline and roles. In addition, darkness is revealed as a fruitful condition to expand senses, to melt bodies and to question the limits of the images we construct around them. Finally, the fragility of the distinction between education or artistic animation and participatory creation and action processes is evide