Lecture Demonstration: Improvisation in Jazz Dance as a Didactic and Artistic Tool

Associate Professor Katarina Lundmark from DOCH, University of Dance and Circus, Stockholm, Sweden. In her lecture demonstration Lundmark will talk about her work with developing dance didactics, how she formulated her definition of the genre, the concepts she finds fundamental in the work, the methodical system she constructed, the choices she made in relation to tradition, purpose and context. Lundmark will also show practical examples of different aspects of improvisation in jazz dance as a didact