CHOREOGRAPHING ARCHITECTURE: A SYMPHONY THROGUH PERFORMANCE

Abstract

Dance is a physical, psychological, cultural, and social behavior that has been and always will be an Integral part of human existence. Perhaps more direct and essential than verbal communication, dance and the use of the body to convey meaning through nonverbal \ communication was evident in primitive man and is still evident today as the first behavior. Architecture designed via space frees the building from formal considerations. It is through the negative element, the space, that the architectonic form becomes meaningful and defined. The spatial experience in architecture is what determines and allows for human interactions. The characteristic of spaces set up the parameters for dynamics in social relationships. Meaning of space can only be gauged and experienced through human sensibilities of sight, touch, smell, hearing, and movement. Dance and architecture are two disciplines of creativity that share a relationship of design principles. Both disciplines define and use space as the main medium for creative interpretation.