Performers creators and audience: co-participants in an interconnected model of performance and creative process

Abstract

This article reflects upon the process of creating dance in an intermedial telematic dance setting with university students. Some contextualisation is made of five telematic dance projects (the Phillypool Projects 2007–2012) that have taken place between two universities, one in the UK and one in the US. It will explore some of the challenges presented to student performers when performing with technology in such a distinct performance environment. It will discuss how performers, creators and audience have been brought together as co-participants in the creative process for critical and reflective dialogue during that process and post-performance. Finally, it will present a representation of the interconnected creative and pedagogical process that has emerged from the practice-led research experiences of the five telematic creative and performance projects.

Keywords:

• interconnected model of performance
• creative process
• collaborative performance process
• telematic dance performance