How Deep and Broad are the Laws of Emergence?
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2006
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Bennington College
Abstract
Bruce Weber, evolutionary biologist and Susan Sgorbati, choreographer have
been in a dialogue for the last several years asking the question of whether there
are deep structuring principles that cross disciplines. While both professors at
Bennington College, they developed a series of courses that explored these
structuring principles in complex systems. Ideas such as self-organization,
emergence, improvisation, and complexity were investigated through the lens of
different disciplines and modes of perception. The inquiry was both intellectually
driven and experientially driven. Students were asked to research and write
papers, as well as move in the dance studio. Experiments in the studio led
Susan Sgorbati to develop research that subsequently resulted in a national tour
with professional dancers and musicians who are participating in a performance
as part of this conference.
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Sgorbati, Susan, Weber, Bruce, Emergent Improvisation, How Deep and Broad are the Laws of Emergence?, Susan Sgorbati Collection