Dance Professor, Susan Mann Virtual Sabbatical Report: Thrown
Sabbatical Report: Susan Mann, COFAC Dance
During the fall of 2019, Susan Mann created a dance for the camera as her sabbatical project. She collaborated with her husband, John Mann, who shot the project in Super 16mm film and composed the music; Wil Crowther, who provided the costuming; and TU dance faculty, alumni and students among others. The four and one-half minute project is a visual depiction of the philosophic concept of “thrown-ness” — hence, the title “Thrown”. The piece begins with an older woman sitting at home reading a newspaper, and follows her as she is “thrown” into a hostile, alien environment. It focuses on the feeling (not the narrative) of not belonging … of being an outsider. It will take five minutes to watch, and we hope you enjoy it.
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