TITLE:
Go Beneath the Surface: A Study on Underwater Dancing
AUTHORS:
Mo Tu
KEYWORDS:
Underwater Dancing, Choreography, Symbolization, Culture
JOURNAL NAME:
Art and Design Review,
Vol.11 No.2,
May
10,
2023
ABSTRACT: In recent years, underwater
dance has received more and more attention from
dance creators and audiences for its novel dance scenes and innovative technique handling. Experiments with underwater
dance are gradually increasing in both Western and Eastern dance
communities. It is gratifying to see that underwater dance, as a new creative
arena, is full of possibilities and inspirations to be explored; it is also
thought-provoking to see that underwater dance brings new technical challenges
and new perspectives on the art of dance.
This paper will use two underwater dance productions as an entry point to analyze the creative ingenuity and
cultural impact of underwater dance, and theoretically reflect on and
internalize this latest frontier in dance.