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Research Week ‘Weird, Wacky, Wonderful’
12 – 20 September 2015
Surprising results of Experiment A and B came from the performance were the dancers showed no solidarity towards each other. Intriguingly, it seemed as is if individuals who act independently, who do not fulfill social expectations and do not meet standards of what is “normal” end up being less recognizable as individuals. It is as if the independence between the five actors on stage dehumanizes them: they are not recognizably human to the audience any more.
This paradox is the starting point for the research week. Can we find ways of making this fully “liberated” individual socially acceptable (perhaps even valued) member of the community? In this week, 5 choreographers/dancers and 5 experts from various backgrounds are challenged to explore questions about individuality and innovation, about human perception and social categorization, about social exclusion and the construction of deviance.