Most people probably don't think you could combine elements of architecture and elements of dance to showcase the talents of both. But architecture professor Monika Koeck said she knew it could be done.
The schools of architecture and dance will present Collision Project, an interdisciplinary project at 3 p.m. Friday in Meacham Auditorium.
Koeck said she came up with the idea to allow both programs to think differently and benefit from each other.
"In architecture, students are always creating structures with right angles.We wanted them to experience real movement of the human body - no right angles," Koeck said.
The benefit to architecture students, Koeck said, is to be able to imagine what structures would be like if they are not designed rationally but are much more flexible.
"If the usage of the building changes, the architect must react," Koeck said.
Assistant professor of dance Denise Vale said her students were excited about working with a program outside the fine arts discipline.
"The fact that they volunteered shows they really want to do it," Vale said.
Vale said the project reverts back to the old German design school of Bau Haus, meaning building house. Vale said the design school was a collaboration of building design and fine arts and led to the invention of the skyscraper and modern chairs.
"It encourages spontaneity. We want to get back to that, using the three fine arts to share ideas, creating the perfect piece," Vale said.
Dance senior Jessica Pack said she volunteered because it was a great opportunity.
"It's not every day that dance students get to work with architecture students and musicians for free," Pack said.
The two groups have put the project together in three weeks.
"It's been really hard, especially since I'm also doing The Nutcracker, plus all these other projects and finals," Pack said.
Actually, the presentation is the final project for Koeck's studio class.Architecture sophomore Adam Graham is in the class and has been putting in long hours the past three weeks, but he said the project has been a good one.
"It's been good to do something creative and work with different areas that you wouldn't normally work with," Graham said.
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