Nature moving naturally in succession: an exploration of Doris Humphrey’s Water Study with live performance

Main, Lesley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4521-3769 (2009) Nature moving naturally in succession: an exploration of Doris Humphrey’s Water Study with live performance. In: Moving Naturally, Rethinking Dance 1900s – 1930s, An International Symposium, 31 Oct 2009, Guildford, UK. . [Conference or Workshop Item]

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Abstract

This paper and accompanying live performance of the work will focus on Humphrey’s creative intention and the interplay she explored between ‘nature’ and ‘the natural’ in a range of contexts. A brief historical synopsis will contextualise the place of Water Study in the Humphrey canon, as it was the first major ensemble work she choreographed following her departure from Denishawn in 1928 and it continues to be staged today, most recently in Turin, Italy in 2008. The main body of the paper will consider the influences of ‘the natural’ and ‘nature’ in Humphrey’s creative process in terms of movement, rhythm and time, and the resulting implications of interpreting ‘the natural’ in contemporary staging.

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