"STATIC MOTION': AN EXPLORATION OF STILT DANCE POSTURES IN MIXED MEDIA SCULPTURE

📄 Project Abstract

This study was inspired by the Angere stilt dance postures in creating sculptures. Stilt dance is known as Angere in the Yoruba speaking states in Nigeria. The problem of the study was the exploration of the stilt dance postures in mixed media sculpture. The study is significant as the Angere is losing touch of its traditional socio-cultural attributes to acculturation, hence, the need for the study. Five objectives were stipulated in this research which are not limited to the following, to visually document the stilt dance form for appraisal, develop the aesthetics of the stilt dance forms using mixed media in sculpture and explore static motion derived from the posture of the Angere stilt dancer to achieve possibilities of the sculptures using the stilt dance forms. The theoretical framework was situated on Langer's aesthetic theory- Virtual Powers. The theory pursues the deeper understanding of what dancing is, what it expresses. According to Langer a dance gesture is not gesticulat...