Talking Points: Art as Performance – Heather Hansen
How can we draw using dance and movement?
Heather Hanson is a performance artist who produces large scale drawings through movement and dance, using her entire body as a drawing tool.
Watch the videos and use the questions below to discuss Heather Hansen’s work and explore how dance, movement and drawing can be bought together.
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Heather Hansen
Heather Hansen is a performance artist based in USA.
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Questions to Ask Children
Discuss how the following words/ideas relate to Heather’s work:
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Time
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Audience
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Drawing Material (i.e. graphite, charcoal)
How do you feel watching Heather’s performance?
Heather makes her marks on very large sheets of paper, and on the beach. Where else could you make similar marks?
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Pathway: Gestural Drawing with charcoal
using sketchbooks to make visual notes
Show me what you see
