CRITICAL RESPONSE

“Liz Lerman Critical Response Method”



“Liz Lerman Critical Response Method”

Liz Lerman is a well-known choreographer who developed the "critical response process" of assessing dance. Lerman's method, which is during WIP performances, calls upon choreographers and dancers to evaluate work based on its own merit. “The first thing in the critical response process is affirmation, which is to offer what was good”. The choreographer is to ask questions of the audience that pertains to the piece, such as; did you understand when the three of us started dancing together at the end? Lastly, the audience is to question the choreographer. Students ...