This is a studio practice course, at the introductory level, that approaches choreography as a practice of research and discovery. The course surveys varied strategies and models for dance making, with the goal of assisting each student to formulate her or his own questions, ideas and methods. Students will learn a basic research methodology for the creation of choreographic works, developing palettes of material through directed improvisation and other means, and experimenting with strategies of organization to give that material shape and potency. Issues of craft will be explored as methods to keep an audience watching and engaged. Students will work both collaboratively and as choreographers authoring their own works, and will learn methods to describe, analyze and critique each other’s choreographic research. Required reading and additional research assignments will support the students’ studio practice. Open to all students.