“In my research, I focus quite a lot on cartography. I understand choreography as being not so different from making a map. Historically, cartography was made up of two partner disciplines, one of which was chorography. This was spelled without the e, and this was a way to describe place with meaning. When I think now of choreography in its modern form, as a dance-making form, it becomes a tool of observation and navigation that I can apply to various spaces, often public spaces. I can use choreography to apply meaning to and derive meaning from location, or by crafting meaning unto space, it becomes a process of space-making.”
Jason Corff is a choreographer and researcher based in Berlin, Germany. His practice explores various methodologies which create a sense of place and how the application of cartographic principles in choreography can recontextualize the body in space. Corff has presented work in New York, Berlin, and most recently was in residence to create a site-sensitive piece in Yerevan, Armenia. • Website • Instagram
