Expressionism

I think expressionism is an art movement that focuses on death and movement. In all cases that we viewed today (and even the poems we were asked to read tonight), it seemed like death or despair (or any kind of deep and passionate emotion for that matter) was portrayed so strongly through whatever discipline it was being performed in.

A lot of the time, movement was a big deal as well. For example, the Japanese dance Buto, was all focused on movement. Granted, it was dancing, but Buto focused on the speed of the movement, and the emotion behind the move.

I think that expressionism can also focus on underlying emotions and why one should feel some way and how they should portray it through movement. If that even makes sense. I feel like the choreographers and directors and writers and artists who decided to create an expressionist piece of art thought long and hard about the underlying meaning to each action, and the deep visible and non visible emotions that the character or person would be feeling.

Expressionism is all about feelings - when you express yourself, you express your feelings, correct? Makes sense. That's what I think the whole point of the movement was about. To express deep and underlying feelings in dark and strange ways that made a point.