Critical Response Process
Thank you for coming to Mira Göksel’s Rough Drafts informal showing! Following the showing, we will engage in Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process (CRP) as a feedback structure for the choreographic work shared. CRP has a four-step process, which is outlined below. We encourage you to read over the structure before the showing begins, so that you can familiarize yourself with the process.
Thank you for coming, and for engaging in feedback for this work-in-progress. Enjoy the show!
Step 1: Statements of meaning
Responders state what they found meaningful, evocative, interesting, surprising, exciting, and/or striking in the work they have just witnessed. For this step, Responders should aim for specificity, rather than stating “I liked…” or “I didn’t like…”
Examples:
“When the dancers engaged in a series of jumps down the diagonal, I really felt their momentum and unity.”
“The music choice in the first section gave me a strong feeling of nostalgia for ____.”
Step 2: Artist as questioner
The Artist asks questions about the work. In answering, the Responders stay on topic with the question, and may express opinions in direct response to the artist’s questions.
Examples:
“How many ‘sections’ did you see in this work? How did you experience the transitions between one section to the next?”
“What did you perceive as the relationship between the two characters in the duet at the beginning?”
Step 3: Neutral questions
Responders ask neutral questions about the work, and the Artist responds. Questions are considered neutral when they do not have an opinion couched in them.
Examples:
“What emotion are you trying to illicit with the final image?”
“What ideas guided your structuring of the sections?”
Step 4: Permissioned opinions
Responders state opinions, subject to permission from the Artist. The usual form is, “I have an opinion about _____. Would you like to hear it?” the Artist has the option to say “No.”
Example:
Responder: “I have an opinion about costuming. Would you like to hear it?”