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New creativity is sparked when people collaborate in the arts, whether they be visual artists, musicians, composers, dancers, dramaturges, or actors. At their best, such collaborations put their contributors in an exalted mood, and a feeling of betterment and fulfillment. This chapter examines two types of collaborations—interdisciplinary and intercultural—in performing and visual arts, with a focus on the similarity between these two types of collaborations and the modes of human flourishing that they engender. Two case studies serve as the point of departure for conceptual and theoretical exploration. The first is the creation of a course on interdisciplinary collaboration for five departments (music, dance, theater, visual arts, and filmmaking) at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. The second explores the idea of cultural merger through an analysis of an inter-Asia composition for Korean traditional ensemble by Chinese American composer Chou Wen-chung. |
