Open Source Dance sessions is an outcome from the research

  "Contemporary Dance [Modern]: The catalyst for deviation and extension in

  Post Structural Sound, Optimum Creative Dialog and the Dunnist

  Period in Music" by Composer Manjunan Gnanaratnam. 2004.

    Abstract: Contemporary Dance in it’s short 100 year history has served

  as a cradle for innovation and experimentation in every format of it's

  multidisciplinary identity. From ground breaking explorations into the

  kinesthetic understanding of the human body to serving as a center for

  cross disciplinary, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and interactive

  investigations involving all artistic disciplines. One only needs to become

  familiar with this rich history to comprehend its significance and impact

  on past and current trends in pop art. The“new”dancer, those who come

  of age in this new century, a time where new media plays a significant role

  in the dissemination of information, are that much better prepared, sooner

  than later, to explore the possibilities of this new identity in dance. However,

  career path choices in dance have remained almost stagnent in the past

  twenty fiver years and are now found to be greatly limiting to this

  "new" dancer.