Pedagogy: strategies for teaching and learning based on somatic principles -- Breath: bridging the conscious and the unconscious -- Kinesthesia: the sixth sense for dancers -- More than just a mirror image: the visual system and its relationship to other modes of sensing and learning -- Connectivity to self, the environment and others -- Intention and initiation in movement -- Developing a practice of one's own -- Specific applications to technique.
Summary:
"Training in somatic techniques-- holistic body-centered movement that promotes psycho-physical awareness and well-being--provides an effective means of improving dance students' efficiency and ease of movement. By presenting a philosophical approach to teaching as well as practical instruction tools, this work provides a valuable guide to somatics for dance teachers of any style or level"--Provided by publisher.
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