Body and Mind in Motion

Margaret Wilson is a professor at the University of Wyoming, where she teaches modern dance, Pilates, kinesiology, twentieth-century dance history, pedagogy and vertical dance, and co-directs the B.F.A. in dance science. Her research interests are in scientific aspects of dance, integrating somatic practices into pedagogy, and pursuing and facilitating interdisciplinary work. In addition, she choreographs and performs for productions at the University of Wyoming, including vertical dance performances in an outside venue, and she co-directs the Snowy Range Summer Dance Festival. She serves on the board of directors for the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS) and publishes in the Journal of Dance Medicine & Science. 

Introduction 



Chapter 1: From Conversation to Discourse 



Chapter 2: Locating the Discourse



Chapter 3: Researching Dance Cognition – Task-Based Analysis



Chapter 4: Reframing Embodiment 



Chapter 5: Enaction 



Chapter 6: Attention and Effort 



Chapter 7: Training Attention – The Somatic Learning Environment 



Chapter 8: Somatic Approaches to Training Attention: Part I 



Chapter 9: Somatic Approaches to Training Attention: Part II 



Chapter 10: Vertical Dance: Re-Experiencing the World 



Chapter 11: The Road Forward 



Appendix I: Primer on Balance 



Appendix II: Explorations and Reflections