Dance and Somatics

Julie Brodie, an associate professor of dance at Kenyon College in Ohio, is an active choreographer and performer. Elin Elizabeth Lobel, an associate professor of kinesiology at Towson University in Maryland, is the editor of the Journal of Laban Movement Studies, and editorial board member for the Journal of Dance Education and the Feldenkrais Journal.

Table of Contents



Acknowledgments     

Preface: Somatics in Dance    

Introduction: The Fundamental Somatic Principles    



1. Pedagogy: Strategies for Teaching and Learning Based on Somatic Principles     

2. Breath: Bridging the Conscious and the Unconscious     

3. Kinesthesia: The Sixth Sense for Dancers     

4. More Than Just a Mirror Image: The Visual System and Its Relationship to Other Modes of Sensing and Learning     

5. Connectivity to Self, the Environment and Others     

6. Intention and Initiation in Movement     

7. Developing a Practice of One’s Own     

8. Specific Applications to Technique     



Conclusion     

A Selection of Suggested Resources     

References     

Index