Dance and Somatics: Mind-Body Principles of Teaching and Performance

Contents

• 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