Watch DT+ Teacher Talk: “Incorporating Somatic Practices in Dance Classes”
Watch this hour-long conversation with experienced somatic dance practitioners Adele Nickel and Ami Shulman to learn how somatic practices can bolster your students’ mind–body connection, deepen their self-awareness, and elevate their learning experiences. Nickel and Shulman also present useful somatic-based movement exercises that can be implemented in dance class.
Resources
To access Nickel’s research on Polyvagal Theory, click here.
To learn more about the Feldenkrais method, click here and here. You can also reach Feldenkrais practitioners in your area here and Alexander Technique practitioners here.
Learn more about the Dance Science & Somatics Educators organization by clicking here.
Attend regular somatics classes in NYC offered through Movement Research’s “Physical Inquiries & Somatic Practices” and Sapientia Initiative.
Explore holistic Bartenieff classes taught by Alexandra Beller here.
Learn more about Amy Matthews online classes/courses including “embodied anatomy & kinesiology” here.
Books
Awareness through Movement by Dr Moshe Feldenkrais
The Potent Self by Dr Moshe Feldenkrais
Body and Mature Behaviour by Dr Moshe Feldenkrais
Back to the Dance Self includes an anthology of essays about the phenomenology of dance. Shulman co-authored a chapter with Dr Hillel Braude, edited by Sondra Fraleigh.
Sensing, Feeling, and Action by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
Making Connections by Peggy Hackney
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