Dance Improvisation / Spring 2024

  I  Warm Up  II  Evan's Concept for Today Physicalizing:  Putting into Movement an idea, a memory, a feeling, that has been previously stored on a cognitive realm. Question 1 After reading Evan's ideas about physicalizing , briefly describe in writing an idea, a memory, a feeling that you may identify as your theme for today's work.   -----------------------------------------   III     Improvisation Exercise (10 min) Today we are addressing  physicalizing, which is about recreating an idea, a memory, a feeling, (that has been  previously stored on a cognitive realm) through movement. So, now let us again delve fully into body movement and creative dance improvisation using the theme you described in question 4. Follow the following order: Explore: Movement exploration to begin to be conscious of an idea, or a memory. Begin to feel feelings. Choose an idea, memory of feeling you want to use...

  I Unit: Blanch Evan's Method Theme: Enactment   I Introduction Continuing with our unit on Blach Evan's methodology, today, we will explore Enactment. For the dancer in general, enactment is a dance term it includes traumatic experience. Thy can also be positive experiences   II   Learning Objectives   Understand the ideas behind Stillness rhythm Explain the sensations generated as a result of Stillness Gain awareness of the use of embodied movement-meditation in letting go Experience solo and group dance dancing Stillness Reflect on the creative process at the end of the lesson    III    WARM UP Stretching    IV       Training in cludes studying improvisation which uses creative dance as its base, while constantly enriching it through concentration, depth, and an increase of movement vocabulary.    Blanch Evan American Journal of Dance Therapy (1982) Question 1   Explain what Evan meant in th...

  I   Unit: Evan's Improvisational Methods Theme: Externalizing   I Introduction Externalizing means to express a thought or feeling in words or actions. It is equivalent to "an urgent need to externalize the experience. It psychology, it means to project (a mental image or process) onto a figure outside oneself. According to Blanch Evan's methodology, externalizing, one her improvisational techniques, means to dance out a dream, a fantasy, or a physical memory. II   Learning Objectives   Understand the ideas behind externalizing Explain the sensations generated as a result of externalizing Gain awareness of the use of externalizing in improv Experience solo and group dance using dreams, fantasies and memory Reflect on the creative process at the end of the lesson    III    WARM UP Stretching    IV   Main Lesson     Dance psychotherapist Ekin Bernay. (16:57 min)   Warm Up for Your Crea...

    Unit: 5 Rhythms Theme: Stillness   I Introduction Continuing with our unit on the 5 Rhythms created by Gabrielle Roth, today, we will explore Stillness. For the dancer in general, stillness is a musical term that gives active space and rhythm to a melodic flow of energy. Stillness is a part of ballet training when the dancer seems to pause after a melodic phrase.  Stillness holds many images and they are understood in different ways by each dancer.   II   Learning Objectives   Understand the ideas behind Stillness rhythm Explain the sensations generated as a result of Stillness Gain awareness of the use of embodied movement-meditation in letting go Experience solo and group dance dancing Stillness Reflect on the creative process at the end of the lesson    III    WARM UP Stretching    IV   Main Lesson     1   Stillness       According to Roth and Loudon (1998) stillness is a ...