Dance Genres 6 Replies

Hello! I am currently doing some research on how specific genres of dance affect an audience. My main theory is that rhythm heavy dances with intense emotional investment affect an audience more intensely than dances where technical control is key. So the main battle is Cherokee tribal dance vs. ballet or contemporary dance.  It seems almost obvious that more intense dances affect people more but is it right to distinguish the intensity of a dance by the rhythm and emotional ties. Obviously a…Continue

Started by Lauren Dobbs. Last reply by Adriana Pegorer Sep 5, 2011.

Watching Dance Round Table Discussion – Laban, 25th March 2011

All Round Table panellists were invited to speak for 2 minutes on the relevance of kinesthetic empathy to their work. Your comments are welcome! The notes below are compiled in alphabetical order, by speaker.  Glenna BatsonEmbodied Practices Say out loud the word “running” while you mentally visualize yourself “throwing,” and one can readily see the interpenetration of thought, language, and motor imagery of a physical act.  Kinaesthetic empathy is our capacity for simulating and embodying…Continue

Started by Watching Dance Administrator Aug 9, 2011.

Somatics conference 1 Reply

Hopefully the link to the full schedule for the Dance and Somatics conference is now working!

Started by Sarah Jane Whatley. Last reply by Isabel Maria de Cavadas Valverde Jul 8, 2011.

The special things that only movement/dance can tell us.

Hello, friends of Watching Dance and the Ning forumI read a most compelling article the other day by Maxine Sheets-Johnstone on the uniqueness of kinesthesia and movement -- beyond what neuroscience conceives of as "embodiment" and more fundamental than "action". Sheets-Johnstone outlines ways in which space-time-effort are exemplified/manifested in movement. I would welcome any comments on the article -- what and how it is that movement itself (and dance, by extension) provide unique…Continue

Tags: movement, kinesthesia

Started by Glenna Batson May 3, 2011.