Embodied Movement Practices / Spring 2025

    I   Unit: Relationship Theme: Proximity, Direction & Performance Space Introduction   Last class we explore energy and its many elements. Today we will experience energy by creating lots of movement and suddenly stop. We use the drum to keep moving and to then stop suddenly on a louder bit. The overflowing filling of self-contained energy ready to burst out our bodies gives a sense of how much energy we have. However, another way of illustrative energy is through relationships. In dance, relationship refers to the connection between dancers and the space, time, music, and other dancers . It can also refer to the connection between a dancer and their body parts. The elements of dance relationships are: proximity, direction and performance space. Proximity refers to the physical distance between dancer; direction refers to the direction a dancer is facing in relation to others and performance space refers to the use of different areas of the stage to com...

        I Warm Up II   Unit : Elements of Dance Theme : Energy   Introduction Energy moves us and we move it. Without energy dance cannot happen. It is a matter of how much energy we put into it. There is always energy even when we seem not to move. Today we will use straps to explore tension, force and weight. We will also explore flow and attack.     ---------------------------------- III   Learning Objectives IV Main Lesson   1   Warm UP Stops Belts Question 1   Reflect on the experience and write about it. 2   Energy   Energy is about how the movement happens. Choices about energy include variations in movement flow and the use of force, tension, and weight. An arm gesture might be free flowing or easily stopped, and it may be powerful or gentle, tight or loose, heavy or light. Question 2 Why is energy important in dance?       3 Sharp Sudden Movement with perceptible accents, ...

  I Unit: Breath Theme: Duncan Explorations   Introduction Today we will address breath. As said by Bradley (2016), at the most basic level, dancers should use inhalation to emphasize growing movements, and exhalation to extend shrinking movements. This use of breath provides a greater fluidity of movement, musicality, and often creates an enduring quality that fosters enjoyment of movement.   II Learning Objectives   Understand the way in which breath can enhance the quality of expressive movement  Explain how breath connectivity can be increased during performance Gain awareness of breath capacity and connectivity Experience breath connectivity through Duncan style moves   III Warm Up   IV Main Lesson   1 Breath Connectivity Breath Connectivity Question 1 After experiencing breath connectivity in the way it is explained in the video, describe what you felt during and after breathing? 2 Athletes breathing versus diaphragmatic breathing....

  I   Unit: Elements of Dance   Theme: Time    Introduction   Time refers to the movement of dancers through time, and specifically within relationship to the music, tempo, meter, or rhythm.     --------------------- II   Warm Up    In this class we do an isolation warm up to make sure every joint and muscle group is properly conditioned before moving.      ------------------------ III   Learning Objectives       ------------------- IV Main Lesson 1   TIME Speed or Tempo:  fast, medium or  slow FAST Traveling Phrases:  Use weight shifts to your advantage (pushing off from where you came from).  Turns:  Push-off for quick traveling turns. . Jumps : keep your weight toward the front of the foot. Caution with your heels when landing. Identify whether the accent of each jump is up or down.     2  Condition With Quickness in Mind:  Core: ...