Embodied Movement Practices / Spring 2025

   I  Unit: Assessment  Theme: Review / Self-Assessment   Introduction Every semester I assess your understanding of the content covered so far. Just right before the progress report's dead line, you test your own abilities to retain some of the themes we have learned and experienced together.   Today's quiz evaluates how efficient I have been in communicating ideas about Embodied Movement Practices based on your responses to the questions below.   II Objectives Understand the nature of self-assessment Make sense of the various concepts explored in class Gather an awareness of assessment that is conducive to further learning Experience what is like to put into practice the content learned in class   III   Main Lesson   1   Elements of Dance    1.  Place:  self-space/general space(also called personal / shared)    2. Size:  big/small, near/far  ...

   I Unit: Flow Theme: Combining Bound and Free  Introduction In dance in particular and performance in general, contrast in key. It grabs the attention of the audience as it surprises the spectator every time there is a shit in speed, energy, space. Flow is not different. It goes from bound (limited, constrained, with defined beginning and end), to free (open, in restricted continuous).    II Learning Objectives    Understand the concept of flow Explain how it applies to dance Gather an awareness of the  universal quality of flow Experience both, bound and free flow, as you put them together in a group phrase.   III Warm Up Stretching Tai Chi   IV  Main Lesson   1 Video  https://youtu.be/JtGtqmC5wU4   Question 1 Make a comment about the universal quality of flow     2   FLOW A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology by Eugenio Barba.  (Pg. 118)  Question 2 Go to pg. 118, middl...

  I   Unit: Elements of Dance Theme: Free Flow  Introduction   As a factor, flow is about emotion, stability, durability, evolution and emotional immersion. Flow is the starting point of effort. It is in charge of the ongoing stability of all motions. Without any flow movement will be contained to one area or space. It will be contained to only one motion. This makes flow very important to movement as a whole. Flow also allows movement to show emotions. It is the expressive and repressive part of movement.      II     Learning Objectives      Explain how flow is illustrated in a dance video Understand the importance of free flow for dance Gain an awareness of the way free flow feels in the body Experience free flow through movement III Main Lesson 1  Video   13 Free Bound Flow Question 1 Write your reflection about the movement performed in this video. ----------------------------------------  2 Free flow ...