Embodied Movement Practices / Spring 2024

  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: ...

      I   Unit: Elements of Movement Theme: Focus   Introduction    Focus is one of the most important elements of dance. It provides a sense of direction to the movement of the body beyond its own directionality. It anchors the movement choice to a specific point in space. Without a sense of focus the movement will always feel random.  --------- II   Warm Up    The isolation's warm-up provides the body with the opportunity to connect itself to its flow of energy muscle group by muscle group, joint by joint, bringing the needed synovial fluid to lubricate every articulation. This, in turn, would avoid dancers from injuring themselves. -------- III  Learning Objectives   Understand the importance of focus in dance Explain the different ways focus works Gain awareness of the role of focus in a well connected dance proposition Experience focus, first hand, by adding that element to today's solo phrase IV Main Le...

  Unit: Elements of Dance Theme: Size & Inside Out / Outside In I   Introduction   Last class we discussed place and its derived concepts (self and general space). Today we will explore the concept of size . As a dance concept, size can be big or small, but it can also be near or far. When adding this to what we had discussed about place , size is also about how much space you take when you dance. Added to this concept is the idea of the inside-out dancer versus the outside-in dancer. In terms of space, the inside-out dancer has unlimited space to dance since his/her source of inspiration resides in the mind, the heart, the soul. The out-side dancer, dependent on the physical space, the music and the circumstances, may find that space is a limited element.   ---------------   II Learning Objectives   Understand the concept of size in dance    Explain the difference between the inside-out and outside-in dancer   Experience dance s...