Creative adaptations: integrating Feldenkrais principles in contemporary dance technique to facilitate the transition into tertiary dance education
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As conservatoire-style dance teaching has traditionally utilised a hierarchical approach through which the student must conform to the ideal requirements of the conventional technique, current discourse is beginning to question how dance training can develop technical acuity without stifling students' ability to engage creatively. In recent years, there has been growing interest in the field of somatics and its relationship to tertiary dance training due to the understanding that this approach supports creative autonomy by radically repositioning the student's relationship to embodied learning, skill acquisition, enquiry and performance. This research addresses an observable disjuncture between the skills of dancers graduating from tertiary training and Australian dance industry needs, which increasingly demand the co-creative input of the dancer in choreographic practice. Drawing from Action Research, this paper will discuss a project which introduces somatic learning approaches, primarily from Feldenkrais Method and Hanna Somatics, to first-year dance students in their transition into tertiary education. This paper acknowledges previous research undertaken, most specifically the Somdance Manual by the University of Western Sydney, while directing focus to the first-year student transition from private dance studio training into the pre-professional arena.
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ID Code: | 86045 | ||||
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Item Type: | Contribution to Journal (Journal Article) | ||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||
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Measurements or Duration: | 14 pages | ||||
Keywords: | Australian dance, Feldenkrais Method, First year experience, Somatics, Tertiary dance training | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/19443927.2015.1027452 | ||||
ISSN: | 1944-3919 | ||||
Pure ID: | 32895010 | ||||
Divisions: | Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Creative Industries Faculty | ||||
Copyright Owner: | Copyright 2015 Taylor & Francis | ||||
Copyright Statement: | The Version of Record of this manuscript has been published and is available in Theatre, Dance and Performance Training, 25 July 2015, http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/19443927.2015.1027452 | ||||
Deposited On: | 28 Jul 2015 01:20 | ||||
Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2024 14:58 |
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