| Description |
xiv, 369 pages : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Influences and development of somatic education. Introduction and overview : the what and why of somatic education -- First generation : founders of somatic education technique -- Second generation : set one, the influence of dance on somatic education -- European antecedents to somatic movement / Kelly Jean Mullan -- Global roots of somatic movement : Asian and African influences / Sangeet Duchane -- Emergence of somatic movement education and therapy. Second generation : set two, dynamic approaches to well-being in dance and fitness -- Third generation : the amalgams, somatic movement education and therapy today -- Universities and somatic inquiry : the growth of somatic movement dance education in Britain / Sara Reed and Sarah Whatley -- How dance has helped situate academic fields of somatic inquiry : case study University of Illinois-Urbana / Rebecca Nettl-Fiol -- Somatic movement and dance education in pre-K-12 education / Kate Tarlow Morgan, Eve Selver-Kassell, Lauren Lipman and Mary Ann Brehm -- Current trends in somatic thinking and being. Healthy movement, healthy mind : neuroscience connections to somatic healing and action -- Conscious action and social change : "social somatics" -- Somatic dance and environmental activism : is this spirituality? -- Concluding thoughts : does somatic awareness interplay with genetics, ecstasy and space? -- Appendix 1. Elaine Summers : Skytime 2014/Moon Rainbow -- Appendix 2. Emilie Conrad in memoriam -- Appendix 3. Ruth Doing's rhythms fundamentals compared with body-mind centering BNP as presented by Kate Tarlow Morgan. |
| Summary |
This book uses original interviews, case studies, and practice-led research to define the origins of a new holistic field--somatic movement education and therapyƯ--and its impact on fitness, ecology, politics, and performance. It reveals the role dance has played in informing and inspiring the historical and cultural narrative of somatic arts. Providing an overview of the antecedents and recent advances in somatic study and with contributions by diverse experts, it highlights the role of Asian movement, the European physical culture movement and its relationship to the performing arts, and female perspectives in developing somatic movement, somatic dance, social somatics, somatic fitness, somatic dance and spirituality, and ecosomatics. |
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Movement education.
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Movement education. |
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Movement therapy.
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Movement therapy. |
| ISBN |
9781783208432 |
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1783208430 |
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1783205830 |
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9781783205837 |
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9781783205844 (ePDF) |
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9781783205851 (ePUB) |
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