Dance/Movement Therapy R / Fall 2023

      I    Check In   II   Introduction   Anna Halprin conceived movement ritual as a series of structured movements that helped to release tension, expand range of movement , and spark creative expression. In today's class we will explore movements that will help us create a community ritual. Our ritual will be based on movement metaphors, the creation of a group myth and the subsequent consolidation of our ritual structure (Beginning, Middle and Closing).   III   Learning Objectives   Understand the different ways of looking at dance Explain the meaning of personalized self-body as metaphor for the big collective body Gain an awareness of the concept of group myth  Experience the creation of a movement ritual   IV   Main Lesson   1   Moving Toward Life: Five Decades of Transformational Dance. Page 245 The theater world is more inclusive than dance in Western culture, particularly when it comes to u...

    I Check in --------------- II   Unit: The Circle   Theme: Scoring     Introduction   As an alternative to set choreography, Halprin has developed unique methods of dance scoring. Her dance scores communicate the essential spatial, temporal, and physical instructions for each performance work. These two-dimensional renderings of her movement ideas and choreographic structures are designed in ways that inspire users to apply their own creative sensibilities to embodying and carrying out their instructions. Halprin’s dance scores are simultaneously structured and fluid. They exist as records of Halprin’s creative activity and serve as the impetus for new productions.   ---------------- III   Learning Objectives   Understand the concept of dance-ritual Explain how dance can be a healing resource Gain an awareness if the importance of dance for community healing Experience planned  movement, or score , as as a tool to lead co...

  I Check in --------------- II   Unit: The Circle   Theme: The Circle, the Pulsation, the Group, the Body   Introduction   The circle is a frame or formation that has contained dance since ancient times. For this reason is has also being the shape used to provide dance medicine for our early human communities. To this day, the circle provides an opportunity for a type of communal embodied integration that is emotionally and psychologically healing. Dance rituals, for instance, which as stated by Halprin (2015) are dances with a purpose, have traditionally been created to affect the world. Thus, the circle, the procession, the conga, and other forms of dance rituals, have given shape to communal healing gatherings. Dance movement therapists have adopted the circle as a viable way of providing a frame for group therapy.     ---------------- III   Learning Objectives   Understand how the Cartesian model affects the body-mind connec...