Biographical-Item
Dance
Olive Demar
Book Review
Dance
Tanya Calamoneri, Bruce Baird
Book Review
Dance
Jennifer Petuch, Cara Hagan
Book Review
Dance
Leila Mire, Sherifa Zuhur
Book Review
Dance
Priya Vashist, Usha Iyer
Book Review
Dance
Beth Loughran
JOURNAL OF DANCE & SOMATIC PRACTICES
(2023)
Article
Dance
Katie Lee
Summary: This article explores the importance and political impact of durational, experiential, and process-based creative practices and teaching methodologies. By minimizing the significance of predetermined outcomes or products, these methods resist capitalist models and connect us to different ways of existence.
JOURNAL OF DANCE & SOMATIC PRACTICES
(2023)
Editorial Material
Dance
Antonia Pont
Summary: This editorial serves as an introduction to the 15.1 Special Issue of Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices (JDSP), written by guest-editor Antonia Pont. It provides readers with an overview of the issue's focus on 'Teaching Practising', as well as a reflection on the articles and reviews included in this issue.
JOURNAL OF DANCE & SOMATIC PRACTICES
(2023)
Article
Dance
Antonia Pont
Summary: This article proposes the concept of subtractive sensibility to better understand the teaching of practising and explores three different forms of subtractive sensibilities. It is relevant to teaching both specific practices and the approach to practising itself.
JOURNAL OF DANCE & SOMATIC PRACTICES
(2023)
Book Review
Dance
Miranda Laurence
JOURNAL OF DANCE & SOMATIC PRACTICES
(2023)
Book Review
Dance
Oliver Shaw
JOURNAL OF DANCE & SOMATIC PRACTICES
(2023)
Article
Dance
Hayley Elliott-Ryan
Summary: This article examines the role of play in creative writing. By drawing on Winnicott's theory and Levi-Strauss's definition, the author provides a flexible framework that benefits writers and educators, encouraging playful engagement with creativity and fostering unexpected outcomes.
JOURNAL OF DANCE & SOMATIC PRACTICES
(2023)
Article
Dance
Jodie Allinson
Summary: This article proposes that engaging in practising that disrupts habitual dynamics can facilitate the emergence of transformed pedagogical approaches. It explores how power dynamics inform and emerge from pedagogical encounters, and how disrupting these encounters reveals possibilities for teaching performance practice.
JOURNAL OF DANCE & SOMATIC PRACTICES
(2023)
Article
Dance
Rachel Rimmer-Piekarczyk
Summary: This article examines the application of a reflexive-dialogical approach in contemporary dance technique training to cultivate a mode of continuous learning and curious engagement. Through critical relationships and dialogical learning, both teachers and students are able to notice and disrupt patterns of embodiment in order to foster an active approach to training.
JOURNAL OF DANCE & SOMATIC PRACTICES
(2023)
Article
Dance
Olivia Millard, Ashlee Barton
Summary: This article describes a weekly group dance improvisation practice that has been ongoing for over ten years. The practice emphasizes the act of practicing itself rather than teaching specific techniques. The article is divided into two parts, with the first part written by the instigator of the practice, discussing the relationship between practice and the use of scores, and the second part written by a long-term participant, sharing their experience of regularly participating in the practice.
JOURNAL OF DANCE & SOMATIC PRACTICES
(2023)
Article
Dance
Elisa Frasson
Summary: The article examines the work of Accademia sull'Arte del Gesto, a research project created by Italian choreographer Virgilio Sieni, focusing on the relationship between teaching and practicing gestures with Delfina Stella, his artistic collaborator. The goal of the project is to study gestures, body movement, and dance transmission, aiming to improve livability and a sense of belonging by renewing the relationship between the body and the territory. The research combines fieldwork experience and narration of Sieni's project Tracce di Luce (2022).
JOURNAL OF DANCE & SOMATIC PRACTICES
(2023)
Article
Dance
Rose Woodcock
Summary: Animation pedagogy often focuses on preparing students for work in the creative industries, emphasizing story and character development. However, the author argues that movement as a somatic practice is fundamental to teaching and learning animation. The article explores the image of the soap bubble to think about the precariousness of creative practice.
JOURNAL OF DANCE & SOMATIC PRACTICES
(2023)
Article
Dance
Andrea Eckersley
Summary: This article expands the definition of fashion by reflecting on fashion design education and somatic resonances in the classroom. It emphasizes the importance of diverse sensations and affects that arise from encounters with abstracted fashion garments. It also highlights the need to consider the extensive, material dimensions of fashion production.
JOURNAL OF DANCE & SOMATIC PRACTICES
(2023)
Article
Dance
Rodrigo Scalari
Summary: The article examines the relationship between Jacques Copeau's innovative approach to actor training and the romantic ideals associated with the figure of the child at the turn of the twentieth century. It highlights Copeau's admiration for the innocence and malleability of children, as well as his belief that artistic creation and the actor's dramatic vocation go beyond conscious perception. The parallels between Rousseau's principles for education and Copeau's principles for actor training are also discussed, showcasing a transformative practice integrating the actor's unconscious and embracing the unknown.
THEATRE DANCE AND PERFORMANCE TRAINING
(2023)
Article
Dance
Amanda Danielle Moehlenpah
Summary: This passage describes the failure of the ballet sequel "La Feste de Mirsa" in 1781, following the success of its predecessor "Mirza." Despite criticism for its lack of refinement, a closer examination of both ballets and their reviews reveal more similarities than differences in aesthetics and narrative. The distinguishing factor lies in the role of affect, with "Mirza" inspiring sympathetic connections to imperial hegemony and white masculinity, while "La Feste" evokes diversity, femininity, and human equality.
