
The Malleable, Expressive, Self-Reflexive Body (Part of the American Dancing Bodies Symposium)
by Dance
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Workshop-Paper Presentation (dress to move and bring something to write with/on)
Workshop: "The malleable expressive body, the receptive open mind and the playful artist" and Paper Presentation: “Dialogic Embodiment: A Model for and Case Study of Autoethnographic Dance Composition”
Speakers
Silvita Diaz Brown
Silvita Diaz Brown, choreographer, dancer, actor, yoga instructor, acroyogi and director of Sildance/ AcroDanza leads participants in a workshop that connects movement techniques: contemporary dance (Bartenieff fundamentals and release technique), ballet, yoga, acroyoga, circus and physical theater that support the longevity and wellbeing of the body and mind to be a sustainable mover and creator. By the end of this practice, the body feels ready to move with ease and efficiency and the mind to learn new material, explore ideas, and connect emotionally to the gestures.
Alyssa E. Motter
Visiting Assistant Professor of Instruction at Northwestern University Alyssa E. Motter brings together the theoretical tenets of transformative learning theory and socially engaged art to frame the study of dance composition in her research originally published in the Journal for Transformative Education.