Improvisation / Spring 2025

    How to Use Improvisation in Practice and Performance  https://gillianrhodes.com/how-to-use-improvisation-in-practice-and-performance/

  The Art of Leadership : The Art of Leading in Business, Government and Society Exploring the Art of Leadership  Janet V. Denhardt  https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Dance_of_Leadership_The_Art_of_Leadi/v7DACQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Art,+Music+and+Dance+Improvisation&printsec=frontcover Denhardt, Janet V. (2015). The Art of Leadership: The Art of Leading in Busniness, Governent and Society. Taylor and Francis

    Group Motion in Practice : Collective Creation through Dance Movement Brigitta Hermann  Group Motion in Practice (Page 6) https://www.google.com/books/edition/Group_Motion_in_Practice/sT1jDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Dance+Improvisation&printsec=frontcover Hermann, Brigitta et al. (2018).  Group Motion in Practice. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers  

    The Oxford Handbook of Improvisation in Dance Discourses in Improvisation   Vida L. Midgelow https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Oxford_Handbook_of_Improvisation_in/CBGIDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Art,+Music+and+Dance+Improvisation&printsec=frontcover   Midgelow,  Vida (2020). The Oxford Handbook of Improvisation in Dance. Oxford University Press

  Unit: Match Music and Dance   Theme: Creating the Score for Solos   I   Introduction    II Learning Objectives    III   Main Lesson  1         Let it Be by The Beatles (1973)  Lyrics When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree There will be an answer, let it be For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be There will be an answer, let it be Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be, be And when the night i...

    Unit: Blanche Evan's Improvisational Methods Theme: Enactment   I Introduction Continuing with our unit on Blanche Evan's methodology, today, we will explore Enactment. For the dancer in general, enactment is a dance term it includes traumatic experience. Thy can also be positive experiences   II   Learning Objectives   Understand the ideas behind Stillness rhythm Explain the sensations generated as a result of Stillness Gain awareness of the use of embodied movement-meditation in letting go Experience solo and group dance dancing Stillness Reflect on the creative process at the end of the lesson    III    WARM UP Stretching    IV     1   Training in cludes studying improvisation which uses creative dance as its base, while constantly enriching it through concentration, depth, and an increase of movement vocabulary.    Blanche Evan American Journal of Dance Therapy (1982) Question 1   Ex...

  Unit: Blanche Evan's Improvisational Methods Theme: Externalizing   I Introduction Externalizing means to express a thought or feeling in words or actions. It is equivalent to "an urgent need to externalize the experience. It psychology, it means to project (a mental image or process) onto a figure outside oneself. According to Blanch Evan's methodology, externalizing, one her improvisational techniques, means to dance out a dream, a fantasy, or a physical memory. II   Learning Objectives   Understand the ideas behind externalizing Explain the sensations generated as a result of externalizing Gain awareness of the use of externalizing in improv Experience solo and group dance using dreams, fantasies and memory Reflect on the creative process at the end of the lesson    III    WARM UP Stretching    IV   Main Lesson     1 Dance psychotherapist Ekin Bernay. (16:57 min)   Warm Up for Yo...