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Teaching Dancing with Ideokinetic Principles
Drid Williams
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Description for Teaching Dancing with Ideokinetic Principles
Paperback. A personal and professional account of teaching and learning to dance according to ideokinetic principles Num Pages: 144 pages, 17 black and white photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 9. Weight in Grams: 248.
In examining ideokinesis and its application to the teaching and practice of dancing, Drid Williams introduces readers to the work of Dr. Lulu Sweigard (1895–1974), a pioneer of ideokinetic principles. Drawing on her experiences during private instructional sessions with Sweigard over a two-year span, Williams discusses methods using imagery for improving body posture and alignment for ease of movement. Central to Williams's own teaching methods is the application of Sweigard's principles and general anatomical instruction, including how she used visual imagery to help prevent bodily injuries and increasing body awareness relative to movement. Williams also emphasizes the differences between kinesthetic ... Read more
In examining ideokinesis and its application to the teaching and practice of dancing, Drid Williams introduces readers to the work of Dr. Lulu Sweigard (1895–1974), a pioneer of ideokinetic principles. Drawing on her experiences during private instructional sessions with Sweigard over a two-year span, Williams discusses methods using imagery for improving body posture and alignment for ease of movement. Central to Williams's own teaching methods is the application of Sweigard's principles and general anatomical instruction, including how she used visual imagery to help prevent bodily injuries and increasing body awareness relative to movement. Williams also emphasizes the differences between kinesthetic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252077999
SKU
V9780252077999
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About Drid Williams
Based in Minnesota, Drid Williams is the senior editor of the Journal for the Anthropological Study of Human Movement and the author of Anthropology and the Dance: Ten Lectures, Anthropology and Human Movement: The Study of Dances and Anthropology and Human Movement: Searching for Origins.
Reviews for Teaching Dancing with Ideokinetic Principles
"A groundbreaking work that examines the relationship between ideokinesis and the teaching and practice of dance. The fascinating insight into Sweigard's teaching methods provides important guidance to dance educators and practitioners."
Elizabeth Dempster, coeditor of Ideokinesis and Dancemaking: Writings on Dance "Highly recommended."
Choice "A testimony to the remarkable power of mind-body integration in which focused attention to skeletal clarity leads to ... Read more
Elizabeth Dempster, coeditor of Ideokinesis and Dancemaking: Writings on Dance "Highly recommended."
Choice "A testimony to the remarkable power of mind-body integration in which focused attention to skeletal clarity leads to ... Read more