Helping multi passionate creatives dance through their difficulties and take leaps of faith. Writing and sharing inspirational resources about mindful movement, dance education, coaching and creativity is my jam.
Splits this Summer next installment, Dancing Emancipation & all the fresh fruits
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Hello beautiful, Following my Swashbuckling Summer agenda, I've been teaching and dancing, researching topics such as Safe(r) Spaces, Eating Disorder Prevention, and Poetry, as well as getting outside to enjoy the warm weather in Cologne and consuming all the fresh local nectarines, plums, apples, figs, and grapes that friends are providing. The article I published this week to the blog was originally part of my Theory and Criticism coursework for my MFA in Dance in 2014. Critical pedagogy and artistic practice continues to be relevant to my teaching, coaching, and creative practice over a decade later though since my graduate school years, I've made updates based on my qualitative in-studio encounters and from others who wish to honor the tradition of dance while supporting the whole dancer in contemporary society. For example, I am inspired by the work of Katy Pyle's Ballez and just recently discovered Anna Morgan's research which seems to resonate, and continue to seek ongoing work in this area: Read the Emancipatory Dance - Dancing Intersectional Feminism article here My other creations, recommendations, and questions for you are: Listening:
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Helping multi passionate creatives dance through their difficulties and take leaps of faith. Writing and sharing inspirational resources about mindful movement, dance education, coaching and creativity is my jam.
Hello beautiful, School began again in Nordrhein-Westfalen this week, and I'm in a flurry of preparation to meet new and returning students and teach and learn exciting things this fall! I've included a couple of schedule updates for September below and will keep you in the loop on further developments as I am able. What role can "gently Socratic" philosophical inquiry play in the context of performing arts education? I consider myself fortunate to have had the honor of participating in Dr....
Hello beautiful, July was about high summer, brought a heat wave and then cool rain to Cologne, and kicked off my "Swashbuckling Summer" and "Splits this Season" series with glowing energy and creativity. This week I've got an article about last month and two new videos for you, a flip-through of the month of July in my Seasonal Bullet Journal Book with reflections, and Part 3 of the Splits this Summer video sequence. Lovely online yogis or potential practitioners: please let me know if...
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