Somatic Authority and the Myth of the Ideal Body in Dance Education

Bibliographic Data

ID11223792
AuthorsJill Green (0000-0001-9572-1473, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume31
Issue2
Pages80-100
Publication date1999-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDance Research Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0149-7677 • E-ISSN: 1940-509X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1478333
OpenAlexW1979926612
LanguageEN
Citations received24
References cited22

Recently, the field of somatics has provided dance scholarship with a growing body of literature. Research has been conducted in the areas of dance science and education. Dance medicine and somatic education scholars have been able to help dance teachers find ways of using the body effectively in technique classes. For example, Glenna Batson (1990, 1993) and Sylvie Fortin (1993, 1995) have investigated the role of somatics in the improvement of technical dance skills. Further, Fortin (1995) has investigated learning and teaching theory as applied to somatics and dance pedagogy. As a somaticist and educator, I acknowledge and appreciate the impressive work conducted by these researchers and educators. However, my current work moves somatics into another direction. I am interested in looking at somatic theory and practice through a socio-cultural lens. I am particularly interested in investigating how the body is shaped by society and the dance world, in which performers constantly strive for perfection

Art · Contemporary dance · Dance · Dance education · Pedagogy · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Visual arts · Art Education and Development · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism

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