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Abstract
This anthology negotiates the influential, yet silent educational presence of spiritualities within the field of somatic movement dance education internationally. The expressive and integral nature of spiritual experience remains academically undefined and peripheral to our understanding of creative practice. Lack of theoretical rigor, as well as a lack of a substantive definitional and methodological competency, has resulted in spirituality being marginalized. To date, important questions about how diverse spiritualities shape professional practice in the somatic movement and dance arts remain unanswered. This cutting-edge collection fills that void, providing greater creative and discursive clarity.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover\r | Cover | ||
| Half Title\r | i | ||
| Title\r | iii | ||
| Copyright\r | iv | ||
| Dedication\r | v | ||
| Contents\r | vii | ||
| Acknowledgements | ix | ||
| Preface | xi | ||
| Introduction | xxiii | ||
| Part I: Moving Spiritualities | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1: Embodiment of Spirit: From Embryology to Authentic Movement as Embodied Relational Spiritual Practice\r | 9 | ||
| Chapter 2: The Alchemy of Authentic Movement: Awakening Spirit in the Body\r | 35 | ||
| Chapter 3: Dancing in the Spirit of Sophia | 61 | ||
| Chapter 4: Body Ensouled, Enacted and Entranced: Movement/Dance as Transformative Art\r | 87 | ||
| Chapter 5: Dancing on the Breath of Limbs: Embodied Inquiry as a Place of Opening\r | 115 | ||
| Chapter 6: ‘Can They Dance?’: Towards a Philosophy of Bodily Becoming\r | 131 | ||
| Part II: Reflections on the Intersections of Spiritualities and Pedagogy | 151 | ||
| Chapter 7: Reflections on the Spiritual Dimensions of Somatic Movement Dance Education\r | 159 | ||
| Chapter 8: Postmodern Spirituality? A Personal Narrative | 195 | ||
| Chapter 9: Working Like a Farmer: Towards an Embodied Spirituality | 209 | ||
| Chapter 10: Intimate to Ultimate: The Meta-Kinesthetic Flow of Embodied Engagement\r | 221 | ||
| Chapter 11: Permission and the Making of Consciousness | 239 | ||
| Chapter 12: Conversations about the Somatic Basis of Spiritual Experiences\r | 261 | ||
| Chapter 13: Inner Dance—Spirituality and Somatic Practice in Dance Technique, Choreography and Performance\r | 283 | ||
| Chapter 14: This Indivisible Moment: A Meditation on Language, Spirit, Magic and Somatic Practice\r | 305 | ||
| Chapter 15: Global Somatics™ Process: A Contemporary Shamanic Approach\r | 327 | ||
| Part III: Cultural Immersions and Performance Excursions | 349 | ||
| Chapter 16: Dancing N/om | 357 | ||
| Chapter 17: Dancing with the Divine: Dance Education and the Embodiment of Spirit, from Bali to America\r | 373 | ||
| Chapter 18: The Sacrum and the Sacred: Mutual Transformation of Performer and Site through Ecological Movement in a Sacred Site\r | 417 | ||
| Chapter 19: Dancing and Flourishing: Mindful Meditation in Dance-Makingand Performing\r | 437 | ||
| Chapter 20: ‘What You Cannot Imagine’: Spirituality in Akram Khan’s Vertical Road\r | 459 | ||
| Notes on Contributors | 479 | ||
| Back Cover\r | Back Cover |