Abstract
In this chapter I chart my journey from a child performer, dance student, dancer, teacher and researcher to my discovery of dance and somatic practices and subsequent research in this area. I share key influences, practices and processes that have inspired and continue to stimulate my research. I also share some characteristics found in different somatic practices and across the dance-somatic family, which are identified through the use of Wittgenstein’s Family Resemblance Theory. Finally, I draw from, and share, a family resemblance between the Feldenkrais Method® and Scaravelli Yoga. Throughout, I share practice-based processes drawn from some key somatic practices and practitioners, namely the Feldenkrais Method®, Skinner Releasing Technique, Sensory Awareness and Scaravelli Yoga. The crisscrossing and interweaving of these similarities and differences between practices relates to the much more extensive piece of work, using a Wittgensteinian analysis, as mentioned above.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Spiritual Herstories |
Subtitle of host publication | Call of the Soul in Dance Research |
Editors | Amanda Williamson, Barbara Sellers-Young |
Place of Publication | UK |
Publisher | Intellect Press |
Chapter | 20 |
Pages | 469-495 |
Number of pages | 26 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781789380835 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781789380828 |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jan 2020 |