The Motor Coordination as a Creation Device: a somatic approach in contemporary dance

Authors

  • Paloma Bianchi UDESC (Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina)
  • Sandra Meyer Nunes (Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, UDESC, Florianópolis, Brasil) Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC)

Keywords:

Motor Coordination, Somatic Approach, Dance, Perception, Creation Process,

Abstract

This article postulates that Somatic Education integrates similar issues related to perception in both cognitive science and philosophy. It also indicates that somatic approaches can expand their area of action, overcoming their original role in health maintenance and technical improvement, to reside in the field of research and creation in dance. In order to strength the relationship between dance and somatic education, this article seeks to address some principles of Béziers and Piret’s Motor Coordination study and points out their possible unfolding in research and creation in dance through perception. 

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Author Biographies

Paloma Bianchi, UDESC (Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina)

Mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Teatro (PPGT) da Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC)

Sandra Meyer Nunes (Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, UDESC, Florianópolis, Brasil), Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC)

Professora doutora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Teatro – PPGT/UDESC.

Published

2022-10-13

How to Cite

Bianchi, P., & Nunes (Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, UDESC, Florianópolis, Brasil) S. M. (2022). The Motor Coordination as a Creation Device: a somatic approach in contemporary dance. Brazilian Journal on Presence Studies, 5(1), 148–168. Retrieved from https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/presenca/article/view/47456

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Section

Somatic techniques, methods, and approaches

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