Dance 291 - YOGA FOR DANCERS

Rather than working from a singular movement approach, emphasis in this course is placed on understanding the dynamic relationship of both dance and yoga from multiple perspectives. We will explore how these two practices reflect, inform, and enhance each other through their anatomical/energetic organization and alignment strategies, movement logic and sequencing, and embodied awareness in motion and stillness. Investigating a variety of yogic structuring principles that address the technical, restorative, and performance-related issues of the dancer, we work to refine standing, sitting, reclining, and arm-supported postures, and then incorporate this information into the creation and performance of dancing phrases. (E)