Somatically informed dance teachers use six facilitation strategies to deepen movement sensation¶

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q2 i? Research on the Feldenkrais method in dance teaching identified six ways to facilitate movement awareness, including comparing sensations of different movement initiations, repeating movement for clearer sensation, tactile feedback with a partner, and self-questioning. → Enghauser 2007

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Enghauser 2007¶

Enghauser, R. (2007). Developing Listening Bodies in the Dance Technique Class. JOPERD, 78(6). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ795590 doi:10.1080/07303084.2007.10598039

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The article reports, citing Fortin, Long, and Lord (2002), a study analyzing how the Feldenkrais method informs dance classes, drawing on three sources; one researcher-dance teacher identified these six facilitation strategies. The review does not report effect sizes.

"His findings included (1) highlighting different ways to achieve the task, (2) comparing sensations of different movement initiations and directing attention to the sensation of movement in task execution, (3) describing skeletal movement while looking for precise sensations, (4) repeating movement to obtain a clearer sensation, (5) using tactile feedback with a partner, and (6) using self-questioning."

Discussion¶

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