A Study of Somatics applied to Dance Education in the US

FUKUMOTO Maaya

doi:10.11206/japew.36.1

<p>The purpose of this study is to clarify current topics in somatics and dance education in the US and derive knowledge to contribute to dance education of Japan. The articles in Journal of Dance Education and Somatics are mainly examined.</p><p>It is clarified that common principles within multiple somatic disciplines are proposed as the way through which general dance teachers can take somatic approach in dance class. The noticed aims to apply somatics are the greater somatic awareness which lead to internal authority and personal growth, as well as improving student individual dance skills. It is also noticed the aim as a way of shifting the identities of dance teachers to improve authoritarian teaching practices, replacing a part of aims of dance into somatics. In the underlying these ideas, the visions of somatics as a field are found, which are that emphasizing on developing communities of explores and researching common principles within different disciplines. In the current Course of Study of Japan, knowledge of body structures and principles of movements are found as contents in the field of Karada-tsukuri. On the other hand, the general knowledges which will support individual dance movement skills are emphasized but remained ambiguous in the field of Dance. It is concluded that the found topics of applying somatics to dance education in the US here show the ways to cultivate knowledges sought in Karada-tuskuri through dance class.</p>

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