These videos feature some of the leaders in Somatic Dance Education, sharing their views on the development of Somatic Movement as an integral component of Dance Education.
Evolving, Developing, and Sustaining Somatic Practices in Higher Education
With Daniel Burkholder, Gill Wright Miller, Luc Vanier, E.E. Balcos, Kehinde Ishangi, & Shannon Murphy
Learning Objective: Participants will learn strategies for integrating and growing somatic practices and theoretical concepts within university dance programs.
Description: The purpose of this panel discussion is to have an open conversation and spark creative dialogue with somatic movement educators and professionals to build, grow, and sustain somatic movement learning in higher education dance classes and programs. The session offers an opportunity to enhance problem-solving skills for all somatic educators seeking, understanding, and having a desire to expand their somatic methodology; increasing their potential to work with dance and movement expression within their student populations.
Kehinde Ishangi
MSME, RSDE, ISMETA Board of Directors
Kehinde Ishangi, ISMETA Board of Directors, is an Assistant Professor at Florida State University. Her research and pedagogical approach, integrates functional anatomy and somatic methodologies within dance studio practices. She is an author in the 2021 anthology (Re:)Claiming Ballet.
Gill Wright Miller
RSME, PhD
Dr. Gill Wright Miller has been at Denison since 1981. Dr. Miller’s embodied research includes developing pedagogies of the body and creating and reconstructing dance works. Her written research concerns various body politics. She is the editor/author of Exploring Body-Mind Centering: An Anthology of Experience and Method.
Ethan (E.E.) Balcos
RSDE, BA, MFA, ISMETA Board of Directors
E.E. Balcos, RSDE, ISMETA Board of Directors, is an Associate Professor of Dance at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. He is an advocate for somatic movement education and has presented somatic research through workshops, panels, and papers as well as dance performances around the world.
Shannon Murphy
RSME, RSDE MFA
Shannon Murphy is a dance artist/educator. She received her MFA in Dance from UArts and is faculty for Franklin Method Institute, specializing in Franklin Method for dance. As Curricular Head of Body Pathways at UArts she develops programs to reduce injury, support healing, and artistry for dancers.
Luc Vanier
RSME/T, RSDE
Luc Vanier is a teacher focused on supporting developmental change. He has lectured and presented his research extensively nationally and internationally and his book Dance and the Alexander Technique was published by University of Illinois Press. He founded the Integral Movement Lab where he co-created Framework for Integration.
Daniel Burkholder
RSDE
Daniel Burkholder choreographs, improvises, performs, and teaches dance and the Feldenkrais Method. His creative work spans theatrical performances, site-specific events, immersive media, and screendance. Daniel currently directs the MFA in Dance program at UW-Milwaukee.