Dance 377AP - Advanced Studies: 'Applied Somatics for Dance'

Somatics enhances proprioceptive awareness, uses imagery to deepen anatomical understanding, prevents injury, and promotes coordinated, responsive movement. This course is an experiential study of anatomy and somatic methods, emphasizing their impact on dance practices. While primarily movement-based, the course also critically examines how somatics incorporates ancient medicine, Africanist traditions, and Eastern philosophy, often without acknowledgment, leading to universalization. This course serves as both an ideal warm-up for full-bodied movement and an in-depth exploration of experiential anatomy.

Prereq: 8 credits in Dance.