a slideshow of Healing Dance Shape and Space
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Healing Dance® Shape and Space
Shape and Space is the fourth Healing Dance level to come into existence after the Basic, Advanced and Above and Below trainings. It consists mostly of material Alexander had developed as early as 1993 and first taught in the US and in Europe as an advanced level of WaterDance. Shape and Space consists of a beautiful and exciting repertoire of moves and an exploration of free flowing improvisation. It is a collection of dives arranged in a viable order, one that could be used outside of class time practice in a real session. In their construction, the dives embody a language with its own grammar and syntax. The key idea in Shape and Space is learning how to create pure, generous movement shapes that convey the receiver across the length and breadth of the pool, speaking their embedded messages to the receiver. The movements of Shape and Space are rooted in human developmental movement; in the animal movement of dolphins, seals, sharks, snakes and whales; in elemental movement patterns seen in flowing water, and in archetypal templates that mirror our relation to spirit. The principle of chaos is honored in movements of a dynamic, arrhythmic, angular quality and also appears in formless free flow. In addition, Shape and Space explores the art of adaptation to and facilitation of the interactive receiver. Shape and Space is for those practitioners who believe in the healing power of movement and want to learn how to dance with their receivers in the water
Here are two additional Shape and Space links to YouTube:
Click on these links for PDF versions of the training manuals for Healing Dance Shape and Space.
Below are links to some of the articles in the written manual.
Shape and Space
Capoeira Knee Snake
The Dolphin
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Introduction and Overview
The Origins of the Moves
Shape
Chaos
Space
Interactive Receivers
An Interview with Ossie Stein
