When I was teaching online I felt that was at my best when I focused on the somatic base of my knowledge. While I did my best with demonstrating exercises (camera pointed in the right direction, verbal instruction) I feel that that was just the first step in learning. Once I could connect with sensation, and then communicate finding sensation with the students, I could deepen the knowledge exchange process. I think...The only way I could tell if they were receiving knowledge is by discussion after the fact or by viewing them individually. As Lo says, eyes got bigger but that was because you can't see as much through a screen as in person.
@maxine i'm not sure i can imagine dancing without the "somatic base of your dance"... how can we know what people are experiencing, other than the pleasure or struggle to be in their bodies? don't we all speak to the language that we feel? perhaps it is a shortcoming... to only have an experience from our own bodies... perhaps you as a longtime teacher use words that you don't feel but know others understand? why do you ask about these words, Maxine? i think you are operating from a frame of reference that is beyond me, but what kind of words are you looking for?
When I was teaching online I felt that was at my best when I focused on the somatic base of my knowledge. While I did my best with demonstrating exercises (camera pointed in the right direction, verbal instruction) I feel that that was just the first step in learning. Once I could connect with sensation, and then communicate finding sensation with the students, I could deepen the knowledge exchange process. I think...The only way I could tell if they were receiving knowledge is by discussion after the fact or by viewing them individually. As Lo says, eyes got bigger but that was because you can't see as much through a screen as in person.