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?
Learning a new choreography online a few weeks ago I experienced directional (right/left) disorientation even moreso than in studio/class. However, having time to view the work and attune to the choreographer's intention of the work I realized I allowed myself to focus more on the emotional quality of the movement, and express the nuances within the movement... In a strange way I felt more present in my body.
going back to my sensations is a way to feel connection in this moment in all aspects of life, so i am practicing it through daily movement practices. online i feel there is about a 70% focus on my own sensation and 30% visual awareness of someone online with me. but my eyes feel bigger than before. i think i would look with my whole body more often before. i believe my memory is enacting remembrances of being with people moving.
When working online I’m responding more with my eyes than my skin senses, but I remember the skin senses. It is in us, so I try to bring that memory back and active when online. (from Conversation 2021)
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.
Learning a new choreography online a few weeks ago I experienced directional (right/left) disorientation even moreso than in studio/class. However, having time to view the work and attune to the choreographer's intention of the work I realized I allowed myself to focus more on the emotional quality of the movement, and express the nuances within the movement... In a strange way I felt more present in my body.
going back to my sensations is a way to feel connection in this moment in all aspects of life, so i am practicing it through daily movement practices. online i feel there is about a 70% focus on my own sensation and 30% visual awareness of someone online with me. but my eyes feel bigger than before. i think i would look with my whole body more often before. i believe my memory is enacting remembrances of being with people moving.
In a way it opens up another new Sense and that's why I feel all twisted by this platform. (from Conversations 2021)
When working online I’m responding more with my eyes than my skin senses, but I remember the skin senses. It is in us, so I try to bring that memory back and active when online. (from Conversation 2021)