The course focuses on primary bones, joints, ligaments, and muscles relevant to dancing, the physiology of breathing, and the body as a complex physical system to understand better how to prevent injuries and how to develop a full range of expression with safety and pleasure. The course also includes kinetic awareness techniques that bridge the gap between intellectual understanding of anatomical information and actual experience of the body in movement and so help relieve chronic tension, gain flexibility, and deepen the body-mind connection. Students have the opportunity to work in depth on chronic body problems. Weekly assignments are given. The course is open to students in Dance, Theater or Performance.
Enrollment is limited to sixteen students.
Intending and current dance majors must register for four credits of dance technique each semester of their four years at Bard. Introduction to Dance One credit each . Open to all students. First-year students with previous dance experience should speak with the dance professors before registration. One credit each .