Back to the Dance Itself by Sondra Fraleigh
Lately i'm reading a lot and Sondra Fraleigh's books, articles, thoughts are starting to be embedded in my mind, body, thoughts, manners.. Her's work will definitely help me to set my mind, philosophy movement and the whole context around my master thesis 'Embodied flow in motion'. Actually, through my Module 1 and 2 I realized that I am swirling around the same key words such as conscious movement, meaning, intentionality, playfulness,creativity, being in body, awareness, action. reaction, perception, motility,...Sondra's influence is amazing and huge, yet so powerful and simple. Through her books, podcasts, movement philosophy I finally found explanation for my thinking in dance, being in body and phenomenological concept. Here I will extract some profound thoughts for Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices, Vol 9, NR 2, 2017 by Sondra Fraleigh, 'Back to the Dance Itself: in three acts. So, how does meaning arise in dance? why is intentionality importan...