Dance/Theater Shannon
Introduction to Body Mind Centering (BMC)
BMC is a somatic thearapy and movement analysis form that artistic director Shannon Preto has been studying for about 10 years. The body of work has been highly influential in the dance technique, choreographic process and in the pedegogical philosophy of Dance/Theater Shannon. BMC has allowed us to feel the vast inner space contained within the container of the skin. It has helped to intergrate and enhance the intricacies of dancing. Below are two columns of information for you. Enjoy!
Body-Mind Centering ®
(BMC tm ) is an integrated approach to transformative experience through movement re-education and hands-on repatterning. Developed by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, it is an experiential study based on the embodiment and application of anatomical, physiological, psychophysical and developmental principles, utilizing movement, touch, voice and mind. This study leads to an understanding of how the mind is expressed through the body and the body through the mind.
The study of Body-Mind Centering ®is a creative process in which we learn to meet and recognize ourselves and others through the exploration of embodiment. Each person is both the student and the subject matter. Principles and techniques are taught in the context of self-discovery and openness. We learn to engage ourselves and others non-judgementally starting at the place where we are and the place where others are. In this way we seek to find the ease that underlies transformation.
Body-Mind Centering ®has an almost unlimited number of areas of application. It is currently being used by people in movement, dance, yoga, bodywork, physical and occupational therapy, psychotherapy, child development, education, voice, music, art, meditation, athletics and other body-mind disciplines.
(information taken from http://www.bodymindcentering.com/)
Developmental Movement PatternsUnderlying the forms of our expression through the body systems is the process of our movement development, both ontogenetic (human infant development) and phylogenetic (the evolutionary progression through the animal kingdom).
Development is not a linear process but occurs in overlapping waves with each stage containing elements of all the others. Because each previous stage underlies and supports each successive stage, any skipping, interrupting, or failing to complete a stage of development can lead to alignment/movement problems, imbalances Within the body systems, and problems in perception, sequencing, organization, memory, and creativity.
for more information http://www.bmcassoc.org/
