January Blog: Questioning movement patterning
Reading the Bales article twice, it has confirmed and contextualized my understanding of how I am progressing internally and externally in my dance training. I have always known and thought that what we do in lessons, and in ‘postmodern’ practice, that it acts as a learning and a base for improving skill, technique and awareness in, not just Contemporary dance, but in other art forms, for example yoga and ballet. There was particular reference in the article to how artists differentiate their training patterns, contrasting maybe having skinner releasing classes alongside ballet classes. The article expresses that artists choose to have this contrast as a complimentary combination, for reasons such as a release and a rest from a highly aesthetic style (ballet); having the combination of a skinner class would enable the dancer to maybe have a sense of themselves during ballet class, and pay subconscious attentions to other aspects, for example trying out barre work without ‘holding’ in ...