INVENTION-IN
DANCE, SOMATICS, AND MOVEMENT ANALYSIS
International Conferences sponsored by Bill Evans, Sondra Fraleigh
and ESN, Eastwest Somatics Network
June 20- 22, 2008
Department of Dance
State University of New York, College at Brockport
Call for Workshops, Papers, and Concert Dances Related to Somatics and Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis
Send abstracts of no more than two pages to
Kelly Ferris: kferris@brockport.edu
with copies to Sondra Fraleigh: eastwest@frontiernet.net
& Bill Evans: bevans@brockport.edu
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Themes include (but are not limited to): Intersection of Dance, Somatics, and/or Movement Analysis; Teaching Somatics and/or Movement Analysis Based Technique; The Bill Evans Method of Teaching Modern Dance Technique; Deconstructing Choreography Somatically or Analytically; Eastwest Shin Somatics® Method; Why I Dance; Why I Teach; How Dancers are Changing the World.
Deadline for submission is: March 1, 2008. Early submissions are welcome. Limit of one submission for workshop or paper, and one for concert dance.
For conference and housing (hotel or residence hall) information, contact Kelly Ferris, kferris@brockport.edu
Conference Registration Fee: $110.
Student Fee: $85
Early Registration, by May 1: $90. Students $65
Conference Registration includes membership in ESN
Conference Registration includes ESN luncheon
Information for Sondra Fraleigh’s Eastwest Somatics Certification Workshop following the conference, June 23 - 27 & 28 - July 1, contact: workshops@eastwestsomatics.com & see: www.eastwestsomatics.com.
Information for Bill Evans' Hands-On Pedagogy of Dance Technique Workshop, August 10 - 17, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, contact: billevansdance@hotmail.com & see www.billevansdance.org
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Annual ESN Membership is from March 1 to March 1, yearly
Join the growing number of educators, performers, and scholars who are developing the practice of somatics, and networking for career development. Participate in Research Round Table Discussions of Somatic Arts Projects. Bring your work and ideas to the table for discussion with Sondra Fraleigh and EWS graduates.
ESN, Easwest Somatics Network, is a professional organization for students and graduates of Eastwest Somatics and other somatic modalitieswith the purpose of furthering the professional growth of its members and promoting the future of somatic practices. Become a member now: Join ESN President Robert Bingham, President Elect Jeanne Schul, and mentor Sondra Fraleigh, founder of Eastwest Somatics. Connect with the growing number of ESN members who enjoy furthering the healing modalities of somatic movement education and therapy in relation to dance and creative arts.
EASTWEST SOMATICS NETWORK MEMBERSHIP
ESN CONFERENCE & MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION FORM:
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(We may not be able to accommodate last minute requests for lunch)
SOMA & SELF: EASTWEST SOMATICS NETWORK CONFERENCE
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Inexpensive dormitory accommodations are available for the Eastwest Somatics Workshops and the ESN Conference. Airport pick-up and return is also available.
Email questions to kferris@brockport.edu
Eastwest Somatics Workshops will be held the week before and after the conference, See www.eastwestsomatics.com
Make Check or Money Order for ESN membership and conference payable to: Eastwest Somatics (write ESN in the note portion of the check), and send to:
Eastwest Somatics
P.O. Box 245
Brockport, NY 14420-0245
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Eastwest Somatics Network Conference
SOMA & SELF
Department of Dance State University of New York
College at Brockport
May 26, 2007
SOMA & SELF: ESNetwork CONFERENCE
Suggested topics for papers and workshops include: Defining the field of somatics; Structure and rewards of autotelic activities; Practice as research; Designing a case study; Ethics in somatics; Somatics and aesthetics; Teaching dance technique in relation to somatics; Contact improvisation somatically designed; Improvisatory paintings of dance experiences; Somatics in children’s dance classes; Cultural bodies and the somatic structures of identity; Enjoying work; Dance and the experience of flow; Transcendence of ego-boundaries in somatic experience; Dance and the performative self; Therapeutic aspects of performance; Self-perception and personal development; Political bodies; Somatic movement re-patterning with victims of trauma; Environmental settings for somatic explorations.
At the Conference: Enjoy a full day of presentations, workshops, and a concert in the evening
SOMADANCES CONCERT 7:30 PM, free to ESN Members, $5 Non-members
Rose Strasser Studio Theater
Pre-Conference Research Roundtable: Somatic Arts Projects. Sharing of Work in Progress. Friday May 25, 2:00PM to 5:00PM in the Seminar Room. Let Molly and Kelly know if you will attend and would like to present something for discussion.
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Eastwest somatics network member rewards