1st Edition
Floating Bones A Dancer's Tensegretic Body as Teacher
By Cynthia Roses-Thema
Copyright 2021
112 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
112 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
112 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Floating Bones charts the author’s journey into tensegrity, which begins in ballet and culminates in a model for addressing one’s body as a teacher.
Tensegrity flips traditional biomechanical models such that instead of support coming from the bones, the bones float, and it is the muscles and other soft connective tissue that provide support for the moving body. Using the model of... Read more
Part I Floating Bones Overview 1. How I Bumped into my Floating Bones 2. Questioning 3. The Big + 4. Valuing Weight 5. Quantum Awareness 6. Catching Breath 7. A Budding Philosophy Built out of Floating Bones Part II Thinking as Overview 8. Rodin is Only Half the Process 9. Metis Unleashed 10. Metis at Depth Part III Configuring the Dancer’s Tensegretic Body as Teacher Overview 11. The Shape of Listening 12. Changing Strength and Flexibility 13. Configuring the Dancer’s Tensegretic Body as Teacher
Biography
Cynthia Roses-Thema is a Principal Lecturer in the School of Film, Dance and Theatre at Arizona State University, USA.
