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Of Meanings and Movements: Re-Languaging Embodiment in Dance Phenomenology and Cognition

2011; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 43; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0149767711000064

ISSN

1940-509X

Autores

Edward C. Warburton,

Tópico(s)

Empathy and Medical Education

Resumo

One of my favorite childhood memories is from my first dance class. I ran into the studio and started jumping, jumping, jumping literally for joy when I noticed suddenly that I was not alone. There were other children in class, and they were all jumping too. We jumped together, spontaneously in sync, oblivious to what must have been looks of parental incredulity peeking through the door. The teacher stopped us well before anyone fell to the floor but not so soon as to mistake the extraordinary (teachable) moment. Human beings can bond together through rhythmical movement and expressions like joy, and dance is fundamentally about making those connections: to self, to others, to the world, and beyond. In sixty seconds, our little dance community was born.

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