Bonnie Meekums, PhD, SrDMP*(UK):
Born and living in the UK, lecturer at University of Leeds, leading researcher and author in DMP and on the editorial boards of several journals: “I trained in dance, theatre and writing at Dartington College of Arts in Devon, UK. My teachers included Mary Fulkerson, whose work centred on anatomical imagery designed to enhance body alignment and foster an ease of movement. Each session, after the warm-up, included a meditation on one of these images, from which movement would be allowed to emerge rather than forced or contrived.
Whilst not deriving directly from what is called Authentic Movement, this work had a lot in common with the practice I have since learned from teachers in the UK including Kedzie Penfield and Leah Bartal. Both forms centre on the dancer’s uncensored movement. For me, this is a liberating experience in which deep insights can occur through what I call the ‘movement metaphor’; essentially, dance movement emerging from this deep place within has symbolic significance and contains profound insights for the dancer. Such insights may concern individual development, and can also connect to planetary and community concerns.”
Die Themen auf dem Kongress:
Embodying Transformation. Einführung in das WISE/EMPoweR theoretical model.
Movement and Imaging. Personal inclusive interpersonal transformation. Transpersonal and planetary transformation through movement. Das WISE/EMPoweR theoretische Modell.
Eila Goldhahn, PhD, SrDMP*(UK), Germany :
German–born Eila Goldhahn, educated in Dance and Theatre in a Social Context at Dartington College of Arts, Devon, UK. Her most influential teachers were Mary Fulkerson, Rosemary Butcher and Janet Adler. Worked as an arts practitioner and educator in schools and social institutions in the UK whilst training for and registering as a SrDMP, Guest lecturer University of Applied Sciences Ottersberg and at theTheatre Academy, Helsinki, Finland (TEAK). PhD Interdisciplinary Arts from University of Plymouth, combining visual arts with embodiment techniques and performance. Published articles in international journals, her arts works and films in
Belgium, Finland, Germany, and the UK:
“Authentic Movement beschäftigt mich seit über 20 Jahren. Es ist einen faszinierende Methode sich mit dem eigenen Bewegungspotential und auch seiner Wirkung auf andere Menschen auseinanderzusetzen. In den letzten Jahren betreibe ich vermehrt künstlerische Forschung mit und über die Methode und habe sie inzwischen in den MoverWitness Exchange (MWE) umbenannt. Die Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Bewegung, Tanz und Wahrnehmung mit den Themen wie Kommunikation, Emphatie und Kreativität liegen im Zentrum meines Interesses. Menschen mit verschiedensten beruflichen Hintergründen finden die Methode hilfreich und betreiben sie regelmässig. Sie bereichert den Umgang mit sich selbst und anderen.” Die Themen auf dem Kongress: Die
Bedeutung von'Authenzität' in Bewegung. Das MoverWitness Exchange-Modell”
Leah Bartal, SrDMP*(UK), London:
Born in Berlin and living in London since 1968. Artist, Teacher, Therapist, Mask work, Chi Kung. Psychosynthesis, Private Practice, Supervisor. Guest Lecturer Integrated Arts Therapies, Ljubljana University, Slovenia, Co-Author ‘Movement Awareness and Creativity’, ‘The Metaphoric Body’. Works throughout Europe and Israel. Trained actors in Theatre Schools. Paints, writes poetry, Graduate New Bezalel Art Academy, Jerusalem. Community Choreographies in Kibbuzim in Israel includes Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1950s and 60s; “My way is to draw on the holding forms of myth, fairy tails and archetypal figures to facilitate personal change in which creativity leads to a more fulfilled life and increased ability of self expression. Authentic Movement is able to perceive an numinous element in one's work, it is a most wonderful ability to constantly renew oneself. I began to dance as a child, was told age 18 that I was too old to do it professionally, started training much later after my travel to London. I never looked back since and have succeeded to integrate most of my various experiences and skills into a whole.
Die Themen auf dem Kongress:
Archetypen und die fünf Elemente. Wähl und sprich über dein Element, beweg es, mal es, tanz es! Workshop in Paaren/ Gruppe. Maskenerstellung und Bewegung mit Partnern.
Martina Isecke, Dipl.Psych, MA, SrDMP*(UK), Lanzarote:
Born in Germany, now living at Lanzarote, qualified as Psychologist in Berlin and as MA Dance Movement Therapist at the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance in London. Has worked as a psychologist, dance movement therapist, supervisor/ coach and dance teacher/ choreografer in Germany, UK and Spain in Clinics, educational and community settings with people from all age groups and of various cultural origins: “I became interested in dance and movement meditation early when I studied psychology at the end
seventies in Berlin. Practicing it in groups had been an experience which stayed with me as an inner image of freedom, being in-touch and at ease with oneself and the outside world, after often having to go through the motions first and touching bottom ground. When studying dance movement therapy years later in London I recognised this “transitional space” from my previous experience with movement meditation. As a practicing professional I developed a dance movement meditation model which I constantly change and further develop according to my own process as a witness of Authentic Movement. Refering to the original idea of C. G. Jung's “active imagination”, I integrate music and become a witness whilst the mover'(s)' process unfolds. It is an inner and outer dialogue which integrates a spiritual dimension and links the mover and the witness with the “collective unconscious”, connecting all living beings and leading us to our roots of nature.
Die Themen auf dem Kongress:
Tanzmeditation ind Tanzimprovisation. Die 4 Naturelemente auf Lanzarote und ihr Zusammenspiel mit dem Authentic Movement und dem Mover-Witness Prozess.
*SrDMP (UK) bedeutet Senior Dance Movement Psychotherapist, anerkannt von und registriert bei der Association for Dance Movement Therapy (ADMP) UK
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