DANCE AND MEDICINE
Research on interrelations between principles of classical Chinese medicine and dancers´ health with Zuna Vesan, actíve dancer, dance teacher and shiatsu, acupuncture and qigong practitioner.
Goals:
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Systematization of common demands and issues of dancers within the subject of health, alongside their solutions, and, above all, provision of knowledge, awareness and prevention.
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To provide dancers with complex overview on the topic of health maintenance. Research shall be based on the knowledge of Chinese medicine, or, more precisely, on the general concept of health maintenance as presented by Taoist philosophy, of which Chinese medicine is an integral part. Chinese medicine is based on respect for the laws of nature and on understanding the logic of the natural transformations of energies in human body which relate to evolution of energy in the course of a year. It is also based on utilization of the energetic system which is formed by interconnections between functions of individual organs and individual bodily structures (bones, muscles, joints...).
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To bring an integrated overview on this topic in form of practical as well as theoretical seminars which shall create interrelation between dance education and the knowledge of Chinese medicine.
Format:
Practical dance seminars interlinked with the knowledge of Chinese medicine; lectures, discussions, shiatsu courses, and their final summary in form of a book publication.
A-year-spread weekend workshops
- 5 weekends a year, i.e. one for each season (Chinese medicine recognizes 5 seasons of a year), workshops will take place which will focuse on peculiar needs and demands of a human body as related to the particular season of a year. In course of these five gatherings, we will be acquainted with the theory of five elements, one of the core theories of Chinese medicine. Further on, we will strive to understand the interaction between jin and jang polarities in a dancer´s body, as well as to explain links between internal bodily organs and those bodily structures that are being used by dancers on daily basis, etc.
Weekends will include morning Qiqong practises, morning dance technique trainings (New Dance), afternoon dance improvisation sessions built around the research themes (the entire praxis overlaps with the theoretical knowledge)
Accounts of these seminars will be published on internet blogs, in article publications, and will eventually lead towards a final outcome – specialized bilingual publication.
Tools:
Workshop participants will receive written study materials, which will give them access to new information, provide for enhancement of their knowledge, and which will be a valuable source for further study and work after the particular weekend workshop is over, e.g. in the periods between individual weekend sessions.
