Conditioning, Flexibility, and Somatics for Dancers

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Four hours activity per week Focuses on mind-body awareness, kinesthetic intelligence, and psychophysical understanding and functioning through movement learning. The movement practices explored are from the field of dance and Asian Somatic Practices such as yoga and eastern martial arts. Students will develop a personal body practice grounded in awareness of cultural histories and potential ideologies from which one moves, sensitivity to cultural bias and the earth, where we live, where we came from, and our connections to the land and others. Effective fall 2022, changed from PADA 151. Repeat 2 times up to 4 units