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Ensemble and collectivity
On Skills Exchange Day 3, Hannah Robertshaw and Danielle Teale collaborated to deliver a workshop exploring their joint interest of collectivity and ensemble from very different perspectives.
Hannah shared her thoughts on the ensemble as a uniting concept in which dancers communicate through shared action.
In my workshop I shared the working processed behind my research with people with Parkinson’s. The Collectivity and Intimacy project was developed out of a curiosity for the teaching method of collectivity which is used in dance for Parkinson’s to make best use of mirror neurons and external cueing, which is a highly researched and a proven tool for supporting people with Parkinson’s to move with more fluidity and intention.
My research interrogates this teaching practice and questions whether it can be considered inclusive, as it is led by external direction (either visual, auditory, verbal or tactile) by the artist.