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Irene Dowd: teacher's wisdom.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-JUN-05 		Format: Online - approximately 964 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Irene Dowd: teacher's wisdom.(THIS MONTH)(Interview)

Article Excerpt
Irene Dowd, author of Taking Root to Fly: Articles on Functional Anatomy for Dancers, has developed a unique approach to injury prevention using neuromuscular reeducation, which she teaches in her private practice in New York City. She is an the dance faculty of The Juilliard School and The National Ballet School of Canada. Dowd discussed with Feldenkrais practitioner Barbara Forbes how she works with dancers to embody whatever movement they choose to perform.

HOW IS ANATOMY VALUABLE FOR DANCERS? Anatomy doesn't tell us what to do, but how we're doing it. It is a way of describing what we're doing in great detail. My original interest as a choreographer was to create ways of moving beyond what I knew. Anatomy allows me to step outside my own aesthetic preferences, to figure out how I could warm up with a balance of muscle action...

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