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Teaching improvisation: how to bring students through the moment of not knowing.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-AUG-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Teaching improvisation: how to bring students through the moment of not knowing.(teach-learn connection)

Article Excerpt
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Improvisation is no longer just an outpost of experimental dance. Choreographers are asking dancers to improvise to help generate movement. It's also an essential tool to develop a command of one's instrument. Forward-thinking instructors are incorporating improvisation into their lesson plans to foster creativity, intellectual independence, and courage.

But for students trained only to watch and replicate steps, improvisation can be intimidating. "A lot of conversations come up around the statement 'But this looks ugly and weird,'" says former Ballett Frankfurt dancer Helen Pickett, who teaches a Forsythe-based method of improvisation. "Take your eyes away from the mirror. Concentrate on the concept."

Pickett gives a Forsythe exercise called cross hemispherics. "Cross hemispherics focuses on...

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