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EMBODIED DECISION-MAKING & PHYSICAL LISTENING:

THINK TANK  - JANUARY 2026

 

Premise I: What are the skill sets that humans who love to move (such as dancers) naturally have or have trained to develop?

Premise II: How do these skills manifest in our profession and beyond?​

Premise III: Are these skills transferable to other fields, and if so where and how?

 

PLAN

For the first session I will guide a warmup that introduces some Physcial Listening premises

Brainstorm: We collectively decide on objectives for our collaborative research. 

Invitation to Collaborative Thinking: Create a plan for each /some of you to lead an embodied experience

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POSSIBLE SUBJECTS

 

MULTI SENSORY LISTENING

Visual

Aural

Tactile

Kinesthetic

Weight Sensing

Spatial

 

Sponging

Co-Regulation

Tracking

Energetic Modulation

Specificity of Intention

Strategies

1st Thought, Best thought

Non-Judgmental Observation

Creative Processes (Varied)

Adaptability

Self-Trust

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SPATIAL AWARENESS

Open Spaces, Closed, Triangles

Proximity, Distance

Linear, Circular

Reading Space, Feeling Space, Spatial Intent

Architecture

Pathways

Dimensions, Planes

Scales

Cultural Differences

West African Dance

 

WEIGHT, GROUNDED-NESS, WEIGHT SENSING

Touch: Depth, Modulation

Emotional Content

Feeling Weight, Seeing Weight

States and Drives

Hair Skin Muscle Bone

Entrainment

Blind Learning: Static Position, Phrase

Lead Line Leading

Bucket Game

 

 

TIME & FLOW

Duration

Pulse

Meter

Speed

Sensing Duration

Sensing Pulse

Sensing Speed

 

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Improvisation, Allowing, Free-Bound Modulation, Flow-Weight

CONCEPTS & SKILLS

Improvisation

Contact Improvisation

Seeing – Doing

Imperfection

Rigor

Attention

Zoom In-Zoom Out

Teamwork

Synthesizing

Recall

Creative Thinking

Compassion

Sympathy vs Empathy

Creature Duets