Hi friends. !!
Reading exploring literature from various sources.. discussing dance through blogs, I noticed that this is the best way to spend time when you are not dancing. Finding out more enabled me to shed light on something which I thought was a very common thing..and never really gave prominence to it as I had always taken it for granted.
The concept of Proprioception, combined with the other senses, provides us with the internal experience of the body and is partly responsible for the creation of the ‘body-image’. This awareness of the body makes it possible to feel and move the body and reflect on its state and actions: how does the movement feel? Is the movement executed the way we intended it?
As a dancer, I used to learn a dance step, by looking at the example given by my teacher. I used to copy those movements and may be check the reflection in a mirror to see whether the movement looks the same as shown. After repetition of the movement and instructions from the teacher, the execution of the motor action would become easier, faster and more fluent. with regular practice, I would develop a close link between the outcome of the motor action and the proprioception. The movement would then feel natural. Thus the motor action would be stored in my ‘motor memory’, and then no longer I needed a mirror for feedback.
Now when I teach any step to my students..I realise how this works..every move gives a message to the body.
Reading exploring literature from various sources.. discussing dance through blogs, I noticed that this is the best way to spend time when you are not dancing. Finding out more enabled me to shed light on something which I thought was a very common thing..and never really gave prominence to it as I had always taken it for granted.
The concept of Proprioception, combined with the other senses, provides us with the internal experience of the body and is partly responsible for the creation of the ‘body-image’. This awareness of the body makes it possible to feel and move the body and reflect on its state and actions: how does the movement feel? Is the movement executed the way we intended it?
As a dancer, I used to learn a dance step, by looking at the example given by my teacher. I used to copy those movements and may be check the reflection in a mirror to see whether the movement looks the same as shown. After repetition of the movement and instructions from the teacher, the execution of the motor action would become easier, faster and more fluent. with regular practice, I would develop a close link between the outcome of the motor action and the proprioception. The movement would then feel natural. Thus the motor action would be stored in my ‘motor memory’, and then no longer I needed a mirror for feedback.
Now when I teach any step to my students..I realise how this works..every move gives a message to the body.
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