BodySchool 2007 : 21-24 June in Bern, Switzerland

Bodystories: Anatomy, Movement, and Perception
with Andrea Olsen and Caryn McHose

In this workshop, Caryn and Andrea explore experiential anatomy as a resource for clarifying perception and deepening investigation. Authentic Movement invites listening to the inherent intelligence and mystery of the body. And evolutionary movement reminds us that our bodies are part of the natural world. The combination stirs the senses and nourishes possibilities for creative emergence, individually and in community.

Andrea Olsen is a professor of Dance and Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, in Middlebury, Vermont. She is the author of Body and Earth, An Experiential Guide, (UPNE 2002) and Bodystories, A Guide to Experiential Anatomy (Station Hill 1991) in collaboration with Caryn McHose. She performs and teaches internationally and is on the faculty for the teacher training program of the Center for Yoga and Healing Arts in Amherst, Massachusetts. She was recently a Fulbright Senior Scholar to New Zealand and is working on her third book, The Place of Dance. She is guest editor for the June 2006 issue of Contact Quarterly: Place of Dance/Dance of Place.

Caryn McHose has taught creative movement for over 35 years. She developed the experiential anatomy course at Middlebury College which became the basis for the book, Bodystories: A Guide to Experiential Anatomy. She co-founded the RK training program in perceptual skills for somatic practitioners and uses biodynamic cranial and Somatic Experiencing approaches in her private practice. She is co-author, with Kevin Frank, of the book, How Life Moves, Explorations in Meaning and Body Awareness, published May 2006. She and Kevin co-founded Resources in Movement, a center for movement inquiry in New Hampshire, USA - www.resourcesinmovement.com.

 

 

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