Everyone is welcome to attend a
Speaker Series Presentation
Friday, February 3rd, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Room E-121, Van Vliet Centre
Visiting Practitioner:
Terry Goetz
Creative Dance Center
Seattle, USA
“BrainDance: A Movement Tool for Social and Emotional Learning and Intelligence”
Abstract
Terry Goetz shares the philosophy of brain-compatible dance education and the BrainDance as developed by Anne Green Gilbert. Through discussion and kinesthetic activities we will explore how BCDE can positively affect class management, behavior, creativity, learning, and focus. Research points to the importance of social and emotional learning and intelligence. The fundamentals of emotional intelligence - self-awareness, self-mastery, and empathy - are critical components of BCDE. The BrainDance is a unique movement tool that is more than exercise and can be tailored to all ages and abilities. Based on the eight developmental movement patterns humans move through in the first year of life that wire the central nervous system, the BrainDance can strengthen interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligences and promote social-emotional relationships. Benefits include improved alignment, connectivity, coordination and expressivity; brain oxygenation for clarity and focus; body-mind integration; and reorganization of the neurological system. Brain-compatible dance education and the BrainDance illuminate the vital link between movement, emotions, the body, and the brain allowing us an unparalleled opportunity to creatively engage students in deep learning.
Light refreshments to follow in the Faculty Lounge,
4th Floor Pavilion (P4-15) Van Vliet Building
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