ResDance S3: Episode 1: Personal experiences, reflections and thinking on dance with Sondra Fraleigh

ResDance Series 3: Episode 1: Personal experiences, reflections and thinking on dance with Sondra Fraleigh Professor Sondra Fraleigh reflects upon her journey in dance and offers rich insights into her experiences and thinking as a theorist, writer, choreographer, teacher and practitioner. Sondra describes the phenomenological approaches and thinking used in her work and draws upon key writers, theorists and practitioners who continue to inform her practice. In this thought-provoking episode, we discuss ideas around phenomenology, truth, considerations around the subjective and inter-subjectivity and the potential for dance and somatic movement practice to be used as a means of fostering environmental awareness and change. Sondra Fraleigh is an international leader in dance, yoga, and somatic healing arts. She is a Fulbright Scholar and professor emeritus of the State University of New York, College at Brockport, where she chaired the Department of Dance and was later head of graduate dance studies. Her innovative choreography based in somatics and inspired by butoh has been seen on tour in America, Germany, the UK, India and Japan. She served as president of the Congress on Research in Dance (renamed, Dance Studies Association) and was selected as a University-Wide Faculty Exchange Scholar for the State University of New York. Sondra is a Registered Feldenkrais® teacher, and certifies Registered Somatic Movement Educators and Therapists through ISMETA, International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association. She has been a professor of dance and somatics for over forty years, now retired from the Department of Dance at the State University of New York at Brockport. Sondra continues to teach through her institute and is a mentor to dancers and somatic practitioners in the USA, Europe, Japan, Mexico and India. Contact details: Email: workshops@eastwestsomatics.com Social Media: Sondra Fraleigh, Eastwest Somatics, and Eastwest Somatics Network Website: www.eastwestsomatics.com Publications and sources: https://www.eastwestsomatics.com/sondra Somatic lessons: Walking on Air: https://www.eastwestsomatics.com/walking-on-air Please share this episode with students, educators, practitioners, performers, and interdisciplinary researchers curious to learn more about dance research in action.