Birthday:

October 15

Joining date:

July 18, 2013

Do you want this account to represent:

individual

If you are representing an organization, what is the name of the organization:

dance and somatic education - embodied cognitive neuroscience research

If you are representing an organization, what kind of organization?

Presenter, Festival, University, Education, other

Which other?

research institutions

First Name (Required: even if you are representing an organization you must use your name)

Glenna

Last Name (Family Name)

Batson

About Me (human/individual)/interests, work..short bio/ THis is the most important. It is the only way to know that you are not a SPAMBOT!Be generous!

For over 35 years, I have synthesized theories and practices from dance/movement, somatics, neuroscience and rehabilitation medicine in understanding the art and science of embodied cognition through movement. I am a former dancer (MA, dance education, 1978) and a 'woman who [still] dances' I lecture and teach workshops, and perform both in the US and in the UK. I apprenticed with Irene Dowd in Ideokinesis (1977-81) and have taught internationally in Somatics, primarily experiential anatomy and Alexander Technique (certified 1989), spending several decades teaching in Austria, Australia, England, Ireland, Germany, Estonia, Japan, and Canada. I was also instrumental in the formation of the field of dance science in the early 1980’s. Today, I am a Professor Emeritus of Physical Therapy from Winston-Salem State University (USA), and have a doctor of science degree (physical therapy/neuroscience). My integrative approach to researching complementary medicine has emphasized methods of conscious awareness movement practices and expressive arts, including the Alexander Technique, mental practice of motor imagery (Ideokinesis), the Feldenkrais Method, and contemporary dance.Current research interests include improvisational dance for people with Parkinson disease. As a Fulbright Senior Specialist, my residencies included Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Dance in 2009 and the University of Tartu, Estonia, 2011, where I bridged the art-science gap for Masters students of Dance and Physical Therapy. Faculty of the American Dance Festival since 1986, I continue to teach experiential approaches to understanding theories of embodied cognition both in the Hollins/ADF M.F.A. program since its inception in 2005. I am co-editor of the imminent publication - Dance, Somatics and Spiritualities: Contemporary Sacred Narratives (Intellect Press, 2013). Currently, I am 'on sabbatical,' completing another book, Body and Mind in Motion:Dance and Neuroscience in Conversation (under review). At this stage in life, I consider myself a Yzcrack - hoping to stay adaptive and flexible to all things human.

Personal/professional Website:

https://glennabatson.com

Occupation ( maximum of three):

Movement artist (dancer/interdisciplinary performer), Independent Educators (consultant/ instructors/ workshop leaders/ lecturers/ researchers), Academic Educators (formally teaching and researching in a university)

which other:

author, improvisational performer

English is the main language of this site, but let us know which language you would use in this network besides English:

Spanish