When I Open My Eyes

Dance Health Imagination

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

Celebrated dance artist and body therapist Miranda Tufnell takes us on a moving and inspiring exploration of the field of dance and health. For 14 years she worked in a GP surgery in Cumbria and the book opens with a vivid account of an arts project that she and her collaborators ran there for people with long-term health conditions. This is a book about the body and movement, about imagination and health. It gathers many stories, voices and activities from artists, patients and health practitioners. The arts have long played a role in medicine and there is a substantial body of evidence for the potency of arts practice in strengthening our resources and capacity for wellbeing. While the work is sourced in the body and movement, it is not only written for people with a dance background. Listening creatively to the body strengthens our body intelligence and ability to look after ourselves effectively. Practitioners from many backgrounds come into this field and will find something of interest. This book sets out to inspire rather than to teach, to offer windows into practice, and to convey something of what it is like to work in this field.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-03-14
Mått:189 x 246 x 17 mm
Vikt:692 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Triarchy Press
ISBN:9781913743758

Utforska kategorier

Modern dans inom Kultur
Arbetsterapi inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Miranda Tufnell is a dancer, Alexander teacher and craniosacral therapist. She has been showing performance work in galleries and theatres since 1976, often making site-specific events and collaborating with visual artists. She has taught widely, including at Dartington College of Arts and at Fellside Alexander School. Her work both as a dancer/choreographer and body therapist has been to make visible the invisible world of the sensing body.

Recensioner i media

"This book is a plea for dance as a means of moving beyond the anatomised, medicalised, sexualised body to the body as a vital portal into the shifting and complex nature of being alive. It takes the reader on journeys that weave together stories, insights and practical exercises. A rare and moving book and a companion for health practitioners, teachers, students, movers and those searching for creative expression." Niamh Dowling, Principal, RADA

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsForeword Dr Gavin YoungPreface My story of movementIntroduction A medicine withinPART 1 ‘A Breath of Fresh Air’ – an account of a project. Brenda Mallon and Miranda TufnellPART 2 Approaches to PracticeBreathTouchThe practice of saying yes, Eva KarczagBetween you and meSelf care in times of chaos and violence, Michal ShahakGetting your bearings – movement and sensingTowards meaning – body, health and imagination‘Chance of fair’ – writing with people with mental and physical health issues, Kay SyradPART 3 Laying the Foundations – movement in early years development, Karen Adcock Doyle and Jasmine PaschPART 4 Practitioner AccountsWhat is this pill called dance? – music and movement in hospital, Filipa Pereira-StubbsHarry: the story of a child in hospital, Lisa Dowler (co-written with Kellie Rixon, Harry’s mother)Dancing recall: making connections, Daphne CushnieMoving forward with Parkinson’s, Amanda FoggBreath and becoming in mental health and addiction, Sister Bridget FolkardA dance for Buddug, Cai TomosWhat is health?PermissionsIllustrationsBiographies of ContributorsBibliography and Resources