Entre la rigidez y lo maleable: el tránsito hacia un entrenamiento corporal consciente

Abstract

This thesis studies how different perspectives on dance pedagogy can construct a perspective on the learning process. In dance, of any kind, body awareness is essential for transmitting knowledge to the student, since knowledge of one's own working instrument—the body—is essential for the fulfillment of the learning experience. In this study, it will be relevant to consider traditional dance techniques, which tend to automate mechanical repetition and the construction of an ideal of body and movement. Through a theoretical and procedural review of the author's experience, three fundamental moments in his learning experience will be analyzed: the reproduction of the ideal pattern; the conflict produced by the new somatic experience; and the doubt about what was previously learned; finally, the integration of both, unconsciously at the beginning and consciously at the end. These three moments or stages of learning will allow us to understand the particularity of each learning experience and give each one its appropriate value, without diminishing its importance.