Somanaut Dance

Somanaut Dance Somatics-based choreography, movement and dance education, improvisation, and performance practice led by Director Becca Weber.

Choreography and Performance Practice:
Brain, meet body; body, meet brain. This place of meeting is the fertile ground from which I grow the work I create as Somanaut Dance. My works begin with these dialogues which balance brain and body, thought and felt explorations, intellectual processes and lived experiences. The result is thoughtful, contemporary work that is process-driven and somatically

informed. Through the use of democratic approaches and collaborative co-creation, I honor many bodies and many voices in my process. My dancers’ autonomy is central in the creation of my work; from their lived and felt expressions, I abstract their individual vocabularies. I collage the resulting subtle shifts, layering meaning and movement to create spacious and contemplative landscapes. Within the conceptual frameworks of my dance, I offer inter-relational spaces for regaining play, wellness, and moments of support. I urge my audiences to think and feel simultaneously. In my process, I attempt to kinaesthetically problem-solve, to find our bodies’ answers to our minds’ inquiries. I like to ask the juicy questions, zealously embodying the inquisition, whether the answers exist or not.

04/14/2021

How can we make ourselves aware of our bones so that our muscular system doesn't come in to compensate, get overtaxed, and put us out of balance?

03/05/2021

We might not be able to go out right now, but we can go in. For those of us still stuck taking class at home, it's not a great time to work on jumps, leaps and turns. As for discovering our internal world, though, it's been a somatic sensory feast.The basic tenets of somatics—awareness, efficiency...

02/29/2020
02/27/2020

Here's a list of the 10 most important things to remember about your fascia. Is there anything you'd like to add or take away?

10/11/2019
04/01/2019

International Association for Dance Medicine & Science - IADMS enhances the health, well-being, training, and performance of dancers by cultivating educational, medical, and scientific excellence.

03/01/2019

ABSTRACTDance requires optimal range-of-motion and cognitive abilities. Mental imagery is a recommended, yet under-researched, training method for enhancing both of these. This study investigated the effect of Dynamic Neuro-Cognitive Imagery (DNI™) training on developpé performance (measured by g...

02/27/2019

In this Awareness Through Movement® lesson we explore unwinding what Moshe Feldenkrais called the “Body Pattern of Anxiety”. It is a beginner friendly lesson and a great one to come back to again and again.

02/19/2019

International Association for Dance Medicine & Science - IADMS enhances the health, well-being, training, and performance of dancers by cultivating educational, medical, and scientific excellence.

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