El arte de la consigna

Abstract

This article intends to bring forth one of the methodological factors that have become essential in the learning process as in a poetical development of this conception of dance we call «Body Expression», or «Expression through the Body». If we aim towards a personal and creative approach to dance, we also are compelled to continue exploring a dance teaching method that has shifted from copying visually the teacher as a model, towards another way of relationship, where the guidance through words becomes fundamental so as to create a rich atmosphere where pupil can orient his attention towards himself, his environment and the others in order to find his own and personal responses. In this way we’ll try to discern some of the teacher’s creative resources so as to develop his own capacity of observation and guidance through words. Guidance that must weave together two languages in a subtle dialog between teacher’s voice and pupil’s movement responses. We intend to bring to consciousness the importance of verbal, creative development of the teacher’s language so he can pay attention to what he says and how he says what he says, so that both, teacher and pupil will be able to develop the ability to dive into the complex, creative, symbolic and poetic processes in this personal art of movement.