Nine Ways of Seeing a Body
Published on 25. June 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
72 pages
978-1-908009-32-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents nine lenses through which the body is conventionally viewed. The body as object, the body as subject, the phenomenological body, the contextual body, the interdependent body, the environmental body, the cultural body and, finally, the ecological body. Designed to be a guide and stimulus for teachers, students and practitioners of dance, performance, movement, somatics and the arts therapies - and for anyone troubled by the idea of a brain on legs.
Reviews / Votes
In this compact and accessible book Sandra Reeve invites the reader to engage with 'the body' through nine different lenses. The ensuing thought provoking journey will be of particular value to psychotherapists, arts therapists, and those interested in new ways of being. Anna Chesner: London Centre for Psychodrama This book is a delightful, readable set of beginning points or lenses through which to constantly consider and reconsider embodied practice - I am already looking forward to the second book. Phillip Zarrilli: Artistic Director, The Llanarth GroupMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bridport
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
116 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-908009-32-6 (9781908009326)
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Person
Dr. Sandra Reeve is a movement teacher, artist, director and movement psychotherapist, offering therapy and supervision in private practice. She lives in West Dorset. Since 1999, she has taught an annual programme of autobiographical and environmental movement workshops called Move into Life(R) and she creates occasional, small-scale ecological performances. She is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Exeter, where she lectures in Performance and Ecology.