Can the DanceAbility method be useful in teaching improvisation to groups of people without disabilities?
DanceAbility is a comprehensive structure for learning how to improvise. Though many people teach movement improvisation, dancers who have not studied DanceAbility often say they feel lost when improvising and not connected to their fellow improvisers. Most DanceAbility exercises are improvisation scores that lead to beautiful duet, small group, or large ensemble work. Studying the DanceAbility method gives dancers a clear understanding of their own movement potential and their impact on others. It is a deep study of sensation, relation, timing and design. DanceAbility trains dancers to be able to see and sense how their own movements can complement or intentionally contrast with what is happening around them. Improvisation is an important foundation for much contemporary choreography. Many DanceAbility exercises strengthen choreography skills and provide simple, effective tools for generating new choreography.
