Abstract
Most studio-trained dancers arrive at a post-secondary programme with little training in personalised expression. Although some professional dancers possess a natural facility for interpretation, there has existed to date no methodology specifically designed to impart creative values to the dancer-in-process. The Michael Chekhov Technique offers a systematic and organic cross-training practice aligned with the dancer's fundamental métier: the body and movement. Chekhov's teachings in the psychophysical basics – Atmosphere, Qualities, Imagination, and Gesture – provide a bridge between the necessities of technical dance training and the energetic values of performance. This article presents a teacher-practitioner's ethnographic account exploring the way Chekhov's teachings can provide for the post-secondary dancer a path to awakened embodiment, power and emotionality.
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