Lecture Demonstration

Lourd VijayArtistic Director

Lourd Vijay Dance Studio

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Lourd Vijay & the dancers of the Lourd Vijay Dance Company

On why dance is so important?

If dance was the only mode of communication we had, would the world be a different place to live in?• Imagine how schools would function• How would children learn Prose and poetry?• What would algebra be like, when taught through

movement?• Would you feel physiology and anatomy as your own?• How would children, teachers, couples, parents,

families, groups, diplomats communicate?

Let me share some insights on how dance can be used to disseminate information

Firstly lets address a more fundamental situation…Can everybody dance….and the answer is a big YES!!!

The Human Brain is neurologically programmed to dance.Dance like the other arts stimulates both the right and the left hemispheres of the brain making people ambidextrous, more creative and efficient leading to enhanced productivity.All – auditory, visual and kinesthetic faculties get engaged while dancing leading to a more intense feel, depth and understanding of a topic you are trying to explore. Words can be confusing, misconstrued or a straight lie, but your body and your body language can seldom deceive.

Taking dance in to a class room context.

Lets look at a few examples on how movement can be used to understand prose, Anatomy &

Geometry

Reading ProseExcerpts from the Bhagavad geeta

"Death is certain for anyone born,and birth is certain for the dead;since the cycle is inevitable,you have no cause to grieve

Look to your own duty,do not tremble before it:nothing is better for a warriorthan a battle of sacred duty.

If you are killed, you win heaven;if you triumph, you enjoy the earth; therefore, Arjuna, stand upand resolve to fight the battle.

Impartial to joy and suffering,gain and loss, victory and defeat,arm yourself for the battle,lest you fall into evil.

Be intent on action,not on the fruits of action;avoid attraction to the fruitsand attachment to inaction!

Perform actions, firm in discipline,relinquishing attachment;be impartial to failure and success--this equanimity is called discipline."

Learning about the feet’s skeletal system

Learning Quadrants and geometric shapes could be so much fun…

• Divide a room or hall into 4 quadrants and plot coordinates in all 4 quadrants

Plot the following points on the grid and label them with the letter. Join the letters alphabetically with straight lines.A = (-4,-5) F = (4,5) K = (2,-2)B = (-5,-2) G = (2,5) L = (0,-5)C = (-3,3) H = (0,3) M = (-1,-8)D = (-2,5) I = (2,1) N = (-2,-5)E = (2,7) J = (0,1) O = (-3,-8)

So what do you think?

Try it at your next class and see how wondrous the world of movement can be.

Thank you