The Five Elements and their Potential Impact through Contemporary Dance

Viviane Hummel

Title	The Five Elements and their Potential Impact through Contemporary Dance
Subtitle	Diplom MA Dance, Teaching and Coaching Dance
Author	Viviane Hummel
Date	Jun 24
Description	BIOGRAPHY I changed from the martial art Wushu Kung-Fu to dance at the age of nine years old. My heart belongs to dancing ever since, even though I also practise Kung-Fu again, along other forms of like Yoga. Now I am dancing in the freelance scene and teach different styles since my graduation as a professional dancer from Iwanson in 2018. For my graduation project I chose to combine my knowledge that I gained from other artforms and use it to strengthen people physically and mentally. DIPLOMAPROJECT How can we use the teachings of the five elements from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) through exercise? How does it affect the body and mind? What new movement qualities can we discover and explore with their help? Maybe something about that experience ourselves? According to TCM, each element has different physical and mental/emotional attributes. We will each take one attribute and explore the element through various methods such as improvisation, partnering and movement material. We use color, music and individually for each element - specific meridian stretches, Qigong movements and movement qualities from contemporary dance. This not only trains strength/flexibility, musicality, mindfulness and coordination, but also balances the elements in our own body,which has a positive effect on our mental and physical health.
Internet links (URL)	https://www.contemporarydance.ch https://www.instagram.com/vivianececile/
Institutional affiliation	Master Dance - Teaching and Coaching Dance Professionals (DDK_FTA_MDA_VTC.alle)
Study path	Master
Genre / discipline	Theater