west coast contact improvisation JAM
Mihyun Lee
Single Class Teacher
Class Description
The facilitator focuses on researching the interconnectedness of Function and Expression in dance relationships by providing Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis education. Contact Improvisation is a relational dance that involves physical, emotional, or both. Dancing with an unknown person without clear expectations or structure can be both risky and adventurous. Achieving a mutually satisfying experience requires skills in adaptation, attunement, and heightened awareness of internal and external stimuli, as well as of one's tendencies and preferences. The facilitator hopes that the research can provide insight into how to navigate one's relationships with oneself and others, whether in a personal or dance relationship.
Biography
Mihyun Lee studied Korean Dance, Choreography, Somatic Psychology, and Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis. Her professional dance practice, which began in 1992, has shaped her understanding of the primal nature of the body and its expression. She promotes psychological well-being through movement practice as an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and Registered Somatic Movement Therapist. She established a movement-oriented psychotherapy approach called Kinesiopsychotherapy and facilitates somatic movement group therapy called “Relationship and Movement” for adults with relational trauma. She has presented experiential workshops at the California Association for Infant Mental Health, the Danish Psychological Association, and the Korean Adoptee Conference.