Global Water Dances: A Model for Global Justice and Community Agency

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Creative Arts Educ Ther (2021) 7(1):92–104 DOI: 10.15212/CAET/2021/7/8

Global Water Dances: A Model for Global Justice and Community Agency

全球水之舞：一种全球正义和社区机构的模式

Abstract

Global Water Dances is a biannual global event that draws on Rudolf Laban’s movement choirs, indigenous practices, creative pedagogy, social neuroscience, and community dance to address local and global concerns about water. This article highlights some of the discoveries and best practices the authors have noted and developed over the 10years of the project. Beginning with a conference on Laban and Ecology at Schumacher College in Devon, England, in 2008, the project has evolved from over 50 sites to over 160 sites in 2019. The authors share some of the stories from around the globe and discuss what has been learned regarding local wisdom and ritual, the value of finding common ground, the need for human connection, and the value of dance practices and dance education in developing shared agency, purpose, and social inclusion.

Keywords: Global Water Dances, global justice, community, agency

摘要

全球水之舞是一项一年两次的全球活动，它借鉴了鲁道夫.拉班的动作合唱、本土实践、创意教学法、社会神经科学和社区舞蹈，以解决本土与全球水资源的关切议题。这篇文章强调了作者在该项目10年来提出并发展的一些发现和最佳实践。从2008年在英国德文郡舒马赫学院举行的拉班与生态学会议开始，该项目已经从50多个地点发展到2019年的160多个地点。作者分享了一些来自全球各地的故事，也讨论了收获的经验，涉及本土智慧和仪式、寻找共识的价值、人类对联结的需求，以及舞蹈实践和舞蹈教育在发展共享的机构、目标和社会包容的价值。

关键词： 全球水之舞, 全球正义, 社区, 机构