Your Body, Your Teacher (An Attempt to Weave Somatic Schools)
A project to better understand one’s own body, viewing the school as a laboratory to try and discover different sensory and motor practices, in order to integrate anatomical knowledge. Creating new habits within the classroom to be more connected to the body and to observe if this knowledge and these practices generate changes in behavior, attention, and relationships. The research unfolds a whole set of anatomical knowledge systems from a somatic and holistic perspective of the body. Through an experiential methodology of the body and using various materials, visualizations, and dynamics in the space, students immerse themselves and actively participate in the physiological processes of the human body. Through play, pair manipulations, graphical representations, and anatomical discussions, students have acquired a broad and rich vocabulary of terms related to the human body and its processes.
Claudia Solwat: Currently, I develop activities related to body and movement research, teaching, and creation. I accompany and facilitate creative processes as an assistant director and movement and choreography assistant (recent collaborations with Alexis Eupierre, Guy Nader and Maria Campos, Albert Quesada, and Pere Faura). I have been dancing “forever,” moving through different styles and combining it with other studies (Psychology, Dance Pedagogy, Site-specific Dance, Mindfulness, and Diafreo). I have worked as a dancer for various theater and dance companies and as a creator in different stage projects. I am part of the collective MOVE ANATOMY. Your Body, Your Teacher is a continuation of the research “Moving Deeper” around the human body, its anatomy, and especially the discovery, deepening, and dissemination of connective tissue (the fascia).
Reference Teachers: Júlia Romero and Yolanda Roca / Mediation by Graner by Magdalena Garzon.
The educational program of Graner is part of the Toolbox program, driven by the Pla de Barris de Barcelona, which consists of introducing artistic practices into the school curriculum with the aim of reducing inequalities between the city’s neighborhoods.
Photos by Anna Fàbrega
