Female Self-Empowerment through Dance

In this article, utilizing the Graham Technique as a tool, I discuss strategies I use in my class to support dance as a way to challenge or transcend sanctioned female identities by shifting the focus from presentation to self-discovery, encouraging ownership of the movement, and exploring a range of physicalities that embody different aspects of the psyche, some socially defined as “masculine” or “feminine” movement. I engage with research coming out of psychology and neurobiology to support the exploration of a diverse range of movement qualities to cultivate both physical and psychological fluidity between expressions.本文以格雷厄姆舞蹈技法（Graham Technique）为工具，探讨本人在课堂中所采用的教学策略：以舞蹈为路径，通过将焦点从外在呈现转向自我探索、鼓励舞者对动作的自主掌控，以及探索一系列能够体现心理不同面向的身体表达——其中部分被社会定义为“男性化”或“女性化”的动作，来挑战乃至超越被规训的女性身份认同。本文援引心理学与神经生物学领域的相关研究，为探索多元动作质感提供支撑，以培育不同表达间的生理与心理流动性。