Debbie Marper-Gibson

Watching the TED talk from Professor Giovanni Corazza from the University of Bologna t hat Helen posted on her blog this week, made me think about this image that I have used in creating dance work shops. Pandora's box. As Professor Giovani explained, most of us sit in our safe little boxes, scared to venture into the unknown. We are frightened that we might be tested and found wanting or in other words 'get it wrong' As John Green suggested in a video that Adesola posted, we tend to think everything in our lives are a test! I am now embarking on module two of the MA course in Somatic Studies. I believe  I spent most of the first module worrying that everything I wrote or blogged about might be wrong. I needed the reassurance of a traditional 'wrong or right' marking system. It wasn't until I had finished the module and reviewed my professional practice that I realised that I had been effectively working on my own and exploring possibilities for years. I had...

As a Module Two long distance student, I have been trying to 'get ahead of the game' this summer by undertaking some study time during the summer break. That's in-between making scones and tea for a cycle café that my husband and I run from home at the weekends.  www.woodsidewelcome.co.uk,  if you are interested! Actually I find that some of my best 'thinking time' comes when I'm baking. Take note module one students! The idea of research made me think of how curious we are as human beings? Crosswords, puzzles, word search games are a huge industry. Even as far back as the Greeks with their labyrinths? Having watched the lecture posted on Adesola's blog it made me think about our need for knowledge. The how and why, and even where? T he great lengths that Cindy Foley's husband went to create a piece of art.  As dance/drama/singers/actors we have all undergone research. Whether it be because of a piece of choreography in dance, or a character anal...