人與舞的距離
主講人:劉淑英教授(清大幼教系)
2021年12月1日
本堂課中劉淑英教授帶著我們透過身體的律動認識我們自己。
「13歲的我夢想跳舞,10年後的我站上了國際的舞台。」這句話代表了幼教系副教授劉淑英教授在舞蹈路上的堅持,以及他追求夢想的人生故事。劉淑英教授曾經擔任過雲門舞集舞者與編舞者,而在講座一開始,劉淑英教授藉由「舞蹈寫名字」的小遊戲和台下同學互動,帶著我們一步步拉近與舞蹈的距離。
在舞蹈的風格中,東方身形的美學很強調「流動感」,又有傳統武術的剛硬感,所以能夠剛柔並進。其實舞蹈可以為名詞,亦可以做為動詞,其於名詞的表現形式就像是不同的舞風、舞蹈類型(如爵士、方塊舞等);而作為動詞則是不同的舞蹈動作。
「舞」最早可追溯到古代的「巫」字,舞蹈源於古代的祭祀之舞。先祖們為了表達對豐收、對天地的感恩之情,常常一起透過踏腳喚醒大地、透過舉杯獻酒於天,其動作配上音樂的律動性則演變為舞蹈的形式。而舞蹈發展至今,不同地區的不同文化都有其獨特的舞蹈方式,台灣有八家將、愛爾蘭有踢踏舞、在舞會社交時的方塊舞等,都是不同文化與文化間的產物。
淑英教授作為雲門舞集的開創團員,常常會在國內外奔波表演,也經歷了舞團內部世代的交替,如今的雲門,除了舞蹈風格與表演形式的轉型之外,也增加了教育的元素。近年來雲門積極推動雲門教室,透過舞蹈與肢體語言的方式從事幼兒教育的工作,更有開設老年人的舞蹈班級,讓不同年齡層的人都能真正親自去透過身體認識自己、表達自己。
學生優良心得
In my view, the most notable is how dancing can serve as an outlet for stress, it made me relate to myself, whom is started to dance fairly recently. In fact, I am part of the school dance club. The dance club has been my safe haven to unload my stress and loosen up my negative emotions accumulate over the weeks. I used to detest dancing, particularly because I was not good at it and was ashamed to express myself. But as I practiced progressively more, the better I enjoyed it and now it has become an essential part of my life as it assists me with the struggles that come with growing up. Emotions can be hard to explain with merely words. What we can do instead is by dancing to release our thoughts and feelings. Aristotle believed that dance was useful for “purging the young soul of unseemly emotions and preparing for the worthy enjoyment of leisure.”. Dancing confers not only health, agility and beauty, but also goodness for the soul and a well-balanced mind.
“每個人都有權利詮釋自己的美和醜”。劉淑英教授的這句話是我在整個講座裡印象最深刻的一句話。“以貌取人”是大多數人的通病,在人與人的人際關係裡第一印象總是最深刻的。有的人不擅長言語、也有的人害羞內斂,只因為不擅長表達而被人定下固有印象從而不被納入自己的“小團體”內。有的人為了改變這樣的狀況讓自己迎合別人做出改變,但也漸漸地成為了自己不喜歡的樣子。
Today’s lecturer Liu Shuying, she is not only a professor in NTHU, but also a professional dancer. In this lecture, she interprets the speech in a very special way, without showing us many slides as usual. She kindly invited classmates to come on stage and dance together, let us directly experience and dip in the beauty of dance. Actually, I have been a dancer for five years and I am really fond of dancing! When the lecturer invited classmates to dance together on stage, it made me feel extraordinarily special and happy. In this speech, the lecturer shared a lot of valuable things with us, such as that the dancers interpret the beauty of dance through the body, the audience can also have a little experience and appreciation of dance. Last but not least, she shared the soul of dance deeply.
淑英老師的演講,其實我在過程中一度眼匡泛淚,文字難以觸及當下複雜的情緒、也不想過於誇飾,總之在老師翩翩起舞時,感覺遇見了小時候-也許至今也是-非常喜歡跳舞的自己,不是為了掌聲、不是為了比賽、不是為了「變成功」,就只是純粹想要跳舞;但隨著長大及青少年時期越來越在意旁人的眼光,伴隨潮流對街舞的追捧,我便藏起自己對現代舞的興趣、與舞蹈漸行漸遠。所以今天有種重新找回內心深層熱忱的感受,幸運的是,我想舞蹈是永遠來得及的事,不管幾歲我都還能有機會再次開始。也許這次的心得不那麼批判論說、甚至有些過於感性,但是很感謝有這個機會與淑英老師相遇,意外拾回自己在成就追求的路上、不小心遺忘的舞蹈熱情,賦予這堂演講很深層的意義。