People can aesthetically express themselves in many different ways. Most of these links will gave an idea of how people express themselves through physical movement. There are many other ways of expression, art being one major avenue, and another through discussion – philosophy and communication. The following links will be from offering ideas for teaching the aesthetics (questions, worksheets), to more specific links on the aesthetics as a whole, to the role of aesthetics and expression in physical movement.
http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/html/motif5.html
How African dance and physical movement expresses and
transports the power of life into rhythm and patterns of human movement.
Dance
Art (http://www.salc.wsu.edu/classes/DomainOfTheArts/students/mbrown/dance)
How dance is an aesthetic event and how to understand
movement so one can qualify feelings, thoughts and emotions.
http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~peter/aikido/training
Modern Japanese martial art as a way of personal growth
with movement being a harmonious inner power connecting one with other
people and nature.
http://www.jahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Philosophy/Aesthetics/
Articles about aesthetics, information about aesthetic
events worldwide, links to other aesthetics – related resources on the
Internet, and an aesthetic L-email discussion list.
http://www.edu.gov.nt.ca/curriculum/wellness/drafts/Fitness2.htm
This is a listing of aesthetic philosophical and fine
arts resources.
http://www.edu.gov.nt.ca/curriculum/wellness/drafts/Fitness2.htm
This link offers sources to answer questions about using
different forms of movement as a means of aesthetic expression, as well
as understanding the spiritual, technological, problem solving, personal
development and communication in aesthetic expression.
Course
Materials in Philosophy (http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~phlos-ad/pedagogy.html#aesthetics)
This is information for teachers teaching about aesthetics
– philosophy syllabi on the Web and handouts, assignments, and other course
material.
NORTH
TEXAS INSTITUTE for EDUCATORS on the VISUAL ARTS: Aesthetics
(http://www.art.unt.edu/ntieva/artcurr/aes/aes2.htm)
This contains exercises for students about aesthetic
activities.
Yucky Gross & Cool
Body (http://www.yucky.com/yucky/body)
These are questions and answers about non-aesthetic and
non-expressive elements of humans.
Return to class readings page: Kinesiology 493: Philosophy of Kinesiology