Abstract
DANCE AND SCIENCE Observation, invention, experiment, control, speculation, discussion and presentation...these are processes that a dance work is born. Movements come from nature both inside and outside me. To pick up and compose such movements, what I need to do everyday is sharpen my senses and hone my skill. It is same for doing science, isn't it? PHYSIOLOGY FOR ART Sharpen senses, make imagination from what we sense and express the internal image as a work...these are the processes of artistic expression. These processes are composed of every physiological functions beginning from the sensory inputs. When I do dance, I need to act on natural physiological limits such as joint angle, muscle mobility and so on. In other words, these limitations are the origins of the characteristic dance movement. Such limitation is the very source of beauty and confidence for movements. Audible sound, visible color, actable movement...these physiological limitations have important meanings for both artistic expression and impression. With these physiological limitations, we can converge and decide the artwork and can share impressions over the cultures and age universally. Many people believe that art is too subjective to be a scientific object. Indeed,individual experience of art is hard to be described in objective way. However, I believe it still should have a great importance to study about art in physiological paradigm, because art is the work of the human beings limited physiologically. [J Physiol Sci. 2006;56 Suppl:S32]
