Margaret H’Doubler （1889-1982） が提示した”Exercises for Fundamental Motor Control”（1921） についての考察

The purpose of this study was to investigate Margaret H'Doubler's philosophy of dance education, teaching materials and teaching method by focusing on "Exercises for Fundamental Motor Control" as presented in 1921. The results of my investigation are as follows: H'Doubler tried to build dance education as self- expression in order to foster the creativity of learners. She used the method which developed learners' bodies as the medium of expression. This method was "Exercises for Fundamental Motor Control". H'Doubler pointed out that the individual who could control fundamentals, could express freely. The fundamentals were from the movements of structures that were given naturally in human bodies. These movements could be experienced through kinesthetic sense and anatomical knowledge. Learners were expected to understand the structures of fundamental movements and control the structures of fundamental movements. They alternated between practice and theory, and subjective cognition and objective analysis. Through these processes they studied how to understand the structures of fundamental movements and control the structures of fundamental movements. "Exercises for Fundamental Motor Control" were arranged from specific parts of the body toward all parts of the body. The characteristics of "Exercises for Fundamental Motor Control" were pointed out. Those characteristics included movements and range of joints, reaction, locomotion, leap, roll and the arrangement of body positions from a lying position toward a standing position. H'Doubler hoped that learners would become to be able to express themselves by their own easy, natural and reasonable movements, and not by copying someone else's movements nor non-natural movements as a result of her dance education philosophy.