The various forms of modern dance we will cover will begin a process of opening up your range of expression in ways that no other art form or movement training is capable of doing. Modern dance, when approached correctly, can be as meditative as yoga AND as blissful as ecstatic dance – a journey to outward expression that begins through inner exploration and a deep understanding and awareness of the various aspects of YOU (both physical and energetic). To quote one of the masters of modern dance as it exists today, Ohad Naharin: “We are letting our mind observe and analyze many things at once, we are aware of the connection between effort and pleasure, we are aware of the distance between our body parts, we are aware of the friction between flesh and bones, we sense the weight of our body parts, we are aware of where we hold unnecessary tension, we let go only to bring life and efficient movement to where we let go... We are listening, seeing, measuring, we might be silly, decorating our inside, we can laugh at ourselves. We learn to love our sweat, we discover our passion to move and connect it to effort, we discover both the animal in us and the power of our imagination. We learn to appreciate understatement and exaggeration, we discover the difference between joy and pleasure and use both to protect ourselves from injuring and hurting our body, we learn to apply our force in an efficient way. We become more delicate and we recognize the importance of the flow of energy and information through our body in all directions! We become better aware of our form. We connect to the sense of the endless of possibilities. We explore multi dimensional movement, we enjoy the burning sensation in our muscles, we are ready to snap, we are aware of what we are made of, we are aware of our explosive power and sometimes we use it. We change our movement habits by finding new ones, we can be calm and alert at once. We become available...”
Posted on: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 03:36:38 +0000
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