a dance in the dark
It is a physical law that the slower you move, the more you perceive.
Category Archives: Movement
“An Intimate Dance”
Contact Improvisation as a dance form isn’t concerned with how it looks to move — en pointe, arabesque, step step turn! — but how it feels to move. It is not about the surfaces of the body in movement, but the spirit that moves the body…
Jazz
Recently someone asked me about the form of dance I practice — the form I aspire to, really; and like all good forms it is small enough for me to wrap my arms around, large enough to contain my curiosity, lean enough that an evening costs a few dollars and yields a fortune, full enough …
Our Daily Dance: An Intention
I returned late last night from the annual Dance New England summer camp near Lake Ossipee in New Hampshire, and woke this morning with dancing tape still on a couple of toes, the echo of taut and trained muscle still in the sinews, and the ache of separation from that vibrant and affectionate community of dancers already wringing out …
The Language of Touch
The language of touch is one where two stories are spoken together, and two energies which by nature are completely distinct from one another, move toward and recognize themselves