Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Let the music guide you

Image: manuel MC

So many realizations, so little time...

The main one is probably that I've been dancing like a blind person these last three workshops, chasing steps and all the while ignoring the one guide that was always there: the music.

It's like that exercise we did with one person leading another with their eyes closed - that's what happens on stage: You surrender to the music, you trust it and you go with the flow, whatever is thrown at you.


Image: Tilemahos

I couldn't decide which image to use for this post - the giant boombox with the international group of dancers and the small boombox in front of it or the music box ballerina, so I posted them both.

I like the ballerina because though stuck in her box, she's forever tied to the music. She won't dance when the lid is closed, i.e. there's no music and she'll only stop when the music does. This one plays Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".

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