This is a duplicate
blog entry from Motion365, my personal dance adventure from 2010-2011.
Notable entries have been copied to this blog so students and fellow dancers
may enjoy the ponderings and combos created from the experience.
February 18, 2011
Song: Janjara (5:38) by James
Asher from Feet in the Soil, Volume 2
After a week filled with uncertainty and stress, a
lifting on the wings of motion was exactly what I needed! Tonight I taught a free demonstration class
to a 30+ women of varying demographics and from communities both close and far.
As the room slowly started filling people came in
ones and twos. Some were chatting or
giggling but many others were quiet, reserved.
A nervous anticipation - not necessarily a bad nervousness - filled the
room in a calming yet energy-filled way.
A few women had experienced bellydance before (and
I had even taught at least one of them at a previous event) but many were new
to the art form - a fresh canvas and new colors to paint a vibrant work of art:
the joy of movement.
The nervous excitement bubbled into laughter and
sass as we explored the power of walking hip bumps. “Hey, in bellydance the bigger the hips and
toosh, the better!” Camaraderie was
formed as we grapevined into each other.
“Ooops!” Warmth radiated as our
heartbeats increased while our hips shimmied this way and that. “Wiggles and giggles.”
I have enjoyed Track 12 (aka Janjara) since
choreographing it as I lay in bed well over a year ago. It’s about the power of the hips, the
flirtation of the ribs, the coyness of a shy glance, the grace of femininity in
action, and the bond of sisterhood created in movement.
Dancing and sharing and giggling and authentically
being with this group of women, I experienced sheer bliss! I realized I am who I am when I get out of
the way and let myself be who I am. Or,
to translate, I am a movement artist who shares the gift of motion with playfulness,
sass, sensuality, and a light heart with the wisdom of knowing it makes a
difference in the lives of others and perhaps opens doors for them to
experience healing, growth, and authenticity.
I love and accept me - all of me - including the
parts I sometimes (okay often times) want to change. It’s all the individual pieces which form
together to make the package that is me.
And as those pieces change, I change too. It doesn’t have to be a good change or a bad
change - sometimes it’s just change, plain and simple.
So what’s the point of today’s entry? Well, quite frankly I’m experiencing a
healing and growing moment sponsored by motion!
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