We think dance is about remembering steps, performing with precision, showing them consciously, being in control of our bodies. But dancing, I discovered when I danced again, is about the opposite
"No wonder then, that dancers are hyper aware of their bodies, and everybody else's (as I have written about in a previous post): we gauge the bent of knees, the arch of backs, the angles of elbows, the nimbleness of fingers, the agility of muscles, the latitude of jumps and leaps." & "This is a beautiful irony that can only be experienced, not explained: the magic of using your body so intensely that you spill beyond its boundaries. It is a beautiful forgetting and a wonderful discovery all at once. It is about losing yourself to find out what you're made of at the core of it all: music, melody, rhythm and space."
Swimming in these words. <3 I could feel for a second, what it would be to be a dancer who dances after a hiatus, rediscovering her limbs and air.
"No wonder then, that dancers are hyper aware of their bodies, and everybody else's (as I have written about in a previous post): we gauge the bent of knees, the arch of backs, the angles of elbows, the nimbleness of fingers, the agility of muscles, the latitude of jumps and leaps." & "This is a beautiful irony that can only be experienced, not explained: the magic of using your body so intensely that you spill beyond its boundaries. It is a beautiful forgetting and a wonderful discovery all at once. It is about losing yourself to find out what you're made of at the core of it all: music, melody, rhythm and space."
Swimming in these words. <3 I could feel for a second, what it would be to be a dancer who dances after a hiatus, rediscovering her limbs and air.