How do you know that you are a fabulous dancer?
You can have the greatest technique, master many different styles, take part in many productions and be very well known. But when we meet in an improv jam it is your spirit, daily life experiences, what you ate an hour ago and your environment that matters whether you are able to give and take your partners’ energy.
Personally, I bring my emotions with me into the space. All my daily experiences which I never had a chance to let out are being shared and resolved when I improvise. Being a very emotional person gets it’s’ advantages in situations like this. In this jam we are people from many different backgrounds with different experiences, still we meet together as one, with no fear of each other creating a trust, which is very rare for a group who has only been practicing together for a week. We are in it completely with our body, mind and spirit, taking risks, throwing each other, catching and throwing again.
We have a certain attitude in the west, always thinking that we know better than everybody else. But here I am in the middle of the heart of the West Africa, jamming with some very spiritual beings, Who embrace me with curiosity and love. For them it is irrelevant whether I have a strong ballet technique or if I have a dance degree. What matters is that in this moment we share each others experiences and with a simple touch we can change everything and turn fire into water, start a tornado and travel far away from the world in where we currently are.
My movements are based on the instinct. They are never forced, nor planned. I adapt to the energy, which surrounds me, my instinct takes over and my mind stops working. Sometimes you cannot avoid the fact that when a man and a woman meet, certain energy is created. The body of a man matters in this case because it is the source of the energy which transforms into feelings and further on into instinct. The fantasy from your mind manifests in the man in front of you, taking shape as a substitute for another being, which you are longing for. I took the first step and he followed, he answered with his movements, showing that he is following the signals which I am sending out and that he also, just like me, is following his instincts. No matter where we are from we make love the same way and that is what we did, two strangers, who barely know each other, from completely different cultures. Not a single word was spoken, it was pure dance, two bodies who were listening to each other, making a difference by bringing in our emotions into the play.
You can have the greatest technique, master many different styles, take part in many productions and be very well known. But when we meet in an improv jam it is your spirit, daily life experiences, what you ate an hour ago and your environment that matters whether you are able to give and take your partners’ energy.
Personally, I bring my emotions with me into the space. All my daily experiences which I never had a chance to let out are being shared and resolved when I improvise. Being a very emotional person gets it’s’ advantages in situations like this. In this jam we are people from many different backgrounds with different experiences, still we meet together as one, with no fear of each other creating a trust, which is very rare for a group who has only been practicing together for a week. We are in it completely with our body, mind and spirit, taking risks, throwing each other, catching and throwing again.
We have a certain attitude in the west, always thinking that we know better than everybody else. But here I am in the middle of the heart of the West Africa, jamming with some very spiritual beings, Who embrace me with curiosity and love. For them it is irrelevant whether I have a strong ballet technique or if I have a dance degree. What matters is that in this moment we share each others experiences and with a simple touch we can change everything and turn fire into water, start a tornado and travel far away from the world in where we currently are.
My movements are based on the instinct. They are never forced, nor planned. I adapt to the energy, which surrounds me, my instinct takes over and my mind stops working. Sometimes you cannot avoid the fact that when a man and a woman meet, certain energy is created. The body of a man matters in this case because it is the source of the energy which transforms into feelings and further on into instinct. The fantasy from your mind manifests in the man in front of you, taking shape as a substitute for another being, which you are longing for. I took the first step and he followed, he answered with his movements, showing that he is following the signals which I am sending out and that he also, just like me, is following his instincts. No matter where we are from we make love the same way and that is what we did, two strangers, who barely know each other, from completely different cultures. Not a single word was spoken, it was pure dance, two bodies who were listening to each other, making a difference by bringing in our emotions into the play.
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