Not having done anything like this since primary school (being of the punk generation, shaking and pogoing), I am constantly amazed at the energy in the simple dances, circles, hands linked facing in to each other, how all the dancer's weights work together, leaning back, the propulsion of each others' bodies, the cooperation and intuition. (The joy). I have had a couple (long ago) of dreams that involved dancing with big groups of people - very memorable dreams - outside - it all feels like a deep cultural ancestral memory, and Susan's trata poem informed me more. Glad you enjoyed it!
The concept of 'giving weight' to the partner/s in dance fascinates me, doesn't seem to matter if the weights are very different, as a metaphor it moves me greatly. How we support each other. How we can make each other lighter, stronger, how we adjust to/for each other.
This is beautiful - leaves me in a spin!
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ReplyDeletestunning together and separately - the energy of spinning dissolves the edges, borders in a soft collision of multiple orbits
ReplyDeleteNot having done anything like this since primary school (being of the punk generation, shaking and pogoing), I am constantly amazed at the energy in the simple dances, circles, hands linked facing in to each other, how all the dancer's weights work together, leaning back, the propulsion of each others' bodies, the cooperation and intuition. (The joy). I have had a couple (long ago) of dreams that involved dancing with big groups of people - very memorable dreams - outside - it all feels like a deep cultural ancestral memory, and Susan's trata poem informed me more. Glad you enjoyed it!
ReplyDeletealso the poem has a meaning beyond the literal dance
ReplyDeleteThe dizziness of a fast life lived well.
ReplyDeleteThe concept of 'giving weight' to the partner/s in dance fascinates me, doesn't seem to matter if the weights are very different, as a metaphor it moves me greatly. How we support each other. How we can make each other lighter, stronger, how we adjust to/for each other.
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