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Enough With The Plies Already, It's Happy Hour!

Back in October of 2010 I wrote a post on abhinivesa. Abhinivesa is the idea that we as mortals cling to bodily life and material possessions. Dancing with a professional company is taxing physically and mentally because of the powerful attachment to yo...
To Quote "Shakespeare"

"When one wishes to enter into the dancing profession, the first consideration to be taken is that of physique." Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810) a.k.a. "The Shakespeare of Ballet"...
Mr. Opposition, He's Always Knocking

So it seems that all of the different modes of movement I am currently involved in are converging. Perhaps the commonalities between ballet, yoga and Gyrotonics® were always there, but now I am approaching each with an astute awareness I never had duri...
Form Follows Function

"At the origins of ballet lay two ideas: the formal mathematical precision of the human body and the univsersality of human gesture." Jennifer Homans -Author of Apollo's Angels...