“Dance is not necessarily graceful,
pretty
or spectacular.
Dance can be grotesque,
ugly,
clumsy,
funny,
frightening
and conflicting.
It can stomp,
fall,
attack,
clutch
and reach.
It can open,
close,
tip-toe,
crawl,
twist,
turn,
pound,
jump,
run
or skip.
We can move together
or alone.
We can move backwards,
sideways,
up
and down.
Movement is happening everywhere All the time.
It is the motion of our Cells, the pulse of our Blood, the rhythm of our Breath.
It is, as well, the Ocean Waves rising and falling and the alternating patterns of Night and Day.
Movement is Life and Movement is the source of Dance.
Any Body
no matter how old or young
in whatever physical condition
has a capacity to Move.
Even if it is just your little Finger
or a Movement carried as an Image in your mind’s Eye.”
Anna Halprin
Art ~ Maria Pleshkova
