dance ~ Portals of Magic

“The dance is strong magic. The body can fly without wings. 

It can sing without voice. The dance is strong magic. The dance is life.”

_Pearl Primus

There is a magical moment on the threshold of our dance – that liminal space between here and there – between intention and action. The impetus to dance is ancient, innate, and an integral part of our human evolution. This power resonates in each movement we make. To dance is not mechanical - it's magical.

Something shifts the moment we surrender to dance. Entrega – in Biodanza, where our whole being crosses into another way of perceiving, a quiet unfolding into a space where instinct, presence become the language of connection with ourselves and with life.

In this altered state, what once felt separate begins to reweave. Movement becomes meaning, and we are no longer dancers doing a dance, but bodies being danced by something larger — something ancestral and deeply human. Dance transforms us not by changing who we are, but by remembering what we are. In that remembrance, we reclaim the forgotten wisdom of embodiment.

_Christos Daskalakos

dancing into EXPANDED AWARENESS

“Dance is one of the most perfect forms 

of communication with infinite intelligence.”

_Paulo Coelho

The expansion of consciousness is essential for our personal and collective growth. Dance expands our awareness which not only enriches our lives but fosters empathy and improves our relationships opening a sense of unity. As we awaken to wider states of awareness, we move beyond the confines of ego, habit, and self-limitation and begin to dance into an interconnected living whole.

When we dance into a deeper connection and relationship with ourselves, we begin to see what is hidden: inherited wounds, unconscious patterns, and the stories that shape our identities. With this awareness comes the power to choose differently – just as I consciously am able to move my body through space, I consciously move through the doorways to personal freedom and collective renewal.

Expanding our awareness is not only to uncover the darkness – it is also a path of joy. As we dance into our bodies so does our sensitivity to beauty increase. To be fully present in the dance is not only physical but opens up the heart encouraging us to find beauty and love ourselves, others and the world around us. This deep love fuels an evolution and we become artists of life building a more luminous world.

_Christos Daskalakos

supersensory DANCE

“Matter is never without spirit. 

 Spirit is never without matter.”

_Rudolf Steiner

Sometimes what we call "reality" is only the thinnest layer of perception — a habitual rhythm we’ve come to accept as the whole dance. But just beneath this lies another world subtle, alive, waiting to awaken. Through movement and presence, we begin to tune into this world and through our dances become aware that this “other” is not separate. All worlds flow in the same stream of life.

In Biodanza, we awaken these worlds through what Rudolf Steiner calls the “supersensory” ways of knowing — drawing on intuition, felt resonance, awe, and connection. These are not fantasies or escapes from reality, but doorways into its fullness. The body remembers what the mind forgets: that life is more than what can be measured, and that perception is an act of participation.

When we dance, we loosen the grip of the known and soften into the mystery of what is always already here. A touch, a glance, a gesture becomes a revelation — supersensory, not because it is otherworldly, but because it is more deeply of this world. In that moment, we are not just dancing — we are in the flow of life itself.

_Christos Daskalakos

ALIVENESS ... dancing

“When I dance, I escape the present 

and become one with my soul.”

– Normani Kordei

The dynamic expressions of life we experience through dancing connect us to the joy of feeling our aliveness. When we move with the rhythms of life, something awakens in us — a spark, a presence, a pulse. In that moment, we are no longer separate from life, but an active part of its vibrant unfolding.

Through dance, we give form to feeling — the invisible becomes visible, the internal finds its way outward. Our dances connect us- they are about fully participating in the flow of life: allowing the body to speak, to breathe, to remember. In the simplicity of a gesture, a step, or an embrace, we return to what is real.

Aliveness is not a concept — it is a visceral, embodied truth. Dancing invites us to inhabit that truth fully, to celebrate it with others, and to offer ourselves to the movement of life. In each step, joy is not something we chase, but something we become.

_Christos Daskalakos

dancing across THRESHOLDS

“Dancing brings an endlessness in which nothing matters 

but to go on dancing…”

_Dorothy Richardson

"Dancing across thresholds" can refer to several things, including a physical or metaphorical journey into new experiences, often involving a sense of change or transformation. It’s when we find ourselves standing on the edge of the known – a gentle movement away from something deeper and more alive. These are the moments when the music inspires and the body begins to move from instinct rather than intention.

Crossing this invisible line often feels like we are no longer dancing – the dance emerges from within and moves urgently through us as a rush of life. Thresholds are not always dramatic, sometimes they are gentle. Through the subtle shift of breath, a softening of resistance we awaken a flicker of connection. Whether quiet or intense, these moments invite us to surrender – to let go and trust the unfolding.

In the dance we find ourselves in the spaces between movements when in a nanosecond we enter the dance with mystery. Where I came from is not where I am – the dance transforms, sculpts, and creates new spaces. When I dance across this threshold, I dance into the unknown. However, these are the magical spaces of new adventures that deepen our connections to life.

_Christos Daskalakos

Dances of GRATITUDE

“Let your feelings of gratitude dance in your heart

and be expressed through your love and kindness.”

_Debasish Mridha

Sometimes we feel gratitude because something is making us happy.
and…
Sometimes we feel happy because we are connecting with gratitude.

Gratitude can arise effortlessly when life brings us joy — no cause, no effect — just a simple reconnection with the aliveness of being. Too often, we stand on the edges, watching the river of life flow by, not realising how easy it is to step in. Dance invites us to shift our focus — from what is missing to the quiet abundance that is already here.

In Biodanza, we return to the body — places of fullness, wonder, and awe. Our dance becomes the vessel for presence and appreciation of the now, beyond expectations, goals, and judgements. Through the dance, we remember the miracle of life — to be alive, to feel, to sense, to move through this great mystery. Is that not a marvellous adventure we could live... in a state of gratitude?

_Christos Daskalakos

dance IN-JOY

“When you do things from your soul, 

you feel a river moving in you, a joy”

_RUMI

Unlike happiness, which often relies on external circumstances, joy is born from within—internally generated and intrinsically felt. It can rise even in the depths of suffering, when we move beyond the noise of circumstance and touch a deep well of meaning, connection, and spiritual resonance. Joy is always available—if we can soften the clutter of emotion and the mind’s outward gaze.

When we dance, we return to our inner self—the part of us that speaks in the language of heart and soul that whispers beyond the ordinary. In the dance, joy often emerges as something radiant, profound, and even transcendent. It carries an enduring peace—steady and luminous—unshaken by the fleeting currents of life.

We find joy in the simplest of dances, the subtlest of gestures, the quiet breath of the heart.
When we surrender to movement, we awaken that part of us that is timeless, boundless, and full of light. In these transcendent spaces, we remember our innate joy—we live and dance in-joy.

_Christos Daskalakos