“Creativity is intelligence having fun.”
_Albert Einstein
Would you like to access your creativity? Dance is the answer! Numerous studies have shown that dance enhances, develops and accesses our innate creativity. We are all born as wonderfully creative beings. Recall those childhood games. Mine included ships, forests and lots of cars. In fact by the age of ten, I had been to sea as pirate and fought many battles – always victorious. It was simple. My ship was an old wooden desk, or the coffee table turned upside down. Thank goodness there are no limitations when you are ten.
So why do many people lose this feeling and forget that they actually are creative? Somewhere along the line people started telling us what was right and wrong, telling us what was good and bad, and instilling in us the harshest of critics, our self. How many people do you know never take a chance or express themselves just so they don’t look stupid. We think we need to first plan, master and fully form our ideas and actions in life. Make sure they are sound. Creativity is about experimenting, allowing yourself to make mistakes. Keep what works and learn in the process.
That’s where dance steps in. Not formal dance based on technique and routines – free dance that allows us to explore and express ourselves. Do often we are told by our dance facilitators that there is no right or wrong way of doing the dance. There is only YOUR way. When we are willing to take that ginormous step and begin dancing we unlock our creativity. This is not some ephemeral concept – it is physiological! We literally start to change the structure of our brain and the way we think.
Dance, dance, dance – and before you know it the world starts to look very different.
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