DANCE...our superpower!

Wednesday 9th June 2021

“Dance is a superpower. Everybody has it. 

 But only few are brave enough to unleash it!”

_Unknown Performance Group Motto

Born at the same time as our humanity – dance is one of our superpowers! This amazing human activity which has no obvious goal, has accompanied us through time, modulating transmuting and empowering our life experience. Dance really has touched and continues to touch every area of life. As we uncover more of its power we find that dance impacts our physical health, mental well-being and generally our development. Research now backs what ancient healers already knew. Neuroscience, medicine and psychology attest to the power of dance.

Ancient healing dances involving trance, extreme physical exertion find their progeny in our ever growing conscious dance movement. When we understand how dance works we can harness its power for our own benefit. Music works with emotion to transmute, release and connect to our inner world of feeling. Rhythmic movements activate primal instincts that remind us of our beautiful physiological heritage – perfectly balanced and serving us. Dancing with other opens us the doorway from our inner world through the other to ultimately experience our connection to everything – it opens our hearts. And, the mild altered states reminiscent of ancient trance dances allow us to transcend the ego and find true freedom.

Complex, simple, easy to do and yet a challenge for some, DANCE IS A SUPERPOWER. We have lost this as we separate dance out into formal activities such as ‘the ballet’ or for the technically trained. For millennia there was no separate and dance was an intricate part of life, interwoven through daily activities, enhancing our experience. It’s really time we claim back this birth right – our superpower – our dance!

Christos Daskalakos

My Journey with Dance and Mental Health – Kevin Turner