dancing TRANSITION

“In the depths of winter, I finally learned 

there was in me an invincible summer.”

- Albert Camus

When we are dancing, each movement we make is a new creation. Unless we are executing a particular choreography, our movements arise without any previous preparation. What takes place is that our body responds to what is taking place in the moment. We make a movement and automatically we will select an appropriate reaction to that movement - each movement flowing from the other. In that moment our body is selecting, as it subconsciously scanning a whole number of possibilities.

The selection in the moment becomes a creative act. When we allow the body to select subconsciously, we open ourselves to insight and new possibilities. When we consciously guide the movement, we are actively engaging in a process of creativity. Both have their place.

In the dance we are constantly in transition, moving from one posture to another. Paradoxically, each moment in the dance is also a moment of arriving. To be both arriving, that is present, and moving through transition is to be in flow. Dance adds depth to our experience of life, exactly because it is in flow. Movement is the key. Conscious dance is powerful when we engage in movement.

_Christos Daskalakos