time to DANCE, and to dance TIME

“Somewhere, you see, in the river of time, I am already alive.”

_Akwaeke Emezi

When we reflect on time, we often imagine it as something separate, linear and distant. Yet in dance time becomes intimate where we release ‘Chronos” and the measurement of time and embrace “Kairos” where time becomes a sensation. The “now” is not a concept but a lived experience. As we move through our dances, each movement dissolves before we can hold onto it. There is no waiting for reflection or to ponder as we inhabit each movement moment by moment.

When I dance, I am never where I used to be and that's a gift. Each movement carries the memory and experience of what came before, building up a unique dance which is both ephemeral but also etched into our nervous system and heart. The dance represents a living story of past, present, and future continuously shaping that experience. Nothing remains, yet nothing is lost.

This is a beautiful metaphor for life. Just as in the dance, we are continuously shaped by what has been while being invited into what is emerging. Past, present, and future become a continuous movement. Through Biodanza, we learn to trust this flow and to surrender to each unfolding moment. By dancing this way, we recognise that transformation is always happening. Life dances us forward and when we notice this, we realise that time itself is continuously creating us.

_Christos Daskalakos