The Unfolding Dance

“Your life does not get better by chance, 

it gets better by change.”

_Jim Rohn

Life is constantly changing and so are we. Our identity is not fixed but a living potential and Biodanza provides the space for that potential to emerge through direct experience. I have an image of ourselves as having a stable chore surrounded by continuous change. This reminds me of Rolando Toro’s concept of the Genetic Potential. I like the word “potential” because it suggests that although each of our unique identities have deep roots, these are not fixed. Our identity is always emerging, always becoming.

This is exactly what we experience when we dance. Our movements emerge and change in response to music, movement, and encounter. In Biodanza we specifically work with invitations that allow us the possibilities to feel and dance into sensuality, creativity, vitality, love, and beyond. For some exploring the unfamiliar is challenging. However throughout each dance there is still only one person dancing, holding the experience, and creating meaning. A changing environment and the any different dances do not take away who we are. Each dance allows more of us to emerge, to be embodied, and to be integrated into our lives.

Biodanza does not invite us to explore ourselves intellectually, nor are our dances symbolic representations from which we can remain detached. Each Vivencia is a real experience, intensified through music, movement, and our interaction with others, lived fully in the here and now. Every dance becomes an opportunity for another aspect of our potential to emerge, enriching both who we are and the life we live.

_Christos Daskalakos