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Daily Alchemy: Can we make this controversy good?
1d ago“Was The New York Times justified calling Detroit 'last city that knows how to dance'?”
- onYesterday, during our tango lesson, I was feeling out of sync dancing with my wife. Our teacher shared that it was because I was moving ahead of her. I was focused more on executing the steps rather than being completely present with her and moving together. When I included her in my awareness and focused on being connected in motion, it felt so much better!bynat...
Great questions to reflect on in dance and beyond! What type of dancing do you do? Dance has been a big teacher for me too! Leading the Argentine Tango has helped me become more aware of what I think I led versus what is actually led.... - nat...
I really like that you set up your environment for maximum fun. I never liked exercise for the sake of exercise. I loved playing volleyball and now I love dancing the Tango.... also boundaries tend to be the most intimate places. Like when someone touches your skin softly (doesn’t have to be sexual, could be a cat for example) it often feels more intimate than a hard push.... - onYesterday, during our tango lesson, I was feeling out of sync dancing with my wife. Our teacher shared that it was because I was moving ahead of her. I was focused more on executing the steps rather than being completely present with her and moving together. When I included her in my awareness and focused on being connected in motion, it felt so much better!bysness...
Dance has been such a big teacher for me when it comes to leading and following, control vs surrender...as a follow (mostly), I tend to back-lead with more submissive people; and as a lead, my husband tends to over-control.... - onYesterday, during our tango lesson, I was feeling out of sync dancing with my wife. Our teacher shared that it was because I was moving ahead of her. I was focused more on executing the steps rather than being completely present with her and moving together. When I included her in my awareness and focused on being connected in motion, it felt so much better!bynat...
I'm glad you brought transitions up Renee! This has been a frequent reminder from my teacher - to dance the transition. I so often am goal-focused, trying to get to 'there', that I forget about how I'm getting there. This is partly why I leave my partner behind.... - onYesterday, during our tango lesson, I was feeling out of sync dancing with my wife. Our teacher shared that it was because I was moving ahead of her. I was focused more on executing the steps rather than being completely present with her and moving together. When I included her in my awareness and focused on being connected in motion, it felt so much better!byrenee...
I love this reflection, Nat. The way you connected dancing with your wife to dancing with your own body really landed for me. It reminds me how easy it is to get caught up in doing, progressing, and forget that the quality of how we move, whether with a partner or with ourselves,... - Stephanie...
This is the main thing that stood out to me beyond the references to black culture... and may also be a reference to black culture? In addition to what you already mentioned, the fit female dancers had open relaxed bellies. I'm often thinking about feeling vs.... - nat...