by Julie Forsey It was from Deborah Jay-Lewin, the 5Rhythms teacher from Findhorn that I heard the phrase ‘Flowing elbows’, and my dance completely changed. Part of my brain struggled with this, it stuttered and stammered ‘b-b-but my elbows belong in Staccato!’. My body knew what to do with … [Read more...]
Trauma Blog, Part 1: How can we respond?
Julie Forsey writes... Four days after the Earthquake, we gathered for our weekly class, a fundraiser for Christchurch. With a disaster of such enormity, how can we possibly respond? Isn’t it superficial or facile, to dance in the knowledge of such suffering, like the Emperor Nero who ‘fiddled … [Read more...]
Review of Lucia Horan’s Endless Waves
Julie Forsey writes... After dancing a weekend workshop, ‘Endless Waves’, taught by Lucia Horan, I feel replete. Aaah! That was wonderful! Lucia was visiting New Zealand from her home ‘town’ of New York, and we were fortunate indeed that she made time in her schedule to teach a weekend … [Read more...]