Circular Dance and more walking
Circular Dance
After a very important conversation in New York last October with one of my Alexander Technique teachers, I started to think about movement and more specifically the ranges of motion in our joints. From a specific joint or a combination of them, we often get a motion that has a circle in it. At the most basic level, this happens when there’s a part, such as the arm, attached to another part, such as the torso. The full range of motion from the shoulder joint describes a big circle.
This is only scratching the surface and I have a lot of research to do. But what has surprised me is that there truly seems to be a circle present in a large portion of the dance/movement materials I’ve been involved with over the years. Keeping in mind that when we dance it’s often just a small part of the circumference of a bigger circle. Release and swing techniques in contemporary dance, for example, usually involve parts of various circles.
There is also a different approach and this is a circle in relation to space more than to another part of the body. Various spinning moves might be looked at in this way and also formation of multiple bodies, such as creating a circle of people. These types of circles exist in many dance cultures and are a part of the history of human culture.
More walking
Some people don’t enjoy the gray weather.
I, for one, find it very beautiful and soothing.
Did you know that walking can also be a dance?
