Back to Dance

Back to dance. Breathing. Moving without plan.

shooting dance

Two photoshoots today, in the flow. Surrendering to "what I want" is a funny thing -- always depends on what I believe is "I."

That's why I stopped calling it "what I want" and started focusing on listening to what is trying to happen through me.

Some beautiful photos today and even more importantly, I've been watching so much live dance. I start getting excited about collaboration with dancers on a new level.

I am thinking of possibly creating a few dance shorts.

I am starting with photos and will see where that takes me. Us.

Photography as improv

Today I had a three hour photoshoot with a local dance theatre company.

The choreography being in process, the quickly changing light conditions and the limited time resulted in an improvised, fast paced shoot.

I let the flow and the beauty lead and kept suggesting ideas to the choreographer, while listening to her own creative suggestions. A few years ago I know I would've been less flexible and more attached. Today I was amazed at the ease and pleasure of co-creation, seeing her and the dancer's ideas as invitaions, pure inspiration.

The world is a stage, an improv stage. We jammed together in a new way and created some pretty cool imagery together.

Afterward the official shoot ended I asked one of the dancers to stay for a few minutes. Here's one of the images (click on the image to see full size version):

Monday - a circle of men

A meeting with my circle of men. I had the honor to lead the men this week and although the meeting was structured, flow was present.

Being witnessed in authenticity and reflected through respect, wisdom and truth is beautiful.

I know, in my bones, that men have been doing this since the beginning of time... and being in this circle now is a legacy connecting us through eons of past and future.

Sunday - Packed

Danced 3 hours in the morning, at least an hour practicing surrender over and over again. Then at the photoshoot in the afternoon, just followed the beauty and recognized some impulses to shift things around.

Sat

Dance in the morning. Lots of sadness.

At the end spoke to Ana about tagging photo shoots at the end of Sunday class once a month so I can move Why We Dance forward. Glad I bought the domain name, too!

Fri - Yoga again

At home this time. Went outside to check out the moon -- the biggest full moon in a decade or so.

The moon is closer to earth than usual. No wonder I've been feeling so uptight.