I hold the most archaic values on earth; the fertility of the soil, the magic of animals, the power-vision in solitude, the terrifying initiation and rebirth; the love and ecstasy of the dance, the common work of the tribe.
--Gary Snyder

In your light
I learn how to love.
In your beauty,
how to make poems.
You dance inside my chest,
where no one sees you,
but sometimes I do,
and that sight becomes this art.

Went to see this group dance last night in Portland. Impressive, for sure. The dancers are ethnically exotic to me---Maori and Samoan people, dark skinned and beautiful. The dances were athletic in the extreme, parts of it reminding me of a crossfit workout, on steroids. One of the dance moves they did was to fall to the ground, and then bound back ( Read more... )

( notes on this most precious mudra )

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...makes a good point, and the music is danceable.

Unbelievable ball handling skills in a dancer/gymnast.

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I know nothing of it and just watched it for the first time. This is the Kokoro dance. Not safe for work due to nudity, however, it is nonsexual. ( Cut for suggestive image on youtube window. )

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Pretty fantastic video here with a tune that makes me want to dance around. Unexpectedly love it.

I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope ( Read more... )

I won’t be old till my feet hurt,
and they only hurt
when I don’t let them dance
enough,
so I’ll keep right on dancing.
--Bill (Bojangles) Robinson