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Reflections on the body and moving through space

The Transformative Nature of: Injury

I procrastinated writing this blog and now this blog is allowing me to procrastinate in some other tasks. Later this week, I'll be...

Show the work: working with Sara Jiménez

"Show the work" blog series I really enjoyed working with Sara. Tall...ish, slight and unbearably cool, I spent the better part of 8 days...

How do you kill the sea?

How do you kill the sea? I asked her. She looked at me blankly. She didn't have an answer, but I also did not expect her to have one. How...

Flamenco is a present activity

Flamenco is a present activity. When we are dancing Flamenco, we are asking ourselves to attune to a rhythm, to other people and to...

The Granada Chronicles: The allure of physical, psychological and emotional restoration in Spain

"she's strong, but she's tired." - r.h. Sin I am tired. I remember the first time I saw the quote above. It was in an Instagram post,...

Beauty and Shame in Dance

Last fall I discovered that just because you walk away from something doesn’t mean you’ve solved your problem. That might not be news to...

Getting comfortable with improvisation

Even sitting down to write this was uncomfortable. Why did I dream of writing something entitled “getting comfortable with...

Yup, I'm searching for duende, too

I want to start this post off by saying that I reserve the right to allow continued learning to modify my perspective. I admit to being a...