Tag Archives: dance

Animal courtships, performed by humans

It’s a first in our history to post a condom advert, but we enjoyed this piece of whimsy, which has some depth and beauty – and we thought you might too… Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter Counselling Exeter since 1994

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Ascension by Jacob Sutton, Opéra National de Paris

Just beautiful…. The dancers are Hannah O’Neill and Germain Louvet. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter Counselling Exeter since 1994

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Gabrielle Roth, 1941-2012: Disciple of the Deep Dark Divine – Eliezer Sobel

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-99th-monkey/201310/gabrielle-roth-1941-2012-disciple-the-deep-dark-divine ‘You didn’t really think this was about dancing, did you?’ This is the follow up to yesterday’s short film showing 5 Rhythms dance, a wonderful article by Eliezer about Gabrielle Roth, the movement’s founder. There is a lot in … Continue reading

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Conscious Dance and 5 Rhythms

‘For the love of the dance… Its ability to turn our suffering into art Its power to connect us more deeply to our truth Its vastness that holds the spectrum of humanity from grief to ecstasy. 5 Rhythms is a … Continue reading

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Contact Improvisation

  The writer does quite a lot of conscious dance (or movement meditation). Contact improvisation is one form with which she is less familiar. As she understands it, the idea is that the dancers remain in more or less constant … Continue reading

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Slip – @PhillipChbeeb & Renee Kester @ElliotMossMusic

  Beautiful, gentle, relational dance…. Enjoy. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter Counselling Exeter since 1994  

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Ryan Woodward – Thought of you

Gorgeous, deep, resonant short animation on longing, love and relationship. With thanks to Ryan Woodward, Missao Canada and Felipe Franca, and to Jürgen Teutsch and Lived Experience: the Reference of Life on Facebook for introducing us to Ryan. Jürgen had posted … Continue reading

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Phillip Askew & Lydia Walker

Variations on Surya Namaskara (music by Jonah Rank). Just beautiful and mesmerizing. What extraordinary beings we are.

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Spectacle ‘Pleïades’ du collectif d’artistes Enra.

Lovely French movie of dancers dancing with light…. Four minutes of replenishment and beauty.

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‘When we dance,…

‘When we dance, we are free. To put it better, our spirit can travel through the universe, while our body follows a rhythm that is not part of the routine. In this way, we can laugh at our sufferings large … Continue reading

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