This work is about what movement unearths- what is the body trying to say- many people process through words - it grounds, connects - but what if we learned to listen in the body- what is it trying to tell us?
"Memories, thoughts, and imaginings flood through our touch, creating what is termed subjective experience: the information perceived is as much about the toucher and the toucher's history, as it is about what he/she is touching"
Andrea Olsen, Body and Earth, page 63
Can we track our associations, memories, perception? Can they influence the way the material is performed?
Dance is not about something.
It is the something.
It is knowledge within itself.
In many ways my dances are about relieving the nervous system, balancing it, calming it, responding to life around me by allowing a space to do what is needed, what I need.
"Skin is intimately related to the nervous system...Touch is a way of directly communicating with the nervous system, calming us or alarming us"
Andrea Olsen, Body and Earth, page 66
In many ways I think I am preparing myself for the days to come.
I have so many memories waiting to be written.
"Memories, thoughts, and imaginings flood through our touch, creating what is termed subjective experience: the information perceived is as much about the toucher and the toucher's history, as it is about what he/she is touching"
Andrea Olsen, Body and Earth, page 63
Can we track our associations, memories, perception? Can they influence the way the material is performed?
Dance is not about something.
It is the something.
It is knowledge within itself.
In many ways my dances are about relieving the nervous system, balancing it, calming it, responding to life around me by allowing a space to do what is needed, what I need.
"Skin is intimately related to the nervous system...Touch is a way of directly communicating with the nervous system, calming us or alarming us"
Andrea Olsen, Body and Earth, page 66
In many ways I think I am preparing myself for the days to come.
I have so many memories waiting to be written.