"...the beginner dancer feels like a pile of separated, unconnected bones lying in a jumbled heap. The training process must start from this initial chaos to sort out and reconnect the dismembered parts, put new muscles on the bones, new blood (feeling) into the body. It is like developing a telephone or radio network between hitherto isolated communities and a central government.
"The building of this neurological telephone network requires the awakening of a sixth sense... one which is absolutely essential for a dancer. This is the kinesthetic sense and it is no less sensory a source of physical information than tasting, smelling, touching, seeing and hearing. It is in fact a tactile sense, located not on the skin's surface, but within the muscles, tendons and joints"
- Joan Dexter Blackmer, "Acrobats of the Gods"
On my never-ending quest for body knowledge and my constant thirst for teaching methods, there is a class that I have been craving for a long time.
My schedule finally opened up so I could attend Carol Fonda's BodiBalance, which is a system of dance training, body conditioning and kinesthetic awareness. Carol has developed a journey in which you actively and effectively increase your mind and body awareness, create connections and change habitual patterns that tire you needlessly. You will learn useful principles of movement and balance and ways to use your body energy more efficiently, no matter what style you dance.
If you are in NYC take advantage of this class before the summer course ends August 23.
