Dance is food. Dance is life.

As a dancer, I realize that every dancer tries to categorize what type of dancer they are. Contemporary, jazz, tap, hip-hop are just a few genres of dance and we ask ourselves which one am I? Try something different and compare yourself to food. If my dancing were a food, it would be eggs. There are so many different ways to make them. Scrambled, over easy, sunny side up are just a few and I feel that is who I am as a dancer. All the genres of dance are a part of me and have shaped me into the dancer I am today. No need to categorize yourself. We can be any food we want to be. Most importantly, we can be any type of dancer we shape ourselves into being.

Sara

Dancing Under Water

If I could dance like any aquatic animal it would be an…

Energy proliferating from every direction

Lingering in silence until the prime moment to strike

Elongated motions, moving through a journey

Capturing its beauty is a rarity

Tampering with it is risky, but exciting

Rising to the top for new breath

Initiating power through movement

Coping with power through control

Elegantly shifting between deep-sea waves

Eerily hidden until the proper time arises

Lifting hopes to advancement through self experimentation

Love Whitney

marriage!

for today's blog I want to share a poem I wrote about my relationship with my best friend and my fiance and this exciting time in our lives!!! I have translated the poem into movement and the dancers are currently working in pairs to create a beautiful piece :)

I hope individuals and couples of all ages and at all different places in their lives can take something from the poem and/or the dance piece! enjoy :)

marriage

we twirl

carefully, spontaneously.

racing minds, 

hearts intertwined. 

carry me

catch you,

belong here.

we understand

transparently, purely.

soothing words,

forgiveness deserved.

lean on me

listen to you,

discover us. 

we soar

courageously, deliriously.

beautifully high,

home's the sky.

flight with me

follow you

move as one.

we love

honestly, unconditionally,

building together,

fighting for happily ever.

accept me

adore you

adventures of our own. 

- kathleen