Emotion in Motion....

Feelings are what make dancers artists not athletes and yet we often treat feelings as an add-on in our approach.Think of the most memorable performances you’ve seen, what made them memorable? Isn’t is the way they moved you?

Think of your favourite dancers to watch, what makes them so stunning? Usually it’s the way they share something of their own soul through their dancing.Only once the steps are learnt and mastered, the spacing is right and everything else is technically perfect, do we start talking about feelings. At this point, we say, “Now it’s time to let go and really dance”, 

  Emotions are not just an idea in your head, they are physically embodied. So, the way you feel affects the way you hold your body. For example, if you’re anxious you’ll probably get tense, if you’re confident you’ll stand tall and at ease, if you’re depressed you’ll slump.

Emotions might also provide a key for developing some of the more elusive elements that great dancers possess, but which can be so hard to pin down and teach: things like portraying beauty & ease, freedom of movement, confidence, risk-taking, creativity, intensity.Dance uses the body as an instrument