In the early 1990 s I organized (and joined) one of the first Danceability-Workshops in Germany. We invited Alito Alessi and Emery Blackwell – the founders from Eugene, Oregon – to Dortmund and had deep experiences during the three days we spent together with 30 people of all ages, professions, IQs and competences in dance. I am really proud and thankful to be part of the movement – today only in my heart and brain – but I am still searching for dialogue – in different ways. Till today Alito Alessi certified danceability teachers in 40 countries all over the world.
When I watched this video – I felt again why I love this kind of chance to dance.
Until today I think contactimprovisation is one of the most respectful and effective ways to communicate – listening to your bodies, finding the rolling point of contact, letting grow something third, something new between you and your partner. May the sense of dialogue grow more and more beside the prefered monologues of our times. May the dialogue be a healthy alternative to the competitions.
“Every man’s foremost task is the actualization of his unique, unprecedented and never-recurring potentialities, and not the repetition of something that another, and be it even the greatest, has already achieved.”
― Martin Buber
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