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Weekly Letters: Week 2
Aug
18

Weekly Letters: Week 2

The Mirror Ritual – Movement as Self-Exploration: What words cannot say. How the body presents itself.

Dear Dancer,

In Week 2, we begin to speak through the body — exploring how movement can reveal, reflect, and unlock parts of ourselves that words cannot reach. Dance becomes a form of self-inquiry, a way to listen more deeply and express what lives beneath the surface. 

Journal Prompt + Dance Exercise

Find a quiet space, play music that stirs something in you, and allow yourself to improvise. Don’t aim for perfection. Don’t perform. Just move. Let the body speak first.

Step 1: 📹 Record your improvisation. Be a reader, not an editor.

Step 2: Watch it! Not as a critic, but as a witness, an observer.

You won’t have to share this anyone - this is an important step in your creative growth. 

Step 3: Take notes for your future self. 

Ask yourself the following, and write down your responses while you re-watch your video: 

  • What movements do you return to again and again?

  • What emotions are surfacing through those gestures?

  • What am I communicating clearly without even trying?

  • If I could translate this dance into words, what sentences would emerge?

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Welcome Letter
Aug
11

Welcome Letter

The Awakening : Reconnect with the body as a source of wisdom, memory, and creative power. 

Dear Dancer,

This week, we begin not with choreography, but with remembering. Before the technique, there is the body — wise, sensitive, and already full of stories. Our focus is to reconnect with it as a sacred home, a creative source, and a trusted guide. Through breath, stillness, and intuitive movement, we return to ourselves and awaken the dance that lives within. Release the idea that dance starts with steps — it begins with presence.

To tell deeper, more complex personal stories through movement, we must first recognize our bodies as complete, independent beings — not just vessels we live in, but living archives of our experiences, desires, and truths. Every posture we hold, every way we shift our weight, every impulse to move reflects how we live, how we’ve been shaped, and what we secretly long for. When we listen closely, the body whispers what words cannot hold, revealing our deepest narratives through the language of muscle, breath, and gesture.

Journal Prompt: When was the first moment you became aware of your feminine body? What did that awareness feel like in your skin, and how has it shaped the way you move today?

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