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?