Dear Dancer,

We’ve come full circle! In Week 1, we began by remembering the body — our first home, our living archive, our source of wisdom and truth. Now, as your solo nears completion, we return once more to that body — not to build, but to simply be! To soak in the nutrients and dance with what you have.

Your presence, your essence is how your story truly flourishes and is experienced. It’s what fills the space between steps, what your audience remembers long after the music fades. This week, we invite you to reconnect with that original pulse of awareness. Before the movement, before the choreography — there is breath and the body that began this journey.

As you continue shaping your finale, journal this question:
Where do you want to leave your audience?

Not just what you want them to see, but what you want them to feel.

Your ending is your fire — it burns, transforms, and lingers. The strength of your presence, the truth in your stillness, the honesty in your exit — these are the final notes your audience carries home.

Let your finale rise from presence, not performance. Let it close the circle you opened in Week 1 — the moment when you first listened to your body’s story.

Dance Practice Exercise:
Revisit the opening movement of your solo. Dance it again, but this time from the perspective of your ending self — the woman who has lived the story. What has changed in her body, her breath, her gaze?