The Feast of Movement it should be! Today we actually delved into four of the 13 principles: The Joy of Movement; Natural Time and the Movement Forms; Music and the 8BC System; FreeDance. Our group is lovely. Debbie and Carlos are relaxed and masterful. And the sensation of stepping into the river of White again for me is exquisite, intimate, tender, playful, inspiring and sacred.
For me, each principle and each of its accompanying practices is a unique being who I am invited to meet, to get to know, to listen to, to dance with, to experience life from that point of view, to honor, to love — and in so doing be transformed by the relationship, become more in love with the mystery as it manifests in the human body and grow my attention ever deeper, ever wider, ever kinder.
Somehow I am surprised by this — I think because really being curious means that everything, everything is new.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Richard // Jan 27, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Your lovely post inspires me to be really curious, and try to experience everything as new too, instead of being a somewhat grumpy know-it-all!
Love,
Richard
2 Ruth // Jan 28, 2008 at 7:06 am
Beautiful!
I am very curious about the 8BC system, makes me think of R2D2
Kinder…I am touched by that.
Spirals of love for Day Two!
Ruth
3 Rachael // Jan 28, 2008 at 8:18 am
The 8BC System is part of Nia Principle #3. It’s a system of being in relationship with music, listening and mapping its landscapes so we can invite music in as an active participant in our choreography and dance.
Carlos initially developed the 8BC System in the early years of Nia as a way to show Debbie how the music — the rhythm, the beat, the sections, the silence and the sound — relate to how we dance.
Now all Nia teachers learn this practice as a way to consciously blend movement and music to create the Nia magic.
4 Ruth // Jan 29, 2008 at 8:48 am
Thank You!
I guess that means a deep relationship of music to choreography — not only the foot practicing the beat!
I didn’t realize that Nia went so deeply with the music. Maybe that is one of the reasons that we students have so much fun.
love,
Ruth
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