{"id":1991,"date":"2011-04-30T20:56:34","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T03:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/niasomoves.com\/Rachaelsblog\/?p=1991"},"modified":"2011-04-30T20:56:34","modified_gmt":"2011-05-01T03:56:34","slug":"oasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/synergy-pt.net\/niablog\/oasis\/","title":{"rendered":"Oasis"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of my Nia Next Generation Trainer<\/a> (NGT) training, I have an assignment to adapt the choreography of an existing Nia routine to new music. \u00a0I chose the routine Canta<\/em>, by Nia co-founder Carlos AyaRosas<\/a>. \u00a0You can listen to the original music of Canta<\/em> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My adapted Canta routine is called Oasis<\/em>. \u00a0Oasis because by traveling on the musics of Earth-based cultures from around the world, no matter where we are from, no matter where we are in any moment, our nomadic hearts can\u00a0rest, dance, and receive nourishment from the old-style songs and stories that inspired and buoyed our ancestors to keep going in order to bring us to this very moment, this very spot where we can be at home.<\/p>\n

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“Oasis” from the Greek through the Arabic, is originally from the Afroasiatic Hamitic language group. \u00a0It means “dwelling place.” \u00a0My hope is that through the oasis of Nia we can each be at home, dwelling in the oasis of our bodies on the Earth on the Island of Now in the Ocean of all Time.<\/span><\/p>\n

The music for Oasis was inspired by my teacher, Mart\u00edn Prechte<\/a>l, who uses music from all over the world to teach what the modern ear may have temporarily forgotten but the body remembers at his school Bolad’s Kitchen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here is the playlist for Oasis:<\/em><\/p>\n

OASIS
\n <\/strong>A Nia Routine by Rachael R. Resch and Carlos AyaRosas<\/em><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Somewhere Over the Rainbow\/What a Wonderful World<\/strong>
\n by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole from Hawaii.\u00a0 Album:\u00a0 Facing Future<\/em><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 P\u00e8 Bawon
\n <\/strong>by Ti-Coca & Wanga-N\u00e8g\u00e8s from Haiti.\u00a0 Album:\u00a0 Haiti Colibri<\/em><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Chaos Of Paradise
\n <\/strong>by Axiom Of Choice from Persia.\u00a0 Album: \u00a0Niya Yesh<\/em><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Zayy El Nhardah (The Canal Song)
\n <\/strong>by El Tanbura from Egypt.\u00a0 Album:\u00a0 Between The Desert And The Sea<\/em><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Contact
\n <\/strong>by Edwin Starr from the United States.\u00a0 Album: \u00a0The Best Of Edwin Starr<\/em><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 Sar A Lay
\n <\/strong>by El Tanbura from Egypt.\u00a0 Album:\u00a0 Between The Desert And The Sea<\/em><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 Msho Geghen
\n <\/strong>by Eliyahu Sills\/Qadim.\u00a0 Song form Armenia.\u00a0 Album:\u00a0 Eastern Wind<\/em><\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 Inana Raya Thauba
\n <\/strong>by Jahanara Laura Mangus.\u00a0 Song from Israel.\u00a0 Album:\u00a0 Aramaic Sound Pilgrimage
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9.\u00a0 Don’t Ask Me
\n <\/strong>by Djivan Gasparyan from Armenia.\u00a0 Album:\u00a0 The Art of the Armenian Duduk<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s a great video of the Egyptian band, El Tanbura (although it’s not one of the songs from Oasis<\/em>.)<\/p>\n