A dancer from the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea n the city of Port Moresby. (David Gray, Reuters, wsj.com November 15, 2018)
When a sincere woman begins to dance…
September 25, 2018 by 22 Comments
A dancer performed during the Spring/Summer 2019 women’s ready-to-wear collection show for fashion house Dior during Paris Fashion Week on Monday. (Gonzalo Fuentes, wsj.com, September 24, 2018).
Inspired by: When a sincere woman begins to dance, the seven heavens, the earth, and all creatures begin to dance. ~ Shams Tabrizi, Me and Rumi: The Autobiography of Shams-I Tabrizi
Dancer
September 29, 2016 by 19 Comments
“Ukrainian-born “bad boy of ballet” Sergei Polunin became the Royal Ballet’s youngest ever principal dancer at age 19. But two years later — at the height of his success — he walked away from it all, resolving to give up dance entirely. Steven Cantor’s Dancer tracks the life of this iconoclastic virtuoso, from his prodigal beginnings in the Ukraine to his awe-inspiring performances in the U.K., Russia, and eventually the U.S., where he went viral after David LaChapelle filmed him dancing to Hozier’s “Take Me to Church.”
Highly recommended. (And hang straight through the closing credits)
Full stop.
Can be rented on Amazon Prime
Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, it’s off to work I go
February 2, 2016 by 16 Comments
After I had looked for a while at that daffodil before I got up,
I asked myself the question,
“What do you want of your life?”
and I realized with a start of recognition and terror,
“Exactly what I have— but to be commensurate, to handle it all better.”
– May Sarton, Journal of a Solitude
Notes:
- Image by Yakovlev via Mennyfox55
- Related posts: May Sarton
Lightly child, lightly
April 30, 2015 by 17 Comments
It’s like a dance. And we have to give each being space to dance their dance. Everything is dancing; even the molecules inside the cells are dancing. But we make our lives so heavy. We have these incredibly heavy burdens we carry with us like rocks in a big rucksack. We think that carrying this big heavy rucksack is our security; we think it grounds us. We don’t realize the freedom, the lightness of just dropping it off, letting it go. That doesn’t mean giving up relationships; it doesn’t mean giving up one’s profession, or one’s family,or one’s home. It has nothing to do with that; it’s not an external change. It’s an internal change. It’s a change from holding on tightly to holding very lightly.”
– Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, Into the Heart of Life
Notes:
- Image Source: wsj.com – Dancers from the National Ballet of China perform in Beijing.
- Quote Source: Awakin.org.
- Prior “Lightly child, lightly” Posts? Connect here.
- Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.”
SMWI*: Meet Your Partner Do-Si-Do
January 31, 2015 by 20 Comments
SMWI*: Alternate Universe vs. Reality
November 22, 2014 by 31 Comments
An alternate universe: Beauty. Grace. Health.
An then the unfortunate reality:
Notes:
- SMWI* = Saturday Morning Workout Inspiration
- Ballet Dancer Photo: Ronnie Boehm, A. Ion, Vienna State Opera Ballet School. Thank you Carol at Radiating Blossom
- Sad Monkey Belly Picture: themetapicture.com
Lightly child, lightly
November 20, 2014 by 6 Comments
Credits:
- Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.”
- Image Source: Daniele Pezzela via Your Eyes Blaze Out
En dansant sur la terrasse
August 31, 2014 by 25 Comments
“En dansant sur la terrace” (Dancing on the Terrace) is performed on a rooftop in Paris. The choreographer is Tarek Aïtmeddour. You can find the the music titled “Charms” by Abel Korzeniowski from the movie W.E. (co-written and directed by Madonna) on iTunes here: “Charms”
Related Post: Evgeni’s Waltz (and background on W.E. and another Korzeniowski composition.)
Dance With Me
May 8, 2014 by 22 Comments
LIKED it. Enough to watch it 3x. Not sure why. And not sure I fully understood it…all interpretations welcome.