LILA - the divine play
dance and movement improvisation
Classes
3 of 4 Mondays per month.
9.30 - 11am, at The Maypole Hall in Stroud.
19, 26 Oct, 2 Nov
26, 23, 30 November
14, 21, 28 December
During these sessions we are exploring themes that will lead up to a dance piece -
'HEAR THE HEART'.
£10 / £5 consession
Connecting to the field inside you and around you.
The name 'Lila' has multiple origins, most commonly meaning "divine play" in Sanskrit. Moving our bodies, expressing ourselves and being creative has a divine side to it. We all have the rhythm in our bodies. As children we naturally moved to music that made our heart sing.
Moving like water, being water is a recurring practise as well as being a centre point and completely still. In the movement we are listening to the space within us and around us. Within a variety of themes we explore different tempos, rhythms, geometric patterns, contraction/expansion, flow and pause. How do we start a sequence of movement and how do we end? What happens in the middle? What story are you expressing in your dance?
As we get into the practise of moving in the space together, we will create an artistic project where our own contributions will be important.
No previous experience is needed, but an open and curious mind is helpful.
I praise the Dance
“I praise the dance, for it frees people
from the heaviness of matter and binds the isolated to community.
I praise the dance, which demands everything:
health and a clear spirit and a buoyant soul.
Dance is a transformation of space, of time, of people,
who are in constant danger of becoming all brain, will, or feeling.
Dancing demands a whole person,
one who is firmly anchored in the center of his life,
who is not obsessed by lust for people and things
and the demon of isolation in his own ego.
Dancing demands a freed person,
one who vibrates with the equipoise of all his powers.
I praise the dance.
O man, learn to dance,
or else the angels in heaven will not know what to do with you.”
– Saint Augustine