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So what is Tribal Fusion?
Tribal Fusion developed out of a lineage of innovative dancers and teachers. In the late 60’s in San Francisco, bellydancer, Jamila Salimpour, developed a ‘tribal style’/aesthetic to her dance performance with her company, Bal Anat. In order to tailor belly dance...
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Dance, Meaning, Nature & You
‘Wilderness’ … The word suggests the past and the unknown… It means something lost and something still present, something remote and at the same time intimate, something buried in our blood and nerves, something beyond us and without limits. — Edward Abbey Humans have...
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To Dance or Not to Dance? Thoughts on trying something new
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be...
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It flew and was released
Spontaneous improvisation and stream of conscious writing in response to the natural environment Ive been wanting to dance in response the to beautiful Brighton sea, beach, burnt out pier and band stand for years. Today, after watching the sun set like a giant firey...
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Any more Dancing Statistics?
If you want to see photos of how the project started and has deveoped, as well as links to press and articles released about the project, visit the Dancing Statistics Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/dancingstatistics and #dancingstatistics Dancing Statistics...
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European Network of Opera and Dance, an article
I was invited to write an article for the 'GENERATION Y: Engaging young adults in opera and dance' conference in Brussels, October 2013, organised by Reseo (see previous blog to see how that came about). They wanted me to share my perspective as a young adult...
read moreEurope, lend me your ear!
Clare Guss-West is a very interesting woman. She is the dance moderator for the European Network of Opera and Dance (Reseo): a network of all the "movers and shakers" in dance and opera across Europe (think ENB, ROH). I was lucky enough to be contacted by Clare to...
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I'm astounded. The four Dancing Statistics films, teaching statistics to psychology students through dance, have been viewed over 35,000 times in their first 2 weeks of release! If you've not seen them, now's your chance (now you know you're missing...
read more Dancing Statistics films go LIVE
An innovative film project aiming to engage Psychology students through dance is currently creating a storm in academic circles. The films, a collaboration between artists and academics, acheived approximately 15,000 hits within its first week of release. The four...
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Dancing Statistics Press Release An innovative film project aiming to engage Psychology students through dance is set to launch later this month. A collaboration between artists and academics, the resulting four short films use dance to visualise statistical concepts...
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