by Alex Rodriguez, New Zealand I was invited to talk about 5Rhythms as part of a Pecha Kucha series of talks connected to an art exhibition and ongoing project by …
1998, my left side of the body was 0 out of 10 level paralyzed by stroke. It was shocking, at the same time my curiosity for the body was huge. I spent time facing my body for 8 months. For the first 4 months, I was in wheel chair and taking physical therapy. Slowly re-developing my nerve.
The 5Rhythms have positively shaped my life in immeasurable ways. Through this practice, I have learned how to turn greed into generosity, hatred into love, confusion into clarity and boredom into opportunity.
I had a recent chance encounter with some Russian dolls (you know the ones which fit inside each other?) The babushkas reminded me of one of Gabrielle’s many 5-step maps, which I remember as the Five Stages of Consciousness in Dance
REVEAL by David Juriansz, DANCE YOUR ABILITY by Shauna Devlin, IMMERSION submitted by Sadaf (Cici) Lotfalian, DANCING THE QUESTIONS by Jeannie Dougherty, EXHIBITION by Photographer Nels Lemminger, Sole to Soul by Nilaya Sabnis, RHYTHM PANTS by Glorka
by David Juriansz There is a dance only you can do, that exists only in you, here and now, always changing, always true. Are you willing to listen with fascination? …