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Dance in Poetry | Jewel Mathieson | 1957 – 2020

I remember the moment Jewel burst into my vision. Liquid motion, raw passion, revolutionary leaps of consciousness held together in faded leotard. The bones of her story hung in space like skinny revelations whispered in quivering muscles. I witnessed her transformation from a girl to a woman,from a lover to mother, from student to teacher…

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Notes on Practice: Word Dance (Radical Summons)

The days leading up to the 2016 Word Dance workshop were exceptionally delightful. I went on something of a walkabout with my now-six-year-old son, Simon. He is in a lovely phase at the moment—cooperative, funny, insightful and affectionate—and I thoroughly enjoyed our time together, making a big loop to visit friends from Brooklyn to Tarrytown to Newburgh to Kingston, north to Burlington, Vermont, and then to my parents’ in Northern Connecticut. My parents had agreed to look after Simon Friday afternoon and Saturday while I was at the Word Dance workshop, then bring him back to Brooklyn Saturday night. While I was waiting for my mother to arrive to care for Simon so I could leave, I looked online to see if I had any outstanding parking tickets. I found several, including a “Bus Lane Violation”—something I had never heard of—for 115 dollars. My humor darkened. Simon said lightly, “Well, that’s how it is, Mommy. If you break the rules you have to take the consequences.” I had to admit that he was right, though I continued to feel disempowered and irresponsible.

Because I did not plan properly, there was a mix up about times. I did not set out until 4pm for a journey that typically takes over three hours. In this case, it took four hours. As it was, I did not arrive until 8pm at Paul Taylor Studio on Grand Street in Lower Manhattan, though Friday’s initial session of the Word Dance workshop had begun at 6pm.

In the car, I turned on myself, becoming extreme in my thinking

TAGS: 5 rhythms, 5Rhythms, 5RTA, Amber Ryan, Chaos, Flowing, Jewel Mathieson, Lyrical, maeghan leborious, Notes On Practice, Open floor, Staccato, Stillness, The Moving Center, the moving center school, word dance
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April 2014 5RTA Teacher Spotlight

April 2014 5RTA Teacher Spotlight Jewel Mathieson, USA teaching since 1987 & Deva Nandan, Australia teaching since 2000.

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