SPIRITUALITY IN DANCE

Afro Cuban Dance!

As the owner of Metamorphosis Dance Theatre; dance and spirituality has always been an interwoven presence in my life - professionally and personally.

Dance and spirituality has always been an interwoven presence in my life – professionally and personally. The shape and tone of how this weaving is expressed shifts over time, with the changes that life experiences bring. I’d like to open with some words that came to me spontaneously when I first thought about this theme for today. When I look at the body as movement, I think… the earth body is movement, the space, the universe is movement. So then I ask, what does it mean to dance?

CLASSICAL BALLET

Classical ballet originated in the 17th-century French court ballet, which came to fruition at the Russian Imperial School of Ballet, directed in the 19th-century by Marius Petipa.

Classical ballet, also called romantic ballet is a system of dance based on formalized movements and positions of the arms, feet and body designed to enable the dancer to move with the greatest possible agility, control, speed, lightness and grace. It is based on the turn-out position of the legs, which increases the range of movement through added mobility in the hip joint and also imparts a more pleasing line to the extended leg.

We at Mimi-Metamorphosis offer Classical Ballet to students who already have a background in this type of dance.

Do you think that the Ballet fraternity would ever fully accept/ acknowledge non-white Classical Ballet Dancers?

CLASSICAL INDIAN DANCE

KATHAK

Kathak is the major classical dance form of Northern India. The word "kathak" means "to tell a story". It is derived from the dance dramas of ancient India.  The dance is primarily an abstract exploration of rhythm and movement.