Cycles of Giving and Receiving

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Ballet, choreography, craft, Dance, development, growth, Modern, process, Shaping Space, sharing, spirit, Teaching

As I watched the students of DSA move through 7 minutes of choreography that we have systematically developed over three days, I realized how lucky I am to be able to be having these experiences as a choreographer, teacher and dancer. It is an honor to be in my position of sharing what it is I have come to know for myself, and then share that in the process of making a new work. I consider myself very fortunate to have these experiences and opportunities.

I have been doing this at DSA for 7 years now. It has been a ever growing and developing event that has become what it is today. Amaranth comes out and sets three new pieces on the students along with presenting several works in a shared culminating concert at the end of our residency. This year we have also folded in a few works of our great friends, The Island Moving Company. So here we are, in a place of sharing and enhance that I could not have imagined 7 years ago.

What has become apparent is the honesty and integrity through the sharing and building of new work which in turn opens a window of compassion and understanding for ultimate learning experiences. This learning experience is not just happening for the students, but it is also happening for choreographers and dancers alike.

I realized for myself that my craftsmanship as a dance maker and teacher has grown and blossomed because of this exchange as well. Artists need to create a practice of making what they make and doing what they do. Denver has been a part of my practice and the energies of the students through all of the works that I have made here have been a part of my growth and development. I am grateful for the opportunity to be here and making work acknowledging that I too am growing alongside my dancers moving towards the kind of artists we all aspire to be, working in the energies of our spirits making the kind of work that speaks from our hearts.

Thank you Denver School of the Arts for opening your lives to Amaranth. We are grateful and look forward to whatever our paths unfold for us.

Bodies of Light Falling on a Field of Grace

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Ballet, Bodies of light, choreography, contemporary ballet, Dance, Energy, falling, light, Modern, mystics, poets, space, spirit, Vibration

Our journey is one of gathering and spreading light resembling the life of stars. We are energetically connected and organically linked with all matter of the universe allowing for a unique understanding of our individual and collective frequency. We radiate light at different pitches acting as tuning forks directing our lives along congruent paths that potentially allow for bliss.

We mast our sails so that the energies of the universe might sweep us on a journey which supports a deep and visceral connection both internally and externally. We become a conduit, a receiver so that we might also take what we have received and resonate by giving as well. This unique balance of energy, both coming and going, is what equalizes the energy lines of our physical and spiritual selves. It is this balance that the mystics and prophets of our world, along with the artists and philosophers, have tried to share with us in so many different ways.

And here we are, moving through a continuum, consciously and unconsciously, as life unfolds for us. Failing to realize the energetic support that is offered to us by all matter that surrounds us, we often miss the most beautiful spectacles our lives offer us. Could it be that we listen with our hearts in silence in order to see the energies suspending us, carrying us, on these magical journey’s. Could we become bodies of light falling on a field of grace imprinting our suspended forms in the tall grasses of eternity? Could we fold into ourselves to expand our light becoming a reflection for the stars returning the favor of wonder as they have for us since the beginning of what we call time?

I Am A Phoenix

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allowing, ascending, becoming, before or after, compassion, courage, Dream, fear, flying, ignite, rebirth, releasing, vision

I am a phoenix. I am transformation. I rise from the ash not to be born again, but to realize my flesh was a facade of burning fear. It is the ash of that fear that falls away revealing a courageous and compassionate layer of new skin.

This is now my porous shield. A cellular barrier breathing in and out love allowing the membrane of my spirit to touch and be touched; a tuning fork for the frequency of the universe.

I rise for all I am to be. Ascending to this moment allowing for the immediacy of peace finally realizing there is no before or after. There is only this. This is only now.

And so I fly. And so I burn. And so I become.

I am a phoenix.

Back to the Air

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dance amaranth, friends, love, new family, tour, travel

I sit here waiting to board a flight through Chicago en route to Denver. As I wait I realize I am once again on the road with dance. I also breathe in gratitude for that ability and that abundance.

I have been on the road with move t in the heart of my bones many times this year. More gratitude. And even better, I have the honor of fulfilling a dream rounding all this travel out with the grand finally of China. Life is wonderful!

The other beautiful thing about all of this is the fact that I get to be with “family”. This family is a non-traditional family made of beautiful spirits full of magic, talent, grace and love. It is a managerie of brilliance that I get to share the enchanted world of dance with.

Because dance is a community activity, one must be careful to walk with those that believe in the power and wonderment of movement and who understand that it is through movement that we understand our humanity. And Amaranth is humanity in motion.

So once again the sky calls for kinetic majesty. I am honored that I get to respond with a resounding yes! I hear you majestic mystery of energy and I shall listen as I create and ride the river of the dances that you wish to share to our humble hearts.

Move by by movement we shape the energy of space to sculpt ephemeral bliss.

Returning to the Beginning

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a return, begin again, singing, song, voice

It is time to begin again. Time to be free again yearning for the inspiration of the unknown and the excitement and magnitude of possibility. The cool winds have shifted and cleared the air, its time for a change in direction so that there can be singing once again.

 

A voice lost in a sea of movement and the confusion of politics, the deep silent song wishes to vibrate once again. Although never forgotten, too often not honored, the respect of what could have been seems to be calling me back. I am ready for a relationship with the keys that strike the chords that will accompany a dream lost but not forgotten.

 

Questions of the Field

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Ballet, bodies, bodies in motion, Chi, contemporary dance, Dance, Energy, Field, Force, happiness, heart, joy, love, Modern, oneness, open body, open heart, open mind, soul, spirit, spirituality, Technique, Vibration

Is it possible that we are able to turn our vibrations to the frequency of joy and find ourselves in accord with happiness? Is it as simple as refining our current station and allowing ourselves to receive reality as it is rather than as we expect it to be out of choices made from our egos? Is it possible to make decisions about our everyday actions that come from our hearts deepest well of love rather than from our darkest points of fear?

 

It is.

 

All that is required to do so is to be open to the beauty that is acknowledging the incredible and infinite field of energy that is intimately connecting via the receiver of our magnificent bodies.