I realized I was looking to her for approval, direction... creative ideas
and I was lost.
At some point I realized I had to pull myself up by my hair
and after this my confidence was realized.
A paraphrase of this dancer's autobiographical comment in the movie Pina.
Last night my husband and I saw Pina. It was Valentine's Day and we knew nothing about this movie. I was delighted. He, not being keen on the arts so much, was fascinated by the monorail engineering that was part of the city scene backdrop in several performances.
I found myself filling the theater seats with friends as I watched the film, with performance after performance of powerful commentaries on life, behavior, and this beautiful non-verbal communication art; dance. "Oh I have to tell Andreea about seeing this film!" I thought to myself, followed by thought of another woman and then another.
I want to dance.
I have been dancing more lately. Yet the dancing has been just to move, mostly out of a need to balance the inactivity and the hours in front of a computer. There is tremendous joy in just doing that.
This dance I watched on the screen goes so much deeper. It explores and expresses the experiences of life through movement. I feel a connection to where Center Circle is right now. We have come together and it has been good. Now... we go deeper.
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