Never much of a dancer, lately I often find myself trudging along by the light of these words of William Carlos Williams: "It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there."
thank you so much for this essay. I wish I were in Chicago so I could attend these workshops! I am a trained classical ballet dancer who quit at 19 after a one year company traineeship. I'm 38 now and taking adult ballet classes consistently for the first time in a long time - finally able to access some of the joy of movement. have been inspired by everyone thinking about and asking these questions lately. this is incredibly fruitful work and i look forward to seeing how it develops!
Thanks so much! I'm glad to know you are able to find that joy again; it takes tiiiiiime. It's funny, aging and dancing is one of those subjects where a year ago I was all "why isn't anybody talking about this?" when in truth, lots of folks are talking about it, you just have to work a little to find them. But I agree, it's so so fruitful.
I just finished being off work for a year. During that year I helped monitor implementation of the SAFE-T act, I helped refurbish bikes for new folks, I lead camping trips to local beautiful nature, and I road my bike a lot.
Now I'm back at work helping make some rich guys richer.
A friend helped bring roller derby to Chicago 20 years ago and has been reminiscing about it during the anniversary. It's hard to predict what impact gathering of folks to being silly and take new risks and use our bodies in new ways may have, but those feelings of being connected to my body are worth it.
Never much of a dancer, lately I often find myself trudging along by the light of these words of William Carlos Williams: "It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there."
thank you so much for this essay. I wish I were in Chicago so I could attend these workshops! I am a trained classical ballet dancer who quit at 19 after a one year company traineeship. I'm 38 now and taking adult ballet classes consistently for the first time in a long time - finally able to access some of the joy of movement. have been inspired by everyone thinking about and asking these questions lately. this is incredibly fruitful work and i look forward to seeing how it develops!
Thanks so much! I'm glad to know you are able to find that joy again; it takes tiiiiiime. It's funny, aging and dancing is one of those subjects where a year ago I was all "why isn't anybody talking about this?" when in truth, lots of folks are talking about it, you just have to work a little to find them. But I agree, it's so so fruitful.
I just finished being off work for a year. During that year I helped monitor implementation of the SAFE-T act, I helped refurbish bikes for new folks, I lead camping trips to local beautiful nature, and I road my bike a lot.
Now I'm back at work helping make some rich guys richer.
A friend helped bring roller derby to Chicago 20 years ago and has been reminiscing about it during the anniversary. It's hard to predict what impact gathering of folks to being silly and take new risks and use our bodies in new ways may have, but those feelings of being connected to my body are worth it.