Author: helisdance
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For Ed
“Gamble everything for love… Half-heartedness doesn’t reach into majesty. You set out to find God, but then you keep stopping for long periods at mean-spirited roadhouses. Don’t wait any longer. Dive in the ocean, leave and let the sea be you… Rumi, from Say I Am
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Al’s Birthday Poem
Safe in their alabaster chambers, Untouched by morning and untouched by noon, Sleep the meek members of the resurrection, Rafter of satin, and roof of stone. Light laughs the breeze in her castle of sunshine, Babbles the bee in a solid ear: Pipe the sweet birds in ignorant cadence, Ah, what sagacity perished here! Grand…
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30/30 upcoming June performance
30/30 Dance Performance 4 Choreographers Sheri Brown, Diana Garcia Snyder, Joan Laage, Helen Thorsen plus guest artists Mary Cutrera and Dance Perdue Preimer new dances June 22nd and 23rd Velocity Dance Center 1621 12th ave Seattle 8pm tickets $20. seniors and students $15.
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Lin Lucas & Will Fredo in Joie At AOF 2011
“Last night, as I was sleeping, I dreamt—-marvelous error!—- That I had a beehive Here inside my heart. And the golden bees Were making white combs And sweet honey From my old failures” Antonio Machodo For Doran Crabble Photo: Briana Jones
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Butoh Poem
Black Water Moon Surface reflection Bones turn into spider webs On the water the moon reflects your face Narcissus & Night blooms the air Heroin Takes you down Broken bits scatter and sink spikes and spoons, the flesh Splits no return from her deep kisses Her shimmer sink
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Butoh Training Notes
Inhale and God approaches you. Hold the inhale, and God remains in you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhale, and you surrender to God. Krishnamachariya
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Wonderful new show at the Frye
Li Chen: Eternity and Commoner Date: Friday, March 2, 2012 Time: 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Other dates and times Venue: Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA Website: http://fryemuseum.org/exhibition/4306/ The Frye Art Museum presents the first U.S. museum exhibition of Li Chen, a leading sculptor working in Shanghai and Taiwan, who is known internationally for…
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Butoh Workshops at Velocity
March 1 – April 14 , 2012 Velocity Dance Center / 1621 12th Ave, Seattle WA 98122 Engaging the theme as the through line, students get the opportunity experience butoh from multiple vantage points while also anchoring with Sheri Brown every Tuesday along the way. Culmination of the series is a Student Showcase-Teacher Teaser Performance…
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“Higher Ground”
Daipan’s first annual 30/30 Butoh Dance Concert featuring dances by: Sheri Brown, Mary Cutrera, Diana Garcia-Synder, Joan Laage, & Helen Thorsen June 22nd &23rd Velocity Dance Center 8pm 1612 12th ave. Seattle WA tickets 20$ Helen Thorsen’s latest dance for this concert s “Higher Ground”. This work takes a penatrating look at madness and transformation in…
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Butoh Notes
Buddhist notion of Windhorse- harness the mind until it belongs to you. Training- Practice changes our brain cells, gives us the ability to be ourselves, to find that emptiness that is our heritage, so we are congruent our heart, mind and body are all aligned. Then we have instant readiness, presence, diamond clarity.
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