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| Posted by: Rebecca Farr |
7/17/2008 10:17 PM |
I keep thinking of topics to write about for my new blog. But it seems like I need to push them all back for now and write something about running for Body Choir Board of Directors.
First, I would say that the more you put into something the more you get out and I find that lately my dance is enriched and deeper than it has been for a while. Thinking about why...
The more days of the week I dance, the more of a practice the dance becomes. The more of a practice, as in daily practice, it is, the deeper I am able to go with it both physically and mentally. In the rest of my life, inner chatter is diminished and I have more moments of feeling peaceful and content. I become embodied more often and I feel better in general.
Last Spring my work schedule changed from quite flexible to quite restricted and one thing and another have come up that I have used as excuses to skip dance. Seems like all are things I “have to” do...
Anyway, the past two weeks, running for this Board, I have gone to dance more often, so I could stay for shareback (which I rarely stay for) and announce at announcements time that there is an election, that I am running for board, to please vote for me and ask me any questions about it after. I felt like if I were going to ask people to vote for me, it would be courteous to speak to them, to stay in the room with them to give them a chance to reply, and at least smile and nod to them on the way out. While I am fairly 'wired' in that email is my main form of communication, I realize that so much of communication is non-verbal and a smile or a dance just can't be translated in words.
Every one of these “extra” dances has been exquisite... incredible and completely delightful. I don't know when I have enjoyed Body Choir more than now.
I would say that running for Body Choir Board of Directors is an enriching experience and I highly recommend it to other dancers for whom the dance is an important part of life. Two of the terms this time are short ones and I think in about 6 months, there will be opportunities for two more of us to take a turn in service of our wonderful Austin dance community in this way.
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