Ismael Ivo †
Modern Ethnic Dance

Modern Ethnic Dance Beginner creating new body energy Creation is movement: and the sacred dance arises from the need to identify with the eternal round of the creative forces in the cosmos. In this class the traditional form of the circle is used to bring the students on contact with the energies of the group. It is a meeting point in which we celebrate dance and prepare different ideas and body movements. The foot contact with the ground in connection with the vibration of the pelvis and the extensions of arms unlocks the torso, making way for repetitive movements. With this repetition dancing intensifies awareness, allowing us to say the unspeakable and to get to know the unexplainable, simply from the fact of sharing a movement with the group. Playful exercises will allow to dive into a search of body memories making way to a renewal of our personal dance vocabulary. Modern Ethnic Dance Intermediate intensified awareness Dance is a ritual: a sacred ritual, a social ritual. In the dance we find this double signification which is part of the origin of all human activity. Traditional forms of ethnic dance bring the students in contact with their own energy in relation with the other participants. Modern dance exercises are going to be applied to develop the consciousness of movement. Further on we are going to work on different sequences of movements and choreography. The aim is that the dancer understands how the universe is made up of infinite patterns of motion around a still centre and set himself to contact the others in a body dialog motion. When you start to turn, the universe moves with you.