tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595377920075277072.post873717811720714541..comments2024-03-16T18:25:58.508+00:00Comments on Andy Letcher: Veni, vidi, WodiAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03200561583631896799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595377920075277072.post-77255263926090216362011-11-21T23:51:16.516+00:002011-11-21T23:51:16.516+00:00I think you should definitely have a chat with Mr ...I think you should definitely have a chat with Mr de Sousa... Just had a very interesting conversation with Polly about using dance as a means to stay with and deepen experience, until that point where fatigue forces a dropping of the final veil. I think this equates to the breaking through of the meniscus that Jim's talking about; and it's so different to using dance as a route to catharsis, which is based on the concept of there being feelings or aspects of our experience that we need to discharge, unburden ourselves of. As I see it, the Wod take on trance is very different to what a lot of rave music is aiming for - it's not about energy being released upwards in some kind of faux-spiritual orgasm; rather it's about the musicians acting as real taskmasters, pushing the dancers into ever deeper connection with the earth (which is, as Rilke and many others would argue, the only true route into authentic spiritual experience). The end point is much more about surrender and dissolution than release and catharsis. Love that line about your commitment being to the dance, not the dancers - spot (or Wod) on!Alan Buckleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595377920075277072.post-85210137075238768902011-11-21T17:06:04.598+00:002011-11-21T17:06:04.598+00:00Whoop whoop!
I'm seeing the Wod-creature alri...Whoop whoop! <br />I'm seeing the Wod-creature alright ;)Rima Staineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044701472535300254noreply@blogger.com