Dance Your Roots
Developing awareness through the art of Movement
"The body is a living record
of the given life,
of the life taken,
of life hoped and healed."
( Dtt. Clarissa Pinkola Estes)
The approach
The path of body awareness is based on the three elements of:
Inner narrative (identity);
Relationship with the other (community and sisterhood);
Art of Movement.
It explores the concept of Grounding through the practice DYR (Dance Your Roots).
The practice aims, learning outside of our dominant culture and state of mind, to re-evaluate our bodies through movement and rediscover the body as a messenger of intuition.
Art of Movement
Recognize the narrative present ABOUT our body, what we think of it, and that present IN our body, the possible rigidities developed due to this narrative.
It can become a key to stimulating the awakening of a deep awareness and sense of acceptance.
Recognizing what has been given to us becomes a point of transformation for the rediscovery of one's individuality, growth and sense of direction of our journey.
Community and Sisterhood
In joint narration, revealing oneself to reveal, conversing about what we have been taught to hide by rediscovering oneself through the relationship with another.
Developing body awareness through the rediscovery of the concept of sisterhood, means recognizing the inherited female heritage. Body awareness is understood as listening to oneself and connecting to one's intuition.
Finally, intuition means trust in those who have proceeded and the gifts left.
Inner Narrative
Recognizing the difference between the judgment received, introjected and projected gives us the tools to regain access to our bodily heritage.
Recognize and cultivate healthy roots through the Movement principles of vibration, undulation, grounding and isolation.
Core Values
It represent the core values and the intention to be faithful to a dance practice that support:
Moving from (Recognizing) What We Are instead of on What We Want to Be
Moving to find connection instead of separation
Moving to deepen our being rooted
Moving to connect our stories to History as an act of action to the common Humanity
Moving because we have an ability to respond to the Call (Respons-ability)
𝗨𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘇𝗮 (𝗕𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗮, 𝗜𝗧) | Sketch in the making by the amazing Elena Mazzucato
"The Mother Tree"
In Dance Your Roots Movement’s practice, the exercise of the “𝙈𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙚“ refers to the studies of ecologist Dr. Suzanne Simard.
"𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦, 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰-𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺."