Author Archives: Michael Shapira

Here are two very different approaches: Through movement, through thinking about it and imagining it, try to soften your sternum and let it melt inwards. Your arms are long and alive and their power comes directly from the spine and goes through the sternum. Move and let your arms lead you into space. Do someContinue reading “What did i learn 13”

Maybe the reason why we build studios with wooden floors and dance in them is because we stopped walking. Not walking on asphalt or on some flat surface, this we still do. But walking on stones, on sand, climbing up a hill, crossing a stream, balancing on every step, grabbing the ground with the foot.Continue reading “What did i learn 12”

Something is happening with my writing lately. Or more accurately, not much is happening with my writing lately. Not on paper and not over the internet. Yesterday i thought for a moment that i had a new and deep insight about what it means to dance. But of course it wasn’t so deep and maybeContinue reading “What did i learn 11”

Two movies in one day! Big Eden – mountains, americans, native americans, gay love story, superficial, not very engaging, embarrassingly bad ending. Eyes Wide Open – Orthodox jews, gay love story, despair, oppression, poverty, faith, fundementalism, slow, realistic, quite convincing. I think today i finally understood what it means to be gay. It means havingContinue reading “What did i learn 10”