“Everything has moral, if only you can find it”. {The Duchess}

I often ask my students…” Have you watched birds murmurate? How they seemingly read each others minds, weaving through the atmosphere as one?”

I explain “ This movement is not led by one. It is led by all. It is synergy, a unified goal to achieve together. Did you know…Each bird hones into the rhythm of the seven closest to them”

How is this relevant to dance?

Think of any choreography made for a group of dancers. If each individual tries to stand out by dancing in their own explosive little bubble… the ‘murmuration’ (spacing, connection) cannot be put into effect. The whole piece becomes disjointed.

Students must experience dancing in groups over and over. Paying attention to the magic number of dancers around you, whether it’s seven or two…This is such a vital part of a professional career and of life itself.

Imagine if our students take this ethos into everyday life? How truly connected they become to the world around them?

In a human-world that can be obsessed with leaders… I remind them, the world also yearns for times of connection, for collaboration. And the answer to that, is right there, staring us in the face.

Nature.

Nature is where we learn. How grateful I am

for Nature.