Ohad Naharin - The Talks

The bodies of dancers with their kind of devotion are dual. And this is visible whatever they are doing. A kind of Uncertainty Principle determines them; instead of being alternately particle and wave, their bodies are alternately giver and gift.

Ideas emerge from bodily practices in two very different forms: from what is done to us, and what we do, both just going about our lives—infant handling, walking, sitting, breathing, studying; and deliberately chosen activities such as exercise regimens, dance, diet, and meditation practices.

Dance is for all who desire to move expressively, with rhythm, or in the spirit of the moment. Dance is global and primal, not just for those who train to perform on stage. As somatic innovator Gabrielle Roth liked to say: “If you have a body, you are a dancer.”

communication, but we should not lose track of the original purposes of dance: pleasure, freedom, praise, and the opportunity to listen to our hearts in the making.