Good Morning!

Submitted by Malcolm on Tue, 2010-07-13 23:13

Spent the morning in the studio. It reminds me why I do it all: the teaching, choreographing, booking gigs, performing, making costumes, composing soundscores, writing releases...it all comes down to the moments in the studio, breath splashing my throat, heels over head, scapulae singing, brain quiet--it's all about that peacefulness.

I practice dance as a kind of religion. It's a well that I replenish with faith: faith in my body/mind connection, faith in the wisdom of my subconscious, faith in life, the wild ride for which I am lucky enough to have a ticket.

Malcolm Shute and Alexander Short performing January Night

There is no tomorrow when I'm dancing. The concerns that drive me through the week quell in the rush of bubbling joints, flying fingers, breath like a torrent. I learn again how small my worries are, how small I am, and how vast the river in which we are all swimming, compelling us forward through changes.

Don't miss Human Landscape Dance's next performance on Wednesday Mar 23, 2011, at the Kennedy Center Millenium Stage, 6pm, free. This show is followed by the second half of our exchange with the estimable Philadelphia dance company Anne-Marie Mulgrew and Dancers Co. Our Washington DC/Philadelphia Exchange takes place at Dance Place in Northeast DC on Saturday July 9 at 8pm and Sunday July 10 at 7pm. (Read about the first half of this exchange here.)