CHECKING IN – Hello, how come it’s already September? How are we doing right now.. How are YOU doing? What are you working on? How do you feel? What are you happy with? What will you give yourself this September? Please share in the commments below! 🌸 For me, the days between summer and fall… Read More Self Care September
This book is a pocket-sized, jam-packed with information treasure, diving into the biomechanics of dance and movement. Based on ballet, written by a gorgeous dancer, useful for practitioners and instructors of all types of dance. Inside Ballet Technique by Valerie Grieg. Other Dance/Movement Books I love: Anatomy of Breathing Anatomy Trains Classical Ballet Technique Note:… Read More Book Tip: Inside Ballet Technique – Valerie Grieg
Catching a moment at our beloved Eschweiler Wald 🌿 We got ourselves a muddy leg! A ‘natural badge’ for testing our jumping strength.
DANCING WITH PROPS – There are many ways to do it.. be it improvised or choreographed. This dance (with the romantic double veils) was created in the way I make most of my props-dances: Propless. I had been working on a choreography inspired by this song (Omry Kelou by Wael Kfoury) and I had… Read More To Prop or not to Prop
SEAS OF TIME – This one is a mix of all my thoughts and ponderings of June. What do YOU ‘Sea’ in this image? Let me know below! Usually, when I make ‘a thing’ (a blog post, a post, a dance, a class, or – like here – a digital collage), I don’t have a… Read More Seas of Time
Gorgeous summer evening walk in Langerwehe – Biberbachtal (Eifel) It’s a circular walk of about 2,5 hours. We had a surprise visit by a wild boar! Not pictured 🙂 Enjoy!
TOOLS – What are the instruments you can use (or COULD use) for creating? for teaching? for finding inspiration? and for expressing? Here is a list of mine: (Feel free to save this post for reference, & let me know if you have questions about these!) FOR CREATING ✅ Pen & Paper (thoughts into ideas)… Read More Tools for Creation
THE UNIVERSE IS ON YOUR SIDE – My very first digital Collage. How/Why did I make this? First of all.. I wasn’t expecting/aiming to create something ‘shareable’ at all. This was just me trying out what I had learnt, starting with a picture that I wanted to post, digital doodling, because on Wednesday I finally… Read More The Warrior
The many views of Blausteinsee. Horizon upon horizon. Enjoy! www.instagram.com/joyofmovementblog
Hello there! As you may have seen, I have been making lots if REELS (super short mini videos) on Instagram lately for dance, fitness, and even about our forest walks. I’ve also received quite a few questions from my fellow dancers/teachers/artist about how (and why!) I make them. WHY do I love them so much? Hold… Read More Instagram REELS – A Creative Treasure Trove