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The fun I had in Quarter 1, celebrating Dance Week, valiant, victorious, vivacious "V" choreography

Published 16 days ago • 3 min read

Hello beautiful,

Happy National Dance Week April 19th-28th! Dance Week is specially set aside to spread the delight and joys of dancing, and to create awareness about its impact and benefits. I will be participating by dancing live & online and sharing valuable resources on the topic of dance from myself and other splendid creators and my first contribution is my latest micro video choreo for the Alphabet Superset, below, for which I busted out my old pointe shoes!

In my past article, A Beautiful Year of Slow Creation and Growth, I reflected on events and accomplishments of the year 2023, Inspiring Inputs was about impressions from my last year in books, films, series, songs, and a variety of media, and this year I’m creating monthly and quarterly reviews along the way, so this week I am summarizing both the month of March and Quarter one:

Read March was for Mindfulness, Women’s History, – 2024 Month 3 Review, Quarter 1 Wrap-Up here

My creations, recommendations, and questions for you are:

Viewing:

Listening:

Reading:

  • Courtney Carver never not reading on Be More with Less: “There is a book in my hands or in my ears for a little while every day. I mostly read fiction lately and pepper in some memoirs, and other non-fiction. Between Audible, Libby, Kindle, and books that I order from Book of the Month, or books my daughter gives me or that I find at a favorite local book store, I’m never not reading. I keep track of what I read with Storygraph. I shared every book I read last year here on Instagram. When I don’t know what to talk about with people, I ask them what they are reading or cooking. It always leads to a fun conversation!”
  • Currently reading another title from one of my favorite authors (actually a duo who collaborate on their novels) from Quarter 1, The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren and I am eating it up: "This one is a blatant love letter to our genre. There be romance in these pages."

Practicing:

Practicing Together LIVE this week:

  • In-Studio Adult Beginner Ballet, 6-7:00pm CET Mondays, Tanzschule Tanzraum Nippes, Cologne, creates a strong, body-friendly, and graceful foundation for dance (German)
  • Online Yogalicious Gentle Yoga 7-8:00pm CET Tuesdays (7:00am HI) is a delicious mindful movement feast which balances strength, balance and coordination, mind body and spirit (English)
  • In-Studio Barre a Terre / Strength & Stretch for all dancers at 6-7:00pm CET Thursdays, Tanzschule Tanzraum Nippes, Cologne, Germany is an hour of floor-based feel-good functional conditioning for all dancers (German)
  • Online Balletlicious Gentle Adaptive Ballet Barre+ 8-9:00am CET (Usually Fridays, but on MONDAY April 22nd and then back to Fridays as usual). It is mostly barre with a little dancey centre and creates a strong, body-friendly, and graceful foundation for dance at home or anywhere in the world. Glad to be able to flexible to accommodate our schedules and to have this opportunity for folks to try it out from whom Friday doesn't work as well.(English)

Inquiring:

  • How will you get dancey for National Dance Week?
  • What quantum leaps have you taken this month and quarter?
  • Which potentialities are still gestating?
  • What plans do you have for the coming month, quarter, season?
  • How can I support you in springing forward this season?

Let me know what is up in your world by replying to this email or on social media for those who use it.

Glad to be in community with you and wishing you a very special spring!

Love, Blythe

Blythe Stephens, MFA, Bliss Catalyst
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