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Many of you have been asking questions about this "exercise" form, yoga,  that has taken North America by storm. I thought I would just offer up a few bits of information for you to consider. Please don't hesitate to email me at mail@dancebarnstudio.com, if you would like any further information about this material.

It has been said that a "picture is worth a thousand words" - how much more, then, is a moving picture worth? Dance is a constantly evolving series of moving picture moments and, if you listen carefully, there will be words spoken you that you (and perhaps, even the choreographer), never realized were there. In a day when words are cheap and information is overloading our senses, dance has the ability to speak beyond words and communicate a message that goes directly the heart and spirit of a person.

North America has greatly lost its sense of dance as a culture - we tend to leave it up to the "professionals" - but in most other cultures (note especially the Africans and the Polynesians), dance is just what they do. When there is a celebration, they dance. When they go off to war, they dance. When they mark a new season in life, they dance...and it's not just the young, it is everyone, of all ages.

A video on YouTube last year hit the media with force...in it, a troupe of 8 year olds girls, dressed to the hilt in bustiers, garters and gloves started into a risqué jazz routine complete with grinding, thrusting hips and sexually suggestive movement. Talk show hosts and television commentators criticized, or justified, the girls’ dancing according to their personal opinion - a host on "The View" excused it as "Just the dress for a certain dance form, so it's acceptable." As a mother of 3 daughters I had my own perspective - it was not only inappropriate, it was embarrassing.

I thought I might take the opportunity to connect with our Dance Barn families, and others interested in dance and the arts, by doing a bit of blogging. Once in awhile I will add my thoughts and perusings on subjects connected to faith, arts (most frequently, dance) and humanity. If anything here sparks interest or discussion, please feel free to respond via our "Contact" link. I hope that what is contained here will give you food for thought. Blessings. Sandy Rosen