AnimaDanza — Soulful Meditative Dance

Regular | Elisita Smailus

To register, please write to Elisita (labart58@gmail.com), indicating your first name, last name, and phone number. Registration must be confirmed to be valid.

To give soul to dance is, for me, a subtle invitation:
a call to return to oneself, to inhabit one’s own body
as one inhabits a sacred home, alive with breath and presence.

In this space, movement becomes listening,
music — eclectic, often meditative —
turns into a current that accompanies, opens, transforms.
Every gesture is a threshold, every rhythm a possibility
to cross ever-new inner landscapes.

Dance then reveals itself as a meditation in motion,
a silent dialogue with emotions, the living of different states of being,
a journey toward an intimate, unrepeatable meaning.

From this experience arises a more authentic expression,
a gentle ardor toward life, and the unfolding of a spiritual dimension
that belongs to each person, as unique as one’s own breath.

The practice unfolds in three moments. Before each dance, we gather for a brief meeting around a cup of tea: a quiet space where a few pointers are offered, like small compasses for the journey. This is followed by the time of the dance, the living heart of the experience, which unfolds over about an hour. Finally comes the moment of integration: a gentle return to oneself, in which what has emerged can take form in our “travel journal,” in a few essential words, in a traced sign, in a spoken sharing, or in both. Everyone is free to follow their own inclination, whether it leads them to communicate or simply invites them to listen in silence.

Language: The universal one of music.

Where: In the Sala Mammut, in the Area 302 spaces, in via Cadepiano 18, Barbengo.

When: Weekly meetings, Thursdays from 19:00 to 20:30 (see calendar).

Contribution: 100 fr for a cycle of 4 consecutive meetings. For those who do not follow regularly, you can contribute 30 fr for single practices.

Clothing: Comfortable clothing, suitable for body practices. It is possible to change clothes on the spot but not to shower. Always provide for the possibility of adding or removing a layer.

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