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Trance Dance Workshop

March 13, 2009 No Comments

Hi Maria Thanks for your reply. My experience on Saturday? For me – a 51-year old woman from a very constrained Anglo background, it was a very confronting decision to attend a trance workshop! However, over the past few years I’ve been trying to challenge myself in relation to voice (singing workshops) and body (dance …

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The Source of Movement

March 13, 2009 No Comments

‘Since I have been attending Maria’s classes my dancing is much more fluid and centred. Her emphasis on  the source of movement (not the result) enables your movements to happen naturally, so they don’t look forced, enabling them to flow and to release the vitality within. I particularly relate to her anatomical visualisations. She provides …

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You are a great teacher . . .

March 12, 2009 No Comments

I’ve really been enjoying the classes for several reasons – You’re a great teacher – you have lots of methods and analogies that the learner can relate to and finally ‘get it’ – I really like the warm up and warm down parts (as a bridge from one state to another) – Being a Gemini I’m …

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