 I do like a dance workshop to have a theme and a structure, and my visit to Peebles in July 2022 lent itself to this theme, after all we had twice had to postpone the event because of the pandemic!
It was generous of Gillian Limb to invite me, and this is part of her reflection on the day “Miggy introduced us to her theme and the format for the day. She had created a Corona Mass……so relevant for this moment in time, as we come out of lockdown and mindful of what has been, where we are now and what is to come. The Mass provided a simple framework and each dance was chosen to express each element: Gathering, Journeying, Praise and Prayer, Thankfulness and Blessing. During the morning Miggy took time to teach each dance, explaining a little about why she had chosen it, and about its choreography and music…. The afternoon session was devoted to dancing though The Mass with minimal reminders before each dance. The whole experience was a moving and powerful experience and a joy to be dancing in a large circle as one. Miggy had decided not to hold hands and we noticed how this freed us up to use our whole bodies as we moved around the circle together. It was a joy to feel part of the flowing energy and movement and a spiritual (in the widest sense) mood permeated everything.” The choreographies I chose come from as far afield as Chile and Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, the USA, Holland and Belgium, Hammersmith, Kent and Devon. The music included a Swahili prayer, a Sami Joik, Lakota (North American Indian), an early Seventeenth Century Polyphonic hymn to Mary from the Quechua of the Peruvian Andes, along with a Russian Gospodi, Choral music from a popular French film and a Gloria from ‘The Priests’ of Northern Ireland. I would happy lead this day, or similar, elsewhere!
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