Soul Safari with William Whitecloud
The word Safari was first an Arabic word ‘safara’, meaning ‘a journey,’ which was first used as a foreign word in the English language in 1858. Then Swahili: The Arabic word found its way to East Africa where it was adapted to the Swahili verb kusafiri which means ‘to travel’ and the noun safari. Shosholoza means “go forward” […]
Welcome To Ella Mesma’s Updates (August 2018)
Olá, Hola, Bonjour, Pẹlẹ o! The sun is shining and the sky is blue. What a wonderful July we have had! Here are our updates from the past month and our what nexts…I try to keep our updates short and sweet but with plenty of links if you want to know the full story! This month […]
Dance Activism! Sharing the wise words of Amrita Hepi
Here she is… her words say enough. I just LOVE her! Amrita Hepi is also one to watch for some amazing work internationally. In this video… right from her opening words and acknowledgements I am hooked. For her dedication to dance activism and for her huge heart! It is so true we learn to apologise: […]
The Elderly Population BY MADISYN TAYLOR Our elderly population are our mentors and wise folk that came before us and paved the way for our future.
I read this this morning and thought it needed sharing. I am about to step into a new space in my ilife working with Yorkshire Dance on a project working with older people, and so when I saw this article, I just knew it needed sharing! In tribal cultures, the elderly play an important role. […]
The Jellyfish Metaphor: Dealing with trauma
How are jellyfish, dna, cancer, brain waves, stained glass windows, nature, space, the universe connected? I came across this article on one of my favourite sites: Medium, and I just knew this would be the basis of my new work ‘Foreign Bodies’. “Recently, a friend told me something I didn’t know about jellyfish: that certain […]