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March 25, 2024 blog

singing and dancing

Some David Byrne videos that brought me tremendous pleasure.

Learning to dance:

Singing David Bowie’s Heroes with Choir! Choir! Choir!:

Byrne wrote: “We cling to our individuality, but we experience true ecstasy when we give it up.”

I was alerted to both from kottke.org:

https://kottke.org/24/01/learn-how-to-dance-like-david-byrne-from-byrne-himself

https://kottke.org/18/01/a-choir-of-strangers-accompanies-david-byrne-singing-david-bowies-heroes

Up next losing oneself I’m currently in the early stages of some research exploring improvisation and body awareness through the lens of nonduality. In the team I am hands that don’t want anything Back in 2009 I gave a presentation called Hands that don’t want anything at TaPRA at the University of Plymouth. It was about dancing with Kirstie

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