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S1 Ep10 Dance workshop (Breath)

S1 Ep10 Dance workshop (Breath)

In this episode, we return to breath as the basis of movement. I speak about the role breath played in my performance O, and how the score I used there can function as a simple structure for dancing:

grounding, breath, vocal resonance, expansion, and release.

We begin with grounding and noticing the breath without changing anything. From there, we work through a series of vocal and physical expansions inspired by Leah Landau and Lisa Schåman. We follow a progression of sounds — sighs, yawns, small vibrations, and vowel tones (u–o–e–a–m) — noticing how each one creates a different kind of movement or softening. The session also includes panting, laughter, and crying as physical rhythms rather than emotional expressions.

At one point, the group builds toward a short collective scream, simply as a shared peak of breath and sound, before letting everything drop back into quiet. After the scream, we stay with whatever movement remains when we stop “trying” to move.

Throughout the episode the focus stays on breath as the primary mover, allowing the body’s movement to remain secondary or responsive. The session ends with a period of dancing with breath in your own way — in silence or with music — followed by a brief reflection on how breath affected the quality of movement.

Dance workshop
Explore, imagine, move.

A companion series to PETER, dance with. These short audio workshops invite you to explore dance through imagination, movement, and curiosity. A space to rethink what dance can be, anywhere, for anyone.

To listen to the workshops: https://stillpeter.com/peter-audio-dance-workshop/

Music leaning by mobygratis

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