2012/7/7Dance house 發表會 演出曲目

Flower
Waltz variation花之圓舞曲

 

http://youtu.be/tlGd7QaOElY

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2012/7/7Dance house 發表會 演出曲目

 

Dance
of the Reed-Pipes variation蘆荻之舞

http://youtu.be/gJCSQJaU-P4

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Sarah Kay: 如果我有個女兒

專家指出，廣島那片被輻射污染的土地，將會有75年的時間無法長出任何東西....但就在那年春天，有株新芽破土而出。當我遇見你的那一刻，我就不再是你未來的一部份了，而是成為你的過去，但在那瞬間，我分享了你的現在，而你，你也分享了我的。這就是最棒的禮物...如果你告訴我我可以做出些不可能的事，我可能會笑你。我不知道舞能不能改變世界，因為我對她的瞭解並不透徹，但如果你能讓我不停的大笑，那會讓我忘記我現在身處的世紀....我正努力嘗試讓這段人生沒有白費...

http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_kay_if_i_should_have_a_daughter.html

 

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幸福的密碼:人的幸福感取決於什麼?

1988年4月，霍華德‧金森24歲，是美國哥倫比亞大學的哲學系博士。他畢業論文的課題是《人的幸福感取決於什麼》。為了完成這一課題，他向市民隨機派發出了一萬份問卷。問卷中，有詳細的個人資料登記，還有5個選項：A非常幸福。B幸福。C一般。D痛苦。E非常痛苦。

歷時2個多月，他最終收回了5,200多張有效問卷。經過統計，僅僅只有121人認為自己非常幸福。

接下來，霍華德‧金森對這121人做了詳細的調查分析。

他發現，這121人當中有50人，是這座城市的成功人士，他們的幸福感主要來源於事業的成功。

而另外的71人，有的是普通的家庭主婦，有的是賣菜的農民，有的是公司裡的小職員，還有的甚至是領取救濟金的流浪漢。這些職業平凡生涯黯淡的人，為什麼也會擁有如此高的幸福感呢?

透過與這些人的多次接觸交流，霍華德‧金森發現，這些人雖然職業多樣、性格迥然，但是有一點他們是相同的，那就是他們都對物質沒有太多的要求。他們平淡自守，安貧樂道，很能享受柴米油鹽的尋常生活。

這樣的調查結果讓霍華德‧金森很受啟發。於是,他得出了這樣的論文總結：

這個世界上有兩種人最幸福。一種是淡泊寧靜的平凡人，一種是功成名就的傑出者。

如果你是平凡人，你可以透過修煉內心、減少欲望來獲得幸福。如果你是傑出者，你可以透過進取拼搏，獲得事業的成功，進而，獲得更高層次的幸福。

他的導師看了論文後，十分欣賞，批了一個大大的“優”！

畢業後，愛德華‧金森留校任教。一晃，二十多年過去了。如今，愛德華‧金森也由當年的意氣青年成長為美國一位知名終身教授。2009年6月，一個偶然的機會，他又翻出了當年的那篇畢業論文。他很好奇，當年那121名認為自己「非常幸福」的人現在怎麼樣呢?他們的幸福感還像當年那麼強烈嗎?

他把那121人的聯繫方式又找了出來，花費了3個月的時間，對他們又進行了一次問卷調查。調查結果回饋回來了。

當年那71名平凡者，除了兩人去世以外，共收回69份調查表。這些年來，這69人的生活雖然發生了許多變化(他們有的已經躋身於成功人士的行列；有的一直過著平凡的日子；也有的人由於疾病和意外，生活十分拮据。)但是他們的選項都沒變，仍然覺得自己「非常幸福」。

而那50名成功者的選項卻發生了巨大的變化。僅有9人事業一帆風順，仍然堅持當年的選擇——「非常幸福」。23人選擇了「一般」。有16人因為事業受挫，或破產或降職，選擇了「痛苦」。另有2人選擇了「非常痛苦」。

看著這樣的調查結果，霍華德‧金森陷入了深思，一連數日，他都沉浸在自己的思緒當中。

兩周後，霍華德‧金森以《幸福的密碼》為題在《華盛頓郵報》上發表了一篇論文。在論文中，他詳細敘述了這兩次問卷調查的過程與結果。論文結尾，他總結說：所有靠物質支撐的幸福感，都不能持久，都會隨著物質的離去而離去。只有心靈的淡定寧靜，繼而產生的身心愉悅，才是幸福的真正源泉。

無數讀者讀了這篇論文之後，都紛紛驚呼：「霍華德‧金森破譯了幸福的密碼！」這篇文章，引起了廣泛關注。《華盛頓郵報》一天之內6次加印！

在接受媒體採訪時，霍華德‧金森一臉愧疚：20多年前，我太過年輕，誤解了“幸福”的真正內涵。而且，我還把這種不正確的幸福觀傳達給了我的許多學生。在此，我真誠地向我的這些學生致歉，向“幸福”致歉！

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動力

 

在經過編、排舞蹈的緊繃、疲累中

（最近在編舞的過程中，一直有「難產」的痛苦），

有一天，我在畫室畫畫的時候，竟然畫到快睡著，

第一次，我感覺失去對畫畫的熱情（或許是被疲憊淹沒了）...

 那一天，我提前離開畫室，

隔週，我跟老師請假，我跟老師說：

我很快就會回來的....

但，幾週過去了，我仍沒有回畫室的動力.....

我不是喜歡畫畫嗎？

是的！

但支持我畫下去的動力，終究還是來自舞蹈。

 一場發表會，要耗的心力不只在排練場，

更是在內室，我自己的空間，要做足功課.....

 本來，畫畫是我抒壓的出口，

當它變成負擔時(沒時間、沒心情找合適的內容與背景....)，

我決定暫時脫離，直到哪一天，

那個想畫畫的念頭再回來找我....

 這個過程，讓我重新同理我親愛的學生們！

 當舞蹈變成一個負擔而非享受時，我支持學生脫離吧！

 當非請假不可時，請吧！

 我不會再嘮叨，連提醒都會擺一邊去

（學生要自己注意課卡到期日）。

 我會更多體諒學生的不能、更多珍惜學生的可以，

 就當學生是家人！

 這次的感冒是上帝化妝的祝福，

舞蹈不能是我的最愛，永遠要放在上帝、家人之後....

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Breaking Down The Roll Down

http://youtu.be/jT8YRCgLxzE

 

One of the hardest things when you are trying to get more
flexible is working out what exercises to do. However, by using Lisa’s simple
way of carefully looking at a roll down, you can discover where you might be
tight, and then use more appropriate exercises rather than always being
frustrated by your usual stretching methods!

So
watch this video, then grab a friend to watch you “roll down” or film yourself
doing it and go from there!

The following points break down this test
for you and give you some specific ideas to direct you to all the right
stretches and exercises!

Breaking Down The Roll Down

1.               
How
close does your chin come towards your chest? If it feels tight in the back of
your neck then try some sub
occipital releases.

2.               
If you
feel a pulling feeling in your upper back as you start to roll down then it is
more likely to be neural
tension, so try some thoracic
mobilisers or the upper back sequence from Front Splits Fast

3.               
As you
continue down, if your upper back is rather flat is flat, then an elbow drag
can help or try the thoracic mobility section in Front Splits Fast.

4.               
In your
lumbar spine, you should get a nice curve. If not, you may need to release the
muscles using the QL stretch or gentle spinal mobility
exercises to help release it. Remember not to crack it!

5.               
If you
are stuck at the hips and not getting enough of a bend there, then tennis ball
release work on the muscles deep in the back of the hips might really help you
get the rest of the way down

6.               
Once
you get completely down, take notice of where you feel tightness – if could be
in your hamstrings, calves or feet. Do the appropriate exercises in the Front
Splits Fast program to help you get the appropriate releases for these areas

 

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Can wimming make your hip flexors tight?

 

Over
the years I have received lots of emails from people noticing all kinds of
things that can contribute to decreased flexibility…

Here is
one I received from a Mother (and dance teacher) with a few questions about
tension in the hip flexors. This is related to some things that we discuss in
the Front Splits Fast program so I thought
that you would appreciate the answers I gave her.

“Hi Lisa!

I am really excited to start
working with your program both with my own kids (golf, soccer, hapkido, track)
and with all of the ballet students that I teach.

I feel that any question I ask
right now might be premature since I have not yet started the program, but I
will go ahead and shoot them off because this is an area I have been studying
and researching for years. The little girl who is playing Clara in my
Nutcracker this year is a very strong, dedicated dancer. Her main holdback has
been her turn-out. She seems to have extremely tight (sometimes painful) hip
flexors which makes turning out very limited. She is also quite involved in
swimming. I have noticed with other dancers who swim that they also have tight
hips. One student who did not have any tightness started swimming for PE in
high school, and also immediately started complaining of sore hips. Is there
any relation? Can the hip flexors be a big problem both in flexibility and
turnout range? Can there be improvement with proper care and knowledge as in
your program?

Also, my son is involved in
Hapkido. He is very aware of good stretching and seems to be quite flexible.
However, he seems to always also be tight in his hip flexors, and seems to
regularly pull his hamstring (way up high into his hip). Is it possible there
is just a weakness here, or after being injured can’t quite completely heal? He
continues a cycle of going regularly to class, injuring himself, stopping
because of the pain, waiting for it to feel better, and then continuing again.

I know how busy you are, so if you
have any time to address my questions I will feel extremely honored. I have
greatly enjoyed all of the information in the Perfect Pointe System and thank
you for your dedication and wisdom.

Sincerely,

Kelly M ( Tustin , California )”

Hi
Kelly, and thanks so much for your question! Yes, there is definitely a
relationship with tension in the hips flexors and reduced turnout and
flexibility, and also between reduced turnout and flexibility and tension in
the hips! It is one of those “which came first… the chicken or the egg?”
scenarios!

If it
is hard to turn the hip out fully, when we attempt to lift the leg into retiré
(passé) a little muscle over the front/side of the hip called your TFL often
works much harder than it is designed for. (You will learn more about this
muscle in the program). Overuse can obviously cause pain and tension in the
hips. Tension in this muscle will then block turnout, especially when in
standing. So therefore, if there is already less turnout range, and a student
is repeatedly lifting their leg into retiré, then they will unfortunately tend
to get tighter if there technique is not very good.

In
relation to swimming, there are two possible reasons for the tension developing
in the hips.

1) How
much Breaststroke have each of the students been doing? While swimming
freestyle can be great for releasing tension in the spine, depending on the
technique of the swimmer (or lack thereof…) tension may build in the hips from
repeated hip flexion during breaststroke. If technique is sound, I do not see
that this should be a problem, and I personally swam considerable distances at
competative level when I was dancing with no detrimental effect!

2) The
other thing that I would take a look at is the posture that both your son and
your ‘Clara’ stand in outside of class. I have discovered that one of the
biggest contributors to tight hips in students is their casual standing
posture, as opposed to the posture that they hold in class. Especially note if
they tend to tilt the pelvis forward (bottom out), or sit into one hip. Posture
may also be affected if the student is getting cold after swimming and sits
huddled with the hips flexed to keep warm (a very common position).

Swimming
is a great adjunct to dancing as it can give a good form of cardiovascular
exercise without any load on the feet or lower limbs. Perhaps just reduce the
amount of breaststroke that they are both doing for a few weeks and see if this
changes things.

With
your son, often recurrent strains of the hamstring are due to underlying tension in the nerves (has he had a recent
growth spurt?) or an imbalance in the strength of his hamstrings
and gluteals (buttock muscles). We will be discussing the issue of neural
tension in detail in the dvds, so make sure that you follow all of the testing
carefully and try the releases on him to see the difference. I am sure that he
will notice a difference straight away!

This is
a great reminder to us all that it is often what we do with our bodies outside of class that
dictate how mobile it is in any given direction. Always be mindful of your
posture and how this can affect your mobility.

There
are lots of gentle hip release techniques in the program, so once your DVDs
arrive, work on that section to discover new ways of improving the mobility in
this area!

Let me
know what you discover!

Kindest
regards,

Lisa

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