I always considered myself a beach person until I spent time in the White Desert. Huge natural monuments of limestone and sandstone dot the landscape, some shaped like the heads half buried sphinxes, others resemble huge birds contemplating flight. For 4 days, friends and I wandered through the expanse of the desert, occasionally picking up fossilized shells from an ancient sea long since swallowed up by sand.
Archive for January, 2010
Dancing in Egypt’s White Desert
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010Spotting in Turns
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010We have all been taught to “spot” when we turn. But, do you know why? or how? Spotting does a couple of things for us. One, It fools the brain into thinking that the body is not turning at all; therefore, we get less dizzy. Two, it allows our minds to establish where we are [...]
The Depth of Dance
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010Just as ‘the blues’ was birthed out of the African-American experience 1, dance forms spring from the collective experience and values of a group. Through dance, entire societies express something of who they are, and who they are shapes where, when, and how they dance.
