Luc Jacobs: Dancing with a Healthy Mindset Interview, Part 2.

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Luc Jacobs, interviewed by Voirelia’s Artistic Director, Alina Sotskova in February 2019.  Luc Jacobs is a dance artist and Senior Rehearsal Director at Batsheva Dance Company. He has many years of training and experience in ballet and contemporary dance, particularly Gaga. You can see some of Luc’s dance works here: https://vimeo.com/lucjacobs For the first part and … Continue reading Luc Jacobs: Dancing with a Healthy Mindset Interview, Part 2.

Luc Jacobs: Dancing with a Healthy Mindset Interview, Part 1.

Posted on by Dr. Alina Sotskova

Luc Jacobs, interviewed by Voirelia's Artistic Director, Alina Sotskova. Article by Gaby Hanga, Consultant for Voirelia's "Dancing with a Healthy Mindset" initiative. Luc Jacobs is a dance artist and Senior Rehearsal Director at Batsheva Dance Company. He has many years of training and experience in ballet and contemporary dance, particularly Gaga. You can see some … Continue reading Luc Jacobs: Dancing with a Healthy Mindset Interview, Part 1.

Dance & Authenticity: Serge Bennathan

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We interviewed Serge Bennathan, a Vancouver-based choreographer who founded dance companies in both Toronto and Vancouver. He has created nearly two dozen works for these companies, and has been a guest choreographer for SFU, LADMMI in Montreal, Ballet BC, DanseEncorps, Sara Roche and Lise McMillan, The School of Contemporary Dance, and Mocean Dance. He has … Continue reading Dance & Authenticity: Serge Bennathan

On the relationship between psychology and dance.

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I feel that the relationship between these two worlds of dance and psychology is not a straightforward one. I had spent a decade focusing on one field (dance), and then an additional decade focusing on the other (psychology), and only in the recent years I have started to draw links between the two. Over the … Continue reading On the relationship between psychology and dance.

The Gothic: Evoking the uncanny and the forbidden.

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Why does the Gothic genre continue to attract and fascinate us? Why do the worlds of the uncanny, the monstrous, the grotesque continue to draw people in – in film, literature, dance, and music? The Gothic genre has grown and expanded over the last century and a half and what are left with now is … Continue reading The Gothic: Evoking the uncanny and the forbidden.

Modern Physics: A Groundbreaking Science That Must Break Deeper Ground

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Written by: Steven M. Rosen In the last few decades, modern physics has excited the attention of a great many people. I’m not just referring to people in science but to the public at large. This is reflected in the best-selling popularity of books like The Tao of Physics (Capra 1975), The Dancing Wu Li Masters … Continue reading Modern Physics: A Groundbreaking Science That Must Break Deeper Ground

Understanding anxiety. Part III: The role of psychotherapy, art, and dance.

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If you are a little bit confused after reading the two previous articles on Understanding Anxiety, you are in the right frame of mind. If you are “a lot confused” after reading the last two articles, that is also quite a typical reaction. Anxiety is not simple because human minds are not simple. Psychotherapy and … Continue reading Understanding anxiety. Part III: The role of psychotherapy, art, and dance.

Understanding Anxiety. Part II: Existential anxiety and disordered anxiety.

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So what if the panic or anxiety is not tied to some recent argument, change, or stressful event? What is if sort of comes out of nowhere? Well, sometimes, anxiety can come up unexpectedly when events in life lead to reflections on “the big picture.” Existential psychology is concerned with how people experience the human … Continue reading Understanding Anxiety. Part II: Existential anxiety and disordered anxiety.

Understanding Anxiety. Part I: When anxiety can be helpful.

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Anxiety is a universal human experience, even though for each person that experience will differ. In the post-modern world, “anxiety” has become a buzzword, just like words such as “stress” and “depression.” In the science of psychology, these words have specific, although often debated, definitions. But when evoked in your typical conversation, the word “anxiety” … Continue reading Understanding Anxiety. Part I: When anxiety can be helpful.

Mystery, uncertainty, and death in Ural mountains.

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Addicted to Mystery? Mystery is typically something that eludes our human understanding, something that cannot be explained fully. Maybe it is a bit of an enigma, getting a whiff of the forbidden fruit without getting the full taste. Mysteries fascinate and attract us: this attraction is part of the reason we have movements like science, … Continue reading Mystery, uncertainty, and death in Ural mountains.