MidnightNotebook

YEAH

OK what is it with communication? Why is it such a tough pair of brakes for most human beings in this modern Western society?

Why do people allow petty complexes, prejudices, a lack of self-confidence, or other childhood issues get in the way of relationships?…

Comedians do break the ice rather nicely, making caricatures of inner doubts; building subconscious bridges, where almost everyone is on the same road (as far as faults are concerned)…

Pride roughens landscapes however, and too often divides.

I have learnt the hard way to get respect for my own boundaries, and I do admire others who will do the same.

I cannot however suffer individuals who create tantrums for the sake of a lost identity…

What IS wrong with working on that item instead?….

Lectures & Presentations

I am available for presentations and lectures, as a stimulating addition to Fashion or Dance workshops.

Here is a selection of subjects I can lecture about:

The History and analysis of  Body  language within  Samba, Raqs Sharqi (Bellydance), or Flamenco.

The Language of Clothing in Costumes: Middle-Eastern, Ballroom, Latin, or Indian dances…

The various messages within textile: in European, Oriental or African Fashions.

Palpable links between the visual and musical:  Music Vs Couture, philosophical and scientific  approaches.

Traditions in Middle-Eastern costuming .

          How to make a visually-effective Belly dance outfit.

All topics are thoroughly-researched and can be developed to cater for your needs.  Fashion Samples can also be provided., and practical exercises can be included.

I am open to suggestions, as far as auditioning processes go.

sandrine.anterrion@yahoo.co.uk

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Rant xxy: Hypocrisy

My pet hate, social hypocrisy. Lies, lies; and denials about under-lying problems, conflicts, etc…

Surely denying matters wont solve anything. Covering, for whatever motives equls to refusing to see reality…

Why then would grown adults choose the latter option, even when it means some others get wounded, and stay hurt??…

Destructive, hurtful, and immature: the social veneer of many modern societies, repressed as they are not by their religion, but by their fears.

I have always opted for speaking out the truth, whenever it was constructive, powerful and necessary.

I have hence met opposition, but it has stopped bothering me a while ago.

I refuse to be a social robot.

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Musical DNA

I am currently mildly obsessed with analysing the emotional and rhythmical contents of various types of musical matter.

Cultural DNA of a country

=Conscious and Subconscious collectives of a land

=Key to Its political issues and social needs.

= What politicians try to address

As Present in the musical structure, and in the Dance form.

If I took Samba, for instance, in Brazil.

Steps, body language, urgencies, arguments, inner dialogues, and self-destruction needs.

What the people are asking, what they know for values, what matters to them, etc… Emotional needs, tempi, etc…

Physics: Atoms, electrons… In movement and kin dance.

Bodies in movement. Echoes of anything biologically-programmed? After all, the Collective subconscious is a reflection of our smaller individual selves….

It is a shopping list, currently, but believe or not, I do know where I am going with this…

Need to write it down properly, that’s all.

But it is feasible, since music itself can be measured, so can Time, and so can space.

Need to involve Mr Freud in this, maybe??…

See y’all later.

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