TOGETHER WE RISE
DANCING BAUBO
"Demeter, who, distraught at the rape and loss of her daughter Persephone, wandered the earth and caused all earthly fertility to cease. Finally, Demeter encountered the dancing Baubo, who lifted her skirt, revealing her vulva and making the goddess laugh. This gesture and Demeter´s delight resulted in the return of the Green – earthy fertility" (Lubell); Silvana, Conscious Dance Facilitator
I SURRENDER TO MY WILD HEART´S BEAT
LOST IN THE WONDERFUL SENSATION OF TOUCH
Nina, womb dancer, Germany
MOTHER EARTH, I FEEL YOU …HOLD ME
Nina, womb dancer, Germany
THE EROTIC
“We tend to think of the erotic as an easy, tantalizing sexual arousal. I speak of the erotic as the deepest life force, a force which moves us toward living in a fundamental way.” (Audre Lorde); Sarah, yoga teacher BDY/EYU, Germany
YOU SHOUD NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR THE WAY YOU NEED TO BE LOVED.
Sarah-Lena Brieger, Dancer, Germany (dares to have her full name published)
FREE FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT WOMAN
Afra, Germany
DIAMONDS
“Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise that I dance like I´ve got diamonds at the meeting of my thighs?” ( Maya Angelou); Passa Passa Dancehall Queens, Kingston, Tivoli Gardens, Jamaica
IT FELT LIKE PRAYING
„I danced out my pain...It felt like praying, like flying.” (Christie Watson)
THE IMMACULATE BLOODY CONCEPTION
“You have even placed a sin on sex/
Sayin mary was a virgin all her life." (Mutabaruka);
Trisha, Jamaica
THE THIRD EYE
"The third eye is no more sacred than the asshole." (Dane Tomas); Andrea, Germany
FREE LOVE AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY
“Men have always controlled women’s sexuality in order to make sure that only the man’s own offsprings inherit the man’s property. This started when humanity began to think that you can own land and nature … and women.” (Ingrid Firmhofer)
LUMBALÚ – ADIÓS BATATA
Spiritual meeting with Paulino Salgado Valdez, known as Batata, who just passed away; Lumbalú: Funeral Ritual of nine days of drumming and dancing in the Colombian village of San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia
“WALDEN” (Thoreau)
Silke, Germany
SURRENDER
Silke, Germany
WE ALL COME FROM THE SEA
VULNERABILITY AND CONNECTEDNESS
The deep pain of being separated overwhelms me, the old tendency to retreat is there and new is the courage to show myself with it. Tears flow on the lap of the women - peace and connectedness are the gift. The hand, the grass, the sun caress me.; Christina Diana
FEMALE POWER
Female power and the self are neither the denial of men nor the alienation of her strength. Female power is loyalty to oneself, one’s soul, body and its instincts.; Elvira, Body Therapist, Russia
“BLOOD COMING OUT OF HER WHEREVER” (Trump)
Trump suggesting that Megyn Kelly, a presenter for Fox News, was being critical of him because she was on her period.