“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 goddes laugh. This gesture and Demeter´s delight resulted in the return of the Green - earthy fertility” (Lubell); Silvana Conscious Dance Facilitator
Zublym, artist Colombia
- “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); Zublym, Artist, Colombia
Trump suggesting that Megyn Kelly, a presenter for Fox News, was being critical of him because she was on her period.; Zublym, Artist, Colombia
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
Sarah-Lena Brieger, Dancer, Germany (dares to have her full name published)
“You have even placed a sin on sex/
Sayin mary was a virgin all her life." (Mutabaruka);
Trisha, Jamaica
“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
“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); Sara, yoga teacher BDY/EYU, Germany
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