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The Universal Language of Humanity
‘Dance and Music- The Universal Language of Humanity’
Shakeh Major Tchilingirian
Grapevine, September 2024, pp. 10-11.
Dancing over the past year or so has offered me many poignant moments to connect, reflect and to reveal the unifying and universal mystery of dance and music as a ‘mother tongue’. From the experience of dancing a suite of dances with Judy King, “Our Offering is Peace”, in the majestic Wells Cathedral to a fascinating, rich cultural and circle dance tour in Taroudant, Morocco with Laura Shannon, interspersed with teaching opportunities in Marseilles and Venice with Armenian youth from different countries coming together to discover and share their sense of identity through dance, music, film, theatre and literature.
KHAGH LATZEL
The body carries the memory of dance regardless of where the origin of the dance is from. In the Armenian tradition, even at the end of the year’s mourning for the departed person, the community is celebrated with a special circle dance in which the departed person becomes alive in the act of the dance.
KHAGH LATZEL Ein armenischer Brauch
Shakeh Major Tchilingirian
Neue Kreise Ziehen, "Tanz und Musik" 2, Juli 2024
Der Körper trägt die Erinnerung an den Tanz, unabhängig davon, woher der Tanz stammt. In der armenischen Tradition wird sogar am Ende des Trauerjahres für die verstorbene Person die Gemeinschaft mit einem besonderen Kreistanz gefeiert, bei dem die verstorbene Person im Tanz lebendig wird.
Departure into the “Unknown"
Departure into the “Unknown": a personal reflection
Shakeh Major Tchilingirian
Balance. Zeitschrift des Fachverbandes Meditation des Tanzes – Sacred Dance e.V. NR 2, 2022
Living through the ‘unknown’ is the realisation that one could lose so much because we do not have control over things or events in our lives. The unknown is the change we might not be ready for; it might be the unexpected; it could cause worry or anxiety. Yet, the unknown is part of the cycle of life, like the moon in the sacred dance circle. The constant is the moon, the sacred circle, it encircles the known and the unknown and turns it into a sacred force of harmony, attuning and connection.