Today’s first dance improvisation accompanied by Max Richter’s All Human Beings (Part 1) allowed me to enter in and put me in touch with this moment in time. I was present in the contemplation, crafting a movement poem through the body as I listen to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Richter describes this piece as “a place to think and reflect” and a message of hope in these troubled times. This was my first time listening to this beautiful piece of music. It allowed me to connect to myself and the weight of this moment with a desire to ground and find a way forward. Fully felt and connected in the dance. Namaste

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was drafted by a group of philosophers, artists and thinkers convened by Eleanor Roosevelt and adopted by the United Nations in 1948, after the Second World War.