Act for Special Procedures: A Global Petition

“The Special Procedures give a voice to the voiceless victims of abuses.”

-Kofi Annan, 19 June 2006

Despite the clear need for the Human Rights Council to strengthen the Special Procedures, several states are instead proposing changes that would cripple the ability of Special Procedures to promote and protect human rights effectively.

Can we make a difference by signing a petition? Try here : Amnesty.ca

Photo Credit:US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ΕΥΡΩΠΗ or the Myth of Europe

I have to assume this role...
Am I being pretentious?
Representing the myth of Europe through a dancer's body?
Plus, 23 children & teenagers singing and acting around me?
A cultural alliance of european cities will be the pretext for this attempt. The 16th of March in the city hall of Tours.
I will test my capacity to per - form and also my capacity to receive and transmit at the same time...
Receive what? Transmit what?
What does an all encompassing space do naturally?
Who talked about love?
And She...continues inspiring me...Ah....

replacing fear with love : a science...

”Fear is one of the greatest problems in life.

A mind that is caught in fear lives in confusion, in conflict,

and therefore must be violent, distorted and aggressive”,

Krishnamurti

petrol : the end...

100 Things You Can Do To Prepare Yourself for Peak Oil

avoid plastic in food!

I have seen friends of mine drinking hot tea
in plastic cups like those on the picture!
the cups were deformed from the heat and
some chemical released in the liquid...Be careful...
Check on the site of organic consumers : info

By the way I'm still searching for the best solution for pure drinking water... Any suggestions?

MERCI...

Friday, March 9th 2007 :

what a magnificent day!

I received in advance my birthday present...

Thank you....

the world is changing!

What separates us?
Who separates us?
Where do we focus to?
Is there fear in the room?
Or is there love in the room?
It's up to us...

Watch this video : stop_the_clash



Photo by : mitsos from space

measuring against gravity

sadness twisting the organs : limiting the flow of the state of love

we spend more time in fear rather than being in a state of love...

Love "is" creation : receiving and transmitting at the same time.

One day we will make it...

keep "putting pieces" of love everywhere you breathe...

Trans - Chorégraphique 2!

So now it's our turn for a festival : Transchorégraphique 2!
20-24 of February 2007 in Tours / France.
The following artists will challenge our artistic orientations :

Sophiatou Kossoko, Ivo Dimchev, Christophe Fiat, Vincent Dupont, Grand Magasin, & Tal Beit-Halachmi

For more info (in french) look here : CCNT

(Same as for Brest : If you are in London there are low cost flights to Tours with Ryan air!)

Utne : far out!

I rediscovered a favorite magazine : Utne / understanding the next Evolution...
The issue I bought(November 2005) had "Embrace your feminine" as cover story.Here's an excerpt:

Social analyst and ecopsychology pioneer Theodore Roszak says, "As women come more and more into their own, the qualities that we have long assumed were exclusively and stereotypically theirs will come to be more widely acknowledged. Institutions now grounded in harshly competitive market values will give more and more place to care, cooperation, and mutual aid. In the century to come, we can expect our cultural style to be steadily reshaped by the other half of the human race."
In fact, this reshaping has already begun. We find hope in all the ways women are stepping into leadership all over the world and in the men who are evolved enough to honor the feminine in themselves as well as in women.
Nina Utne

The Antipodes?

this time we don't participate in that Festival...
It's a pity : they have very interesting performances!
If you are in London there are low cost flights to Brest with Ryan air!

Check the programme here : Antipodes (in French)...

kamala dancing!

As I said before :
I knew that Kamala is a great dancer but seeing that video makes me want to see more!!!
She will be dancing the 6th & 7th of March
at Southbank Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London!

Plus, she will be teaching in a workshop for the company.
Here's the info:
Saturday 24th February
Technique and Repertory (advanced/professional level)
generated from contemporary dance and the Indian classical dance form Bharata Natyam. Shobana Jeyasingh has created a uniquely contemporary language: the work is also informed by the diverse movement cultures that her dancers bring into the studio (Capoeira and Kalari, among others). SJDC's Company Workshops provide an exciting opportunity for advanced and professional level dancers to experience SJDC training techniques and learn the new repertoire Faultline.
Company dancers Saju Hari and Kamala Devam will lead the workshops.

DATE: Saturday 24th February
TIME: 11am-1pm
FEE: £11/ £9 concesssions (book in advance or pay on the door)

AT: Islington Arts Factory
2 Parkhurst Street Holloway
London
N7 0SF

Contact Zoé on 0207 697 4444 or zoe(at)shobanajeyasingh.co.uk

Enjoy the space!

Let's insist!

Ok!It's time for breakfast!
(And if you wish for action click HERE!)

First day today....

of the contemporary dance festival of Marrakech...
We started by...walking all together : hip hop dancers and contemporary dancers...Of course it was not ordinary walking. It was a dancer's walk : for some it was an act of embodiment, for some a political statement, for others an urgency to exist, for others..and others...As I said before : human posture is not a right. It is a privilege generated by consciousness...
May the dance be with us!

Photo credit : Amélie Rouseau

More O. More...

Can trance heal?

We'll have to deal with that question again soon...
O.More will be performed in it's place of birth
the 22nd & 24th of January...

Anybody for a trip to Marrakech Dance festival?

let's take care of each other...

They want soooo much money to afford their huge villas....
It seems that signing petitions on the web works : so let's click!

MSF URGES NOVARTIS TO DROP ITS CASE AGAINST THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT
"Tell Novartis it has no business standing in the way of people's right to access the medicines they need. Sign on and urge Novartis to DROP THE CASE against the Indian government."

Photo credit : Julie Rémy

O.More to Marrakech

We're going to dance Bernardo Montet's O.More again!
The 22 & 24 of january in Marrakech/Morocco during the :
"On marche" ... 2nd Choreographic Meeting of Marrakech
The picture is from Taoufiq Izeddiou's Clandestins, Cœurs sans corps. For more info see on this link: On Marche (in french)

War or Irak?

I have the certainty that truth in politics
is as difficult to localise as truth in philosophy...
However, our fellow U.S. Americans seem to be fed up
with the war in Irak.
Maybe this petition could help them get the message to their Leader ...

Photo by : Daquella manera

Permission to sleep?

Are we taking care of our circadian rhythms?
There is an interesting discussion about it at Dadamo's forum :
circadian rhythms for type O's?
Although it's mainly about the O blood group,
it seems to concern all blood groups...

Dive into your dreams!

2007

I wish us all
Love
Creativity
Wisdom
for earth's new pirouette
around this hot sun