Our dreams are deeply personal, and in the beginning stages of my work with dreams, I felt hesitant about how to proceed, yet I also felt something of Psyche’s insistence. Movement of various kinds, as well as other forms of creative expression, offer a way to explore the pendulating dynamic between knowing and not knowing, between what may feel like chaos and what could be the way forward - a sometimes charged dynamic present in our creative and dreaming lives. By weaving together our dreams and our bodily movements, we make a unique kind of space for the dream, following its lead into new territory.

I provide a framework for exploring the movement of dreams, offering ideas and ways to describe and experience them through the body.  I consider images and evocative language incredibly useful tools for awakening sensation.

What is a movement score?

A movement score is a verbal proposition or suggestion for improvising movement. As I consider movement scores based on dream images and themes that emerge in relationship to the image, I’m aware I’m contributing to a conversation that has begun through the acts of writing down the dream and simply receiving the first waves of associations and sensory information offered. The score takes me out of the bed or off the couch and into movement.

“One must have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star.” Nietzsche