The Daily Dancer is a collection of oral story activations set to fertile soundscapes curated by Mother Mother. These offerings encourage creators to amplify presence in their bodies and discovery new movements, narratives, and possibilities with the support of Mother Mother’s voice-guided dance practices.
Cosmic Organ
About this practice: Mother Mother introduces her foundational understanding of all movement, that the breath is the first dance. She invites creators to feel into the awakenings stirred when imagining that when we dance we are breathing for the universe.
Soundtrack | Lansine Kouyate & Sissokho Yakhouba Fakoli | Greg Foat Symphonie Pacifique | Photo by Colin A. Danville
Possibility is round
About this practice: Possibility Is Round is a 3-stage progression that invites the embodied experimentation and exploration of round movements in the body’s rotations, through forms and shapes made by the body, and through circular and round patterns the dancing body discovers in the space.
Soundtrack: Bugge Wesseltoft Yellow is the Colour | Mammal Hands Quiet Fire | Joe Claussell Je Ka Jo (Demo Version) | Je Ka Jo (Drums Of Passion Mix)
In this now moment
About this practice: In This Now Moment is a one-hour, oral movement practice with Mother Mother that invites us to consider where gravity, weight, and density has gathered in the body. Through a series of gentle prompts, dancers discover a softening and a lightening of energies.
Soundtrack: Bonga Mu Nhango | Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro The Dreaming Mind, Pt. 1 | François Chesnel, Frédéric Chiffoleau, Fred Pasqua, Yoann Loustalot Sanza tristesse | Osunlade Jade | The Cinematic Orchestra Ode To The Big Sea | Osunlade, Maiya James Same Thing (Instrumental Mix) | Blue Lab Beats, Kaidi & NK-OK Out of the Blue | Sunlightsquare Ochosi (Original Instrumental Mix) | Butcher Brown Cross River | Kokoroko Abusey Junction