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Merengue Madness | Nina Perez | TEDxStanleyPark


[Music]
I teach connection through dance and
today we’re gonna use the vehicle
merengue to go on a journey a journey of
connection with yourself and others the
connection waist of your body in your
environment you know how they say when
you do how you do one thing is how you
do all things I want you to pay
attention to how you show up today and
see a lot of my students often say that
they learn so much about themselves
through dance so if you’re willing and
able please stand up feet together and
our first destination is gonna be within
and we’re gonna listen to the music and
there is a rhythm and I want you to
start going with the rhythm going with
the flow we don’t want to resist it so
we feel the rhythm and I want you to put
that energy into your heart and start
tapping your heart when you feel that
rhythm make it loud so your neighbor can
hear now what happens when we feel
something deeply is that our starts
going down our core and gets us into
action and your hips are gonna start
moving side to side this is our engine
it drives us their purpose you’re never
gonna stop being in action very good
some of you didn’t even know you have
those hips right we’re gonna venture
into that meaning forward into the
future and I want you to think by
leaning forward with all the
possibilities and the experiences to
come and bring all the excitement into
the present moment
then we’re gonna venture into the past
and reflect on all your past experiences
and memories and bring all those lessons
learned into the present very nice if
any negativity showed up just shake it
off I love shake it off down below
shake it up that’s it then we’re gonna
raise their hands and ground ourselves
down one more deep breath and ground
yourself and what happens when you found
yourself as creativity starts bubbling
up touching your knees and bring that
curtain
yeah and turn in one direction
expressing your creativity all the way
around very good and in any journey we
have fellow travelers go high-five your
neighbors your friends people beside you
all the people around you yes and we’re
gonna probably reach an ending or a
milestone and we want to celebrate those
so raise your hand it’s a very bags ok
like I need to be one a mask rip we’re
gonna do it again
so feet together we start in the hearts
and then move into action our purpose
head to the future see our vision and
shimmies and then to the past and bring
all those experiences into the present
shake up any negativity that’s it and
then breathe things ground yourself down
into the earth one more then creativity
starts coming up your knees and turn in
one direction or the other expressing
yourself with your creativity high-five
your community your neighbors your
friends and celebrate
[Applause]
let’s do it one more time a little bit
faster so part purpose vision of the
future past experience shake off any
negativity and Brown again and
creativity bubbles up turn in one
direction and the other direction turn
the other direction high-five your
friends your community very nice
celebration very good everybody so
that’s our merengue madness
and I hope you take brave inspired
actions and continue to dance thank you
everybody thank you so much
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