Echo calls us to look at our shadow side, the hard moments and the hurt, inviting us to sit with these experiences like a friend would. Letting it all in, dropping our walls of inner-resistance, and becoming curious about our present-moment-experience, something surprising might unfold. It might not be as scary as we thought. No longer the daunting subconscious ghost echoing in our heads, we instead find a quieter sense of being. We learn to exist with a newfound awareness, and begin to find a way to accept all aspects of ourselves.

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"If we could learn to wander in instead of away, what would we find? What would it look like if we stayed put? ”- Sarah Blondin

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Film for SEED Residency 2021

Company: Adaptations Dance Theater​

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Choreographer: Katie Whiticar

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Dancers: Alannah Andersen, Cady Cox, Jen Cox, Hallie Hunt, Katie Istvan

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Music: Greim69 by AGF

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Videography & Editing: Chelsea Fine

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Choreographer Notes + Links: Questions asked during the creation process: Can we learn to accept all aspects of our personal human experience? Can we love not just the pleasant and the good, but also the ugly and the difficult?

Listen
Parts of the meditation below was used within the sound score of the piece:

Sarah Blondin | Live Awake Podcast: Exploring the Wilderness of Discomfort

Feel
To help facilitate the exploration of one's own experience: Insight Timer Meditation App

Reflect
What do you see? Katie's Inspiration Board ​​

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