by Cheryl Pallant | Jan 19, 2012 | body awareness, creativity, dance, writing
During college, my modern dance teacher Carmen Beuchat continually challenged my comfort level. In class, she’d urge me to reach toward the horizon of my limits. Straighter torso, she’d say. Hip closer to a classmate’s. More energy. I squirmed. Daily. Unfamiliar...
by Cheryl Pallant | Jan 4, 2012 | contact improvisation
Two emails arrived in my mailbox recently from high school seniors from Mount Rainer High School in Washington. Assigned to write a paper on magical realism for their World Literature class, Tiffany and Manuel chose my short story, “A Touchy...
by Cheryl Pallant | Dec 15, 2011 | embodiment, somatic practice
We breath. We step. We touch. Ponder these activities. Each is essential to vitality and defines who we are. Breath maintains body function. Steps move us through time and space. We cross thresholds in reach of Other through touch. Do we breathe within an isolated...
by Cheryl Pallant | Nov 9, 2011 | Buddhism, impermance, presence
The poet sits at her table to write. She must do so. She is compelled. Words lure her to the blank page like a beckoning lover. Sometimes the lover welcomes the meeting with complete attention. Other times the hoped for embrace disappears. Perhaps the meeting was a...
by Cheryl Pallant | Sep 27, 2011 | poetic action, poetry
What do Jalabad Afghanastan, Kikinda Serbia, Fez Morocco, and Richmond Virginia have in common? All were among the sites for 700 events in 550 cities and 95 countries for 100 Thousand Poets for Change which took place on September 24. Cathy Magill, Cheryl Pallant,...
