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– Bun\u0103!!!\n– Ada look this!
\n– Hello!
\n– So we start choreography now?<\/p>\n
– Bun\u0103!!!
\n– Ada look this!
\n– Hello!
\n– So we start choreography now?<\/p>\n
They come in. But not as you would expect, simply walking through the door. They\u2019re already jumping, practicing turns, half way through taking their shoes off. I spot back bends in the corner and some breakdance moves on the floor. The energy is instant and I get a bit lost between exchanging hugs (landing near my belly button or chest depending on the age), preventing a sudden pinching fight, and trying to set up the speakers. Bear in mind that after two months my Romanian is just slightly more advanced than the basic \u2018Buna\u2019 and \u2018Sunt
\nvoluntar, nu \u00een\u021beleg\u2019.<\/p>\n
Yet somehow I communicate with my small bunch of movers. We madly gesticulate, they pick up some English (or they say so and then do something complete opposite to what I said), or sometimes I have to pick them up and bring to the correct place. So here we are. The cold tiles of the immersive auditorium, semidarkness of the half-covered long windows, black chairs, tiny wooden stage, the Romanian flag on the curtains\u2026 And us \u2013 a small group gathered amongst all this with a rather extreme variety of sizes, ages, and experience in any kind of physical training. I look at my bunch, realising that I can forget about
\neverything that I planned for this lesson. I decide to improvise the exercises, focusing on one thing we all have in common – the desire to move. Eager to start straightaway, they throw themselves around, pushing the chairs to the side to make space, changing, snacking and drinking water.<\/p>\n
– Ceeeeeeeeeerc!<\/p>\n
Finally we all gather in a circle. From the speakers you can hear booming beats of African drums and the bodies start to groove in all kinds of different ways. I go with simple warm up exercises in a circle and then travelling through space. Inspired by some African influences, I teach them simple steps and arm gestures. I allow the chaos to unfold as they try to figure out the movement, only sometimes I bring the order back, explaining again or correcting.
\n– It\u2019s like showing someone to go away.
\nI demonstrate the movement.
\n– Go away, go away, go away, go away, go..<\/p>\n
And before you know it, the high pitched chorus of \u2018Go away\u2019 echoes through the space. I\u2019m amazed by the power of those little lungs and decide to go with it.
\n– A\u0219a, a\u0219a, a\u0219a, a\u0219a\u2026
\n– Close, open, close, jump! Close, open, close, jump! Close, open, close, jump!<\/p>\n
I’m breathless. We dance, we shout the steps, the right and left gets confused, as do the hands and legs. Their attention travels with the speed of lightning. Some boss around, some get tired, some go back to their pinching fight. Hands on my hips and pulling an angry face I catch one of the boys on talking, and we all crack up as he gets scared. Finally I shout \u2018Pausa!! Apa!\u2019 and let the chaos unfold. Legs are flying around in cartwheels, some lay on the chairs, there\u2019s a bag of chips going around, and a hide and seek game unfolds behind the curtains accompanied by slightly concerning sound effects.
\nThe magic word \u2018Capoeira\u2019 is what brings them back eventually. I demonstrate some basic steps, kicking and ducking and their eyes look like I\u2019ve just brought kilograms of ice cream into the room. There is barely any patience to repeat the basics, and the legs start to kick in all kinds of directions.
\n– Right, back, left, back! Protect! Kick! Right back..
\nThe sounds of birimbau, arms moving more in a disco way than anything else, and steps that look all too similar to salsa. But it all doesn\u2019t matter. We exchange really cool handshakes at the end and I feel a buzzing sense of happiness that I can share these moments with my small bunch of movers.<\/p>\n
– Bun\u0103!!!
\n– Ada uite aici!
\n– Bun\u0103!
\n– Putem \u00eencepe coregrafia acum?<\/p>\n
Au venit. Dar nu cum te-ai a\u0219tepta, intr\u00e2nd pe u\u0219\u0103 pur \u0219i simplu. Deja sar, fac rotiri \u0219i se descal\u021b\u0103 \u00een acela\u0219i timp. Am v\u0103zut ni\u0219te \u00eendoiri pe spate \u00eentr-un col\u021b \u0219i ni\u0219te mi\u0219c\u0103ri de breakdance pe podea. Energia e instant\u0103 \u0219i eu m\u0103 pierd pu\u021bin printre \u00eembr\u0103\u021bi\u0219\u0103ri (care \u00eemi ajung la buric ori la piept, depinde de v\u00e2rst\u0103), prevenirea unor pi\u0219c\u0103turi \u0219i \u00eencercarea de a instala boxele. Lua\u021bi \u00een considerare c\u0103 dup\u0103 dou\u0103 luni rom\u00e2na mea e doar ceva mai avansat\u0103 dec\u00e2t \u201eBun\u0103\u201d \u0219i \u201eSunt voluntar, nu \u00een\u021beleg.\u201d\u00a0Cumva totu\u0219i comunic c\u0103 micii mi\u0219c\u0103tori. gesticul\u0103m cu to\u021bii, ei \u00een\u021beleg un pic de englez\u0103 (sau pretind \u0219i apoi fac total opus), ori c\u00e2teodat\u0103 trebuie s\u0103 \u00eei aranjez eu \u00een pozi\u021bia corect\u0103.<\/p>\n
Prin urmare aici suntem. Dalele reci ale s\u0103lii, semi\u00eentunericul dat de ferestrele lungi acoperite, scaunele negre, scena mic\u0103 de lemn, steagul Rom\u00e2niei ag\u0103\u021bat de cortina scenei… \u0219i noi – un grup mic adunat printre toate acestea, av\u00e2nd m\u0103rimi, v\u00e2rste \u0219i experien\u021be \u00een ale mi\u0219c\u0103rii diferite. M\u0103 uit la grup \u0219i realizez c\u0103 pot s\u0103 uit ce planificasem. Decid s\u0103 improvizez exerci\u021bii \u0219i s\u0103 m\u0103 oncentrez pe un singur lucru – dorin\u021ba de mi\u0219care. Dornici s\u0103 \u00eenceap\u0103 numaidec\u00e2t, sar prinprejur, \u00eemping scaunele la o parte, se schimb\u0103, mai m\u0103n\u00e2nc\u0103 c\u00e2te ceva \u0219i beau ap\u0103.<\/p>\n
– Ceeeeeeeeeerc!<\/p>\n
Cumva ne adun\u0103m \u00eentr-un cerc. Din boxe se aud beaturi de tobe africane \u0219i trupurile \u00eencep s\u0103 se mi\u0219te \u00een feluri diferite. \u00cencep cu exerci\u021bii de \u00eenc\u0103lzire simple \u0219i de explorare a spa\u021biului. Inspira\u021bi de influen\u021bele africane \u00eei \u00eenv\u0103\u021b pa\u0219i simpli \u0219i gesturi ale bra\u021belor. Permit haosului s\u0103 se desf\u0103\u0219oare ca ei s\u0103 prind\u0103 mi\u0219care. C\u00e2teodat\u0103 restabilesc ordinea explic\u00e2nd \u0219i corect\u00e2nd.<\/p>\n
– E ca \u0219i cum ai alunga pe cineva.<\/p>\n
Demonstrez mi\u0219carea<\/p>\n
– Pleac\u0103, pleac\u0103, pleac\u0103, ple…<\/p>\n
\u0218i \u00eenainte s\u0103 realiz\u0103m refrenul \u201ePleac\u0103\u201d se aude \u00een toat\u0103 sala. Sunt uimit\u0103 de puterea acestor mici pl\u0103m\u00e2ni dar continui. And before you know it, the high pitched
\n– A\u0219a, a\u0219a, a\u0219a, a\u0219a\u2026
\n– \u00cenchide, deschide, \u00eenchide, sari!\u00a0\u00cenchide, deschide, \u00eenchide, sari!<\/p>\n
Sunt f\u0103r\u0103 suflare. Dans\u0103m, strig\u0103m pa\u0219ii, \u00eencurc\u0103m st\u00e2nga cu dreapta \u0219i m\u00e2inile cu picioarele. Aten\u021bia lor c\u0103l\u0103tore\u0219te cu viteza luminii. Unii se dau \u00een stamb\u0103, al\u021bii sunt obosi\u021bi, unii se \u00eentorc al pi\u0219c\u0103turi. Pun m\u00e2inile \u00een \u0219old \u0219i cu o fa\u021b\u0103 sup\u0103rat\u0103 \u00eel suprind pe unul dintre b\u0103ie\u021bi, care se sperie \u0219i cu to\u021bii ne pr\u0103p\u0103dim de r\u00e2s. \u00cen cele din urm\u0103 strig \u201ePauz\u0103!\u201d \u201eAp\u0103!\u201d \u0219i las tot haosul s\u0103 se desf\u0103\u0219oare din nou. Unii fac roata \u021biganului, al\u021bii se a\u0219eaz\u0103 pe scaune, o pung\u0103 de chipsuri trece de la unul la altul, un joc de v-a\u021bi-ascunselea ia loc printre draperii acompaniat de sunete \u00eengrijorate.<\/p>\n
Cuv\u00e2ntul magic \u201eCapoeira\u201d e cel care \u00eei aduce din nou \u00eempreun\u0103. Le ar\u0103t ni\u0219te pa\u0219i de baz\u0103, lovituri \u0219i aplec\u0103ri \u0219i ochii lor se m\u0103resc de parc\u0103 am adus c\u00e2teva kilograme de \u00eenghe\u021bat\u0103 \u00een \u00eenc\u0103pere. Aproape c\u0103 nu au r\u0103bdare s\u0103 repete pa\u0219ii de baz\u0103 \u0219i picioarele \u00eencep lovituri \u00een toate direc\u021biile.<\/p>\n
– Dreapta, spate, st\u00e2nga, spate! Love\u0219te, dreapta, spate…<\/p>\n
E g\u0103l\u0103gie mult\u0103, m\u00e2inile se mi\u0219c\u0103 mai mult ca la discotec\u0103 iar picioarele par s\u0103 danseze salsa. Dar nu prea conteaz\u0103. Ne str\u00e2ngem m\u00e2inile la final \u0219i am un sentiment de fericire \u0219tiind c\u0103 am un mic grup de mi\u0219c\u0103tori cu care pot \u00eemp\u0103rt\u0103\u0219i astfel de momente.<\/p>\n
Adrianna este \u00een Rom\u00e2nia pentru o perioad\u0103 de \u0219ase luni, din martie 2018 p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een august 2018, \u00een cadrul proiectului\u00a0Active Youth in Rural Settings<\/em>\u00a0[2017-1-PL01-KA105-035693]\u00a0proiect co-finan\u021bat de Uniunea European\u0103 prin Programul Erasmus+ \u0219i implementat \u00een Rom\u00e2nia de c\u0103tre\u00a0Curba de Cultur\u0103.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"