SUMMER I - vacation at the dance hall, day 1.

Summer......during the months of July and August, there are no classes in compulsory schools and most non-compulsory ones in the Czech Republic. Year-round courses for adults, taking into account the holiday period, also take a two-month break. So even the course where I go to my favorite instructor Zita to train and learn new movement principles is closed.

I decided to try to arrange a dance hall for individual training for the summer, which I'm spending in Prague anyway. It worked.

As feedback, I record myself for an hour or two. Then, at home, I watch the recording repeatedly to remember what looks wrong with my efforts and what needs to be improved in some way.

Sometimes I improvise, because invisible pathways to connect with music can easily become dusty from inactivity, and it's good to keep them active - you never know when an opportunity will arise, even though, at 53, I'm faced with the fact that I'll most likely never get on stage for a live performance again.....

Dancing has become my very favorite self-maintenance activity - to remain an active, mobile woman who can age gracefully and is able to take care of herself and her affairs well into old age.....

Here are some of my longer videos from this summer selection and you can find more on Youtube/ @MonikaKnezkova: