Let us read and let us dance — two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.
–Voltaire
TaKeTiNa
…is a musical, meditative group process for people who want to develop their awareness of rhythm.
You don’t need
to play an instrument.
People at all levels can work together to transform their relationship to rhythm, to each other, and to life.
In a TakeTiNa circle, people step, clap, and vocalize while they are led deeper and deeper into the complex world of polyrhythms. As we alternately find and lose rhythm orientation –then find our way back again– we explore the fluctuation between chaos and order, confusion and clarity, the known and the unknown. We begin to sense, from the inside, our relationship to time and space.
You don’t need to bring anything. Wear comfortable clothes and an open mind.
read what others have to say
Download here the 2011 TaKeTiNa journal, reporting on ongoing research, upcoming events, and more.
The Fall 2009 issue of Conscious Dancer devotes several pages to TaKeTiNa, paying particular attention to the healing power of rhythm.
Justine Willis Toms writes about her TaKeTiNa experience in her book Small Pleasures.
Tomas Jedlik (Czech Republic) and Chris Corrigan (Canada) describe their experiences.
The Wikipedia entry has many more
resources for the curious.
