Women, Girls & the Feminine

From One Dancer To Another

by Sheila Collins | Jul 16, 2011 | Women, Girls & the Feminine

“Mom was a dancer, and she loved to dance,” your son said at your eulogy. I’d forgotten you’d begun your public life as a dancer with Martha Graham. Looking back on your rich and rewarding life, I can see the marks of that first profession on the phases that followed....

Connecting with the Wisdom of Indigenous People

by Sheila Collins | Jul 8, 2011 | Art & Life, Women, Girls & the Feminine

My experience of the Celebration of Unity in Pittsburgh during the Three Rivers Arts Festival last June has become woven into the fabric of my mind. It’s changed what I pay attention to in the external word, and internally, it’s created connections to experiences I’d...

Thank you Hines Ward

by Sheila Collins | May 28, 2011 | Noteworthy men, Personal Stories, Women, Girls & the Feminine

Everybody loves a winner, but I’m particularly grateful to Pittsburgh Steeler football player, Hines Ward, for what he has accomplished for himself, and for the art of dance. Since his participation and win on Dancing With The Stars, dancing is experiencing an...

Mbali and Me

by Sheila Collins | Apr 22, 2011 | Technology, Women, Girls & the Feminine

Mbali came into my life three years ago and we have meet for a half hour once a week, most weeks since then. She lives in South Africa, which, according to Google is 8,272 miles, (as the crow flies), from my home in Pittsburgh. We refer to each other as “Net...

God Helps Those

by Sheila Collins | Apr 13, 2011 | Personal Stories, Women, Girls & the Feminine

“God helps those who help themselves,” my father used to say, with disdain in his voice for those who sat on their own hands, praying and waiting for miracles. Growing up in a Midwestern farm family, he had learned that, for the harvest, the work of tilling and...

BodySpirits Unite

by Sheila Collins | Mar 10, 2011 | Dances, Personal Stories, the Big Body, Women, Girls & the Feminine

There is a bodyspirit connection that extends across miles and political borders. I experienced this connection while dancing in my Zumba class the other day. I was shaking tightness and tension out of my own body, when I pictured the women demonstrators in Tahrir...

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From One Dancer To Another

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God Helps Those

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