Global Underscore Montréal, 2012

Parc Lafontaine, Montréal, Québec, Canada,

Saturday the 23th of June, 9am, Elizabeth and I arrived in the park.

The temperature was perfect. Sunny sky, a soft wind, trees all around our dance spot, even one surrounded by thousands of lite pink flowers...

We were ready for that Global Underscore :-) Here some of our harvest:

Benoit M.:

It was a little early to be fully awake... It felt a little bit awkward to be in the open space...

Nezha:

I felt like being in the “real life”! Techno music (around), group that was walking by, talking and shouting... I was feeling the connection with New-York and Brazil, they where probably hearing a lot of noises from there studio...

Elizabeth:

Looking at the list, it gave me the impression of an electronic web, a little bit like if we were connected by tubes that was giving us the opportunity to sneak a peak into each and every group around the word, dancing simultaneously. A growing community!

Daniel:

I'm came back in the city yesterday, and was feeling a bit disconnected... This morning, arriving in the park, observing the beauty of the nature, and my friends smile, I felt connected again :-)

Pierre-Luc:

I discovered how amazing it is to dance in the nature, being upside down on someone's back, and observing the trees, the sky, the other dancers... Wow!

Stéphanie:

Today I decide to re appropriate my Kinesphere. I fell asleep twice... my skin in the grass... it was perfect :-)

Benoît A.:

I never felt as connected to communities around the world! I also can relate to what Pierre-Luc said... Being in suspension, and watching to world in that angle is great :-)

Elizabeth:

It is so great to be disoriented in the nature!!!

Justin:

There was two very interesting aspects today... reaching for connection and receiving connection. And also, being present for both! That worth waking earlier than the usual Saturday morning ;-)

Pierre-Luc:

I also observed how weird we seemed to be for people that were passing by.

Eryn:

I arrived late this morning. When I entered the park, I asked someone if he saw a bunch of dancers around. He said:”Dancers? Nope! But there's a bunch of oddballs over there”. Well, CI is really different from dancing. But, what is it then?... It was the first time I realized how odd it is...

 Thanks everybody for being part of this! We all made it happened! A particular thanks to Elizabeth (who facilitated with me :-) ), Benoît M., Stéphanie, André (who was also our photographer), Manon, Daniel, Francine, Nezha, Justin, Chrystèle, François (who wrote down the harvests), Eryn and Pierre-Luc, a small and great glimpse of our beautiful community :-)

Benoît A.