WHAT THE BODY KNEW BEFORE ANYONE ASKED

By Suchu Tanyetz

There is a particular kind of body that moves through early life with what everyone around it calls natural ability. It folds easily. It reaches further than expected. It recovers from positions that would trouble other bodies and does so without drama. Teachers notice. Choreographers notice. The body itself does not notice, because it has no basis for comparison. This is simply what moving feels like.