Vol 3, Issue 1/2001

Qigong Dancing - Discovering new Possibilities
A Modern Synthesis of Eastern and Western Experiences.
By Dietlind Zimmermann

Qigong Dancing is based on the classical »Play of the Five Animals«, which is extended by guided and free improvisation as well as music and reflective discussion groups. It can thus offer, to people who find the traditional ways strange, easier access to the world of Qigong as well as promote self-expression and self-investigation on a proven and supporting basis. Dietlind Zimmermann has experienced this method, which has only been developed over the last years by Long Ping, as a successful synthesis of centring, energy building Qigong, with influences of the martial arts and western ideas such as modern dance, contact improvisation and body centred selfexploration. Her report is complemented with an interview, in which she asks Long Ping about the development of Qigong Dancing and her experience with it so far.

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