{"id":69,"date":"2026-04-13T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.wrkshp.fi\/as-colliander\/?p=69"},"modified":"2026-05-02T07:45:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T04:45:04","slug":"1-introducing-in-the-opening-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actascenica.teak.fi\/colliander-tuire\/1-introducing-in-the-opening-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Introducing in the \u2018Opening Circle\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The &lsquo;Opening Circle&rsquo;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gathering in an opening circle is a traditional way to start dance educational sessions. This formation creates a space where it becomes possible to see, listen to, and encounter one another. In my teaching practice, I typically acknowledge each participant and give everyone the opportunity to share&mdash;sometimes freely, by sharing personal news they wish to express, and at other times through a more guided invitation to reflect on a specific theme relevant to the session. Sharing may occur verbally, corporeally, or&mdash;most often&mdash;through a dynamic interplay of both modalities. The purpose of this practice is not only to foster a sense of togetherness but also to cultivate an embodied, creative community that forms through reciprocal relations and attunement to shared energies and ongoing processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, the &lsquo;opening circle&rsquo; serves as the entry point to this commentary, inviting the reader to join me on the research journey. In this section, I introduce, situate, and outline the study, while also offering practical guidelines for engaging with the work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &lsquo;Opening Circle&rsquo; Gathering in an opening circle is a traditional way to start dance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dance-at-play","category-chapter-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/actascenica.teak.fi\/colliander-tuire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/actascenica.teak.fi\/colliander-tuire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/actascenica.teak.fi\/colliander-tuire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actascenica.teak.fi\/colliander-tuire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actascenica.teak.fi\/colliander-tuire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/actascenica.teak.fi\/colliander-tuire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1641,"href":"https:\/\/actascenica.teak.fi\/colliander-tuire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/1641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actascenica.teak.fi\/colliander-tuire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/actascenica.teak.fi\/colliander-tuire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actascenica.teak.fi\/colliander-tuire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actascenica.teak.fi\/colliander-tuire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}