Our bodies react to music sometimes in ways we can't control or foresee. We just have to experience it to believe it! Today we tried to become more aware of why and how that happens. First, we started off by having a dance party to just let our bodies lose and move to the beat. Then we dived into our paints and let our dancing hands guide the brush. The stories created and felt were amazing!
First we listed to Dean Martin's "Let it Snow". The Monkeys will be performing this song for the Christmas play so it was fun to practice it with them.
When The Monkeys listened to Helado Negro's song titled "Invisible Heartbeat" images of ocean with whales and mermaids came swimming into the artists' minds. We got into groups to create collective paintings. Bringing all of our imaginary worlds together and making them come to life is always exciting!
How do you move, what do you see, how do you feel when you hear certain songs? What music do you hear when you look at the Monkeys' paintings? We are excited to see what our friends in Greenland come up with!