Around 2 decades ago, when I still lived in Egypt, I attended a powerful contemporary dance performance that blew my mind 🤯
It was passionate, beautiful, free, bold and urgent in a way I had not seen, at home, and showed me what was possible through movement and intention.
Wordlessly, using only the articulate instrument of her body, I saw how dance could be a form of poetry and activism, expressing liberation.
At the time, I did not have the nerve to approach the dancer to communicate my admiration, and so I wrote her a fan letter & we kept in touch, over the years.
This morning I happily learned that the gifted Karima Mansour, has been awarded France’s prestigious ✨Ordre des Arts et des Lettres ✨ in recognition of significant contributions to the arts, literature, or propagation of these fields.
Bravo, my talented friend, on this well-deserved achievement and may it spur you to greater heights in art & life 👏🏼
