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ArticlesDer heilige FadenDer heilige Faden: Tanz als Verbindung, Heilung und Vermächtnis
Shakeh Major Tchilingirian Choretaki.com, August 27, 2026 * The original English is published in O Fio Comum: Conexão através da Dança / The Common Thread: Connection through Dance, a bilingual book authored by Hélyda Di Oliveira, Judy King, Renata Ramos, Shakeh Major Tchilingirian (Dialética, 2025). Tanz ist eine universelle Sprache
Tanz übersteigt in seinem Wesen das Körperliche. Tanz ist mehr als bloße Bewegung; er ist ein Mittel, um das auszudrücken, was Worte nicht fassen können – der „Schrei der Seele“, der über die Grenzen von Kultur und Sprache hinausgeht. Tanzen wird zu einem tiefen Ausdruck von Verbindung, Erzählkunst und Spiritualität – eine universelle Sprache, die etwas tief in der menschlichen Seele anspricht.Im Laufe der Zeit verändert sich die Bedeutung des Tanzes für diejenigen, die ihn ausüben. Was als einfache, freudvolle Aktivität beginnt, kann sich zu einem kraftvollen Mittel zur Bewahrung der Kultur, zur Selbstentfaltung und zur spirituellen Erforschung verwandeln. Whose Dance Is It?Whose Dance Is It? Appreciation vs Appropriation of Music in Choreography Shakeh Major Tchilingirian
Grapevine, June 2026, pp. 13-17 A recent collaborative workshop with Judy King sparked an unexpectedly rich debate on the issue of “cultural appropriation”. The discussion centred on the use of the theme music from Schindler’s List, a haunting piece composed for a film set during the Jewish Holocaust. The question was whether choreographers and dancers are aware or reflect on the provenance and the cultural context of the music chosen for a choreography. The deeper questions emerged in our conversation about ownership, context, and responsibility. What does it mean to move to music so closely tied to historical trauma? And how does intention intersect with cultural sensitivity? Our conversation opened the door to a broader exploration of cultural appropriation within our own practices. We touched upon the question of how sometimes dominant groups adopt elements of a minority’s traditions, music, or customs, without permission, acknowledgement or proper understanding. TRICHK Dancing Flight, Memory, and BecomingTrichk: Dancing Flight, Memory, and Becoming
Shakeh Major Tchilingirian
Grapevine, September 2025; pp. 14-16.
There was dance before there were words.
In Armenian, we say “Baren araj kar bar” — movement came before speech. This truth lives in my bones and deepens with every piece I create. Dance has always been my way of speaking, of remembering, of becoming.
Trichk, which means “flight” in Armenian, did not arrive in a moment of clarity. It lingered in the quiet, asking questions I wasn’t ready to answer. It brewed in my body, stirred in my spirit, waited patiently. Then, one summer, far from the noise of daily life, I found myself alone – with silence, with breath, with music that had lived inside me for months. I hadn’t planned to choreograph. But I moved — and Trichk moved through me.
TRICHK Tanzender Flug Erinnerung und WerdenTrichk: Tanzender Flug, Erinnerung und Werden von Shakeh Major Tchilingirian Balance: Zeitschrift des Fachverbandes Meditation des Tanzes, NR. 2, 2025, pp. 21-23.
Es gab Tanz, bevor es Worte gab.
Auf Armenisch sagen wir „Baren araj kar bar“ - die Bewegung kam vor der Sprache. Diese Wahrheit steckt mir in den Knochen und vertieft sich mit jedem Stück, das ich kreiere. Tanz war schon immer meine Art zu sprechen, mich zu erinnern und zu werden. |
