Dance and music mediate between the sensual and the spiritual life.  Ludvig van Beethoven (modified quote)

Finally, an old love is neither left or forgotten. The old lovers come together.

 

Un viejo amor (translated below)

Dance and music mediate between the sensual and the spiritual life.  Ludvig van Beethoven (modified quote)

In this mix of boleros, somewhere “Como divina floración de perlas” is song composed by the Golden Bohemian of Mexico, Agustin Lara.  His lyrics were a perfect match for the long-suffering Adries. Lara’s music also touched Dara’s heart at the core. And so, Dara played this melody on Stefan’s first visit with Ayana. The video below has Pedro Vargas singing Un Viejo Amor.

Por unos ojasos negros, igual que penas de amores 
Hace tiempo tuve anhelos, alegrías y sin sabores 
Y al dejarlos algún día, me decían así llorando 
No te olvides vida mía, de lo que te estoy cantando

Que un viejo amor, 
Ni se olvida ni se deja 
Que un viejo amor, 
De nuestra alma si se aleja, 
Pero nunca dice adiós 
Que un viejo amor

Ha pasado mucho tiempo, 
Y otra vez vi aquellos ojos 
Me miraron con despejo, fríamente y sin enojos 
Y al notar ese desprecio de ojos que por mi lloraron, 
Pregunte si con el tiempo, 
Sus recuerdos olvidaron

Que un viejo amor, 
Ni se olvida ni se deja 
Que un viejo amor, 
De nuestra alma si se aleja, 
Pero nunca dice adiós 
Que un viejo amor

Que un viejo amor

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But this is how Andries felt deep inside with his doubts, imagining the worst.

Dance and music mediate between the sensual and the spiritual life.  Ludvig van Beethoven (modified quote)

More music played that night of December 1934 by the Ray Noble Orchestra–

Lyrics and music by Cole Porter–

In the still of the night
As I gaze from my window
At the moon in its flight
My thoughts all stray to you

In the still of the night
All the world is in slumber
All the times without number
Darling when I say to you

Do you love me, as I love you
Are you my life to be, my dream come true
Or will this dream of mine fade out of sight
Like the moon growing dim, on the rim of the hill
In the chill, still, of the night

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Lastly,

Despite everything that was going on in the 1930s, the people saw to it that there was a deep desire — truly the need — for laughter, love, friendship, passion and fun to prevail.

Dance and music mediate between the sensual and the spiritual life.  Ludvig van Beethoven (modified quote)

“Midnight, the Stars and You,” remember which film made it extra famous?

As performed by the Ray Noble orchestra; it was a night for romance.

Lyrics and song by Al Bowlly

Midnight with the stars and you
Midnight and a rendez-vous

Your eyes held a message tender
Saying “I surrender all my love to you”

Midnight brought us sweet romance
I know all my whole life through

I’ll be remembering you
Whatever else I do

Midnight with the stars and you

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Answer to question above: “The Shining” (1980)

Dance and music mediate between the sensual and the spiritual life.  Ludvig van Beethoven (modified quote)

At the Dessert Room of The Roosevelt Club, the joint was hopping, while the Lindos dined upstairs.

Dance and music mediate between the sensual and the spiritual life.  Ludvig van Beethoven (modified quote)

1930’s – Cuban Rumba as a conga was very popular; it still is. In 1935, Stefan Lindo walked El Malecón in Havana, Cuba, to witness the conga line.

The conga line is a novelty line dance that was derived from the Cuban carnival dance of the same name and became popular in the United States in the 1930s and 1950s. The dancers form a long, processing line, which would usually turn from a snake line into a  circle. It has three shuffle steps on the beat, followed by a kick that is slightly ahead of the fourth beat. The conga, a term sometimes mistakenly believed to be derived from the African region of Congo, is both a lyrical and danceable genre, rooted in the music of carnival troupes or comparsas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dance and music mediate between the sensual and the spiritual life.  Ludvig van Beethoven (modified quote)

 When is music “quieter than silence”? Perhaps when the vibration between notes is finely heard. As Hezar Pareh explains in his worldwide “Quieter than Silence” project, “The silence that is quieter is beyond the physical. There are so many levels of expressions that words cannot express them except through music and silence. That is when they can be expressed.” I would add dance. Between the notes is where the best silence can be captured.

Thus, the following is a compilation of Rumi quotes into prose:

     Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion. When you do things from your [being], you feel a river moving inside you, joy. {Let that river be a dance.] We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us. [Look inward when you dance. Be silent, even be still, when you dance.] Your heart knows the way. [Dance] in that direction. Let silence take you to the core of life. Let silence be the art you practice. Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen. The message behind the silence is the voice of the heart.

      In the silence, there is eloquence. Stop weaving, [just be in the movement], and see how the pattern improves. Close your eyes, fall in love, stay there. There is a voice that does not use words, listen. Dance until you shatter yourself. Then, dance when you are perfectly free…It is only from the heart you can touch the sky. Become the sky, and let yourself become living poetry. The source of now is here.

By way of introduction, there are several styles of spiritual dance that connect you to ‘eternity’ or ‘the source’. Click here.

Dance and music mediate between the sensual and the spiritual life.  Ludvig van Beethoven (modified quote)

Madame Dara premiers at the Chiari’s soireé, before the elite of Colon, Panama, performing a similar dance.  This style of dance is how she would transmit code during the Allied-Axis conflict, when supported by Latin American businessmen and politicians who would spy for the Nazi Party.

Dance and music mediate between the sensual and the spiritual life.  Ludvig van Beethoven (modified quote)

Le Petite Gazelle premiers at The Roosevelt Club on December 12, 1934, in Willemstad, Curaçao.

Dance and music mediate between the sensual and the spiritual life.  Ludvig van Beethoven (modified quote)

The night of Friday, May 14, 1915, Andreis attends a party where he hears “Gracia mía,” a genteel song by Enrique Granados from his collection of Canciones Amatorías.  The lyrics presage an unexpected encounter. (Page 44)

Montserrat Cabellé, soprano  |  Alfredo Rossi, piano

Lyrics

Gracia mía, juro a Dios | que sois tan bella criatura | que a perderse la hermosura | se tiene de hallar su voz. |  Fuera bien aventurada | en perderse en vos mi vida | porque viniera perdida | para salir más ganada.  |  ¡Ah! Seréis hermosuras dos | en una sola figura, | que a perderse la hermosura |se tiene de haller en vos.  | En vuestros verdes ojuelos | nos mostráis vuestro valor | que son causa del amor | y las pestañas son cielos; nacieron por bien de nos.  |  Gracia mía …