Dance, in spite of my trials and experiments, was for me a tricky affair, because of the necessary subordination to form and to team coordination and the prerequisite dexterity of mimicry. Its magic, however, was a great bait. This magic found its expression, from the first moment, in Mariam’s person and movement. Ethereal, female, and flowing, she provoked you to tune to the rhythm of your nature, and hold it in your arms; then to mould and shape yourself in order to gain substance and impress it in space. This was a hitherto unknown experience of mixed joy and anger; joy because of the beauty which forced you to unravel your inadequacies and your potential, the false and the harmonic; anger, because every change is painful, specially when it cannot be achieved solely through speech, but requires a primeval and deep movement. What is more, communication within our group uncovered and healed all female wounds. Mariam Prokou does not merely teach dance; she is a healer who points us the way to discover, build ties and heal the fragments of our female substance. With love and high esteem,