the Wheel of Fortune

(from the Tarot deck)

Music: Bonia Shur
Dancer: Fanchon Shur

Description
Moving in a continuous circle, the shaman dances through moments of abundance, greif, tenderness, rage, and deep serenity. As she moves around the wheel, shedding layers of experience, she offers all of them to the fool, embracing her into the wheel.

Its message is that the ultimate power we take from the wheel of fortune is the power to accept each turn of the wheel, no matter how challenging, as a chance to create fortune within and around us.

This piece was performed as part of the "Dancing the Tarot" benefit for the Highlands Sanctuary on May 5th 2007.