In 1931, the famous anarchist and peace activist Emma Goldman wrote in her autobiography Living My Life that a young comrade admonished her: an agitator does not dance – it was unseemly and harmful to the cause!
She believed that anarchism stands for the liberation from conventions and rules. And a movement that fights for freedom and self-determination should never demand that anyone deny joy and vitality.
We live in an age of constant hustle. Always optimizing. Always grinding. But what if we… just don’t play along? What if we throw ourselves into the bass for four days, turn night into day and dance until the sun comes up over Lake Helene?
Goldman understood something we need to relearn today: joy is not a luxury. Shared joy is resistance. Dancing is political, even if we are not waving banners. Because it reminds us that we are alive. And those who feel alive do not give up.
Dancing is not an escape from the world. It is self-preservation.
It is care. It is resistance.
So let’s dance!
Yours Bucht der Träumer* Team
