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What is Choreography?
A study of choreography as the process of deciding what a body is allowed to do — module two of the Gypsy Fires Dance Library.
Bashaldo Gypsy dancer, harper and PhD researcher
Gypsy Fires is my living archive of what the body remembers: short Micro-Dance lessons, Timespinning journeys, and research on how percussive dance carries trauma, memory and resistance.
Short somatic tools and guided journeys you can use right now.
Guided journeys with harp, Romani philosophy and a mobile app. Decolonize destiny through memory, tradition, intuition and imagination.
Learn more →Short, seated body-percussion practices rooted in Romani dance tradition and trauma research. Reset your nervous system one strike at a time.
Learn more →PhD work, creative projects and writing that ground the practice.

My PhD exploring how percussive dance can transform perception, rewrite systems and restore connection across body, code and story.
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An embodied method of wayfinding that maps colonial histories through dance, linking maritime archives and diasporic movement.
Learn more →Dive deeper into impact-driven dance with the full book available now on Amazon and independent bookstores.
Writing on dance history, Romani culture and embodied research.
A study of choreography as the process of deciding what a body is allowed to do — module two of the Gypsy Fires Dance Library.
An introduction to dance as the process of being human in motion — the opening lesson of the Gypsy Fires Dance Library.
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