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University of Movement Giving the Body Credit on Today’S Campuses MOVEMENT MENU: Fresh Events at MovingArtsNetwork.com CONSCIOUS #6 SPRING 2009 FREE movement for a better world DANCER Soul Motion Inner-Activating with Vinn Martí Shiva Rea, UCLA graduate, transforms the learning curve. University of Movement GIVIng THE BODY CREDIT ON TODAY’S CAMPUSES PLUS AQua MantRA Lyric of Laban DIVING Into DIGItaL Decoding the DNA of Dance UPLIFTING TRendS 10 Shiva Rea shapes a perfect Natarajasana at the Devi Temple in Chidambaram, India. 16 14 5 MENTOR Lyric of Laban Rudolf Laban created a system for mapping movement that is still in use today. Ahead of FEATURES his time in the early 20th century, he created a poetic language of science and motion. 7 WARMUPS 10 Minister of Soul • Recession-proof Trendspotting Departments Diving into the mystery of the present moment • Let Your Moves Be Your Music with Vinn Martí. Editor Mark Metz shares a day of • Debbie Rosas: The Body’s Business movement with the founder of Soul Motion. • Disco Revival Saves Lives 20 VITALITY Drink Up! 14 Laura Cirolia follows her intuition to discover Dance, Dance, Education natural truths about the water we drink and why The convergence of mind and body is good news proper hydration is so important. IN D in the world of academia. 23 SOUNDS Diving into Digital ON PU R 14 In higher education, the buzzword is embodiment. Eric Monkhouse demystifies the digital options facing DJs today and provides helpful tips for EWIJK / New curricula embrace the body at interdisciplinary D O L institutions around the country. performing live with a laptop. 16 Shiva Rea’s path winds through World Arts and Cultures. 25 MOVEMENT MENU Spring Highlights Yoga Trance Dance founder pays tribute to the Nourish your soul with the freshest events and COKLIN / MARIEKE happenings with listings and reviews from around D program that launched her career. the globe. • Events and Festivals ARRE / DAVI 17 The art of eurythmy shapes meaning with sound and color. G Eurythmist Cynthia Hoven shares her love for the • Workshops and Education evolving modality of Rudolf Steiner. • Performances )JHI$PVOUSZ,PNCVDIBDPOUBJOTCJMMJPOTPGQSPCJPUJDøPSBUIBUHSFBUMZFOIBODFUIFEJHFTUJWFQSPDFTT'PSHFOFSBUJPOT ,PNCVDIBIBT • Moving Arts Members CFFODPOTVNFECZNJMMJPOTPGQFPQMFBSPVOEUIFXPSMECFDBVTFPGJUTSFKVWFOBUJOHRVBMJUJFT JODSFBTFEFOFSHZBOEVOJRVFUBTUF8FVTFEBSL • Book and DVD Reviews BNCFSHMBTTCPUUMFTUPQSPUFDUUIFMJWJOHPSHBOJTNT PSDVMUVSFT GSPNIBSNGVMVMUSBWJPMFUMJHIU6TJOHPOMZUIFIJHIFTURVBMJUZPSHBOJD • MixMaster: DJ Root JOHSFEJFOUT PVSUSBEJUJPOBMMZCSFXFEBOEGFSNFOUFEUFBTPòFSUIFNPTUBVUIFOUJDBOEQVSF,PNCVDIBBWBJMBCMF PHOTOS LEFT TO RIGHT: MARIA PHOTOS LEFT TO RIGHT: 20 CONSCIOUS DANCER | SPRING 2009 1 ConsciousDancer.com CONSCIOUS ™ DANCER movement for a better world e’re so glad you’re with us as We're adding pages to make room we celebrate our second birth- for more exciting content, and print- Wday. The idea for Conscious ing more copies to keep up with the Dancer was hatched on April Fools’ demand. Our online service directory, cel[X[cel[Z Day 2007, and some said we were fool- the Moving Arts Network, is adding ish for launching a magazine in such At Esalen Institute hundreds of new members a month. tumultuous times. Thanks to you we’re with Vinn Martí. And your encouragement just keeps still here proving the naysayers wrong, rolling in! So give us a call or drop us and our hunch that dance would be the Checking In a line; your feedback makes all the dif- I<8Wo7h[W next big thing is proving right. Dance ference. Thanks for being here with us (F) facilitated class workshops are filling up; my sources they’ve added Wednesday nights. So if as we roll into our third year, and for www.MovingArtsNetwork.com at Harbin Hot Springs and Esalen tell there’s a conclusion to be drawn here, sharing the goal of inspiring “move- me interest has never been higher. it’s this—dance and movement help ment for a better world”! monday tuesday wednesday thursday Dance fitness is booming, as you’ll see people feel good, and they’re not go- Women’s TransDance® Circle (F) Soul Motion® (F) TransDance® Circle (F) Nia® with Danielle (F) in our story on page seven. Close to ing out of style anytime soon. We’ve 10am-12:45pm • North Oakland 6-8pm • Wildcat Studio 10am-12:30pm • North Oakland 9-10am • East Bay Dance Center home we have the success story of the talked to hundreds of facilitators, sur- In Movement (6 class series starts 3/23) (6 class series starts 3/23) ® Interplay® (F) 5Rhythms Endless Waves (F) East Bay Ecstatic Dance that started veyed dozens of modalities, and heard Fairfax Contact Improv Class (F) 6-7:30pm • InterPlayce Miriam’s Persian & 6:30-8:30pm • Studio Gracia 7-8pm • The Common Well (F) ® Central Asian ® (F) nine months ago with 25 people on from thousands of dancers since our (F) Biodanza with Belisa AURA CIROLIA Women’s TransDance Circle 6:30-8pm • 8th St Studio L AcroYoga with Tyler (F) 10am-12:45pm • North Oakland 7:30-9:30pm • Aceituno Arts Coop a Sunday morning; now more than launch, and not one of them has shut 7:30-9:15pm • 7th Heaven (6 class series starts 3/23) ® (F) Core Connexion Class Thursday Jam for Contact Improv PHOTO: 200 folks are showing up weekly and down, gone out of business, or quit. MARK METZ , Editor-in-Chief Fairfax Contact Improv Jam Miriam’s Beginning Persian & 7-9pm • Unitarian Church & Movement Jam 8-11pm • The Common Well Central Asian (F) Interplay® (F) 8-11pm • 7th Heaven 7-8pm • MUCID Dance School 7-8:30pm • InterPlayce Miriam’s Sacred Dances (F) Interplay® for Men (F) 8-9:30pm • Western Sky Miriam’s Middle Eastern (F) Ecstatic Dance East Bay 7-8:30pm • InterPlayce STAFF CONTRIBUTORS 8-9pm • MUCID Dance School 7:45-10:30pm • Sweet’s Ballroom FOUNDERS & PUBLISHERS Mark Metz & Aspen Madrone EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mark Metz David Conklin is a professional photographer and Nia teacher living in Port CREATIVE DIRECTOR Aspen Madrone Townsend, Washington. He grew up in Washington, DC, and started printing QUANTUM COMMUNICATIONS Laura Cirolia black & white at the age of 8. Besides dancing, his main passion is editorial friday saturday sunday retreats COMMUNITY COORDINATOR Casie Casados photography, ranging from documentary-style weddings to events such as Nia® with Danielle (F) Beginning Hawaiian Hula (F) 5Rhythms® Sweat Your Prayers (F) Women’s TransDance® Retreat EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Deborah Meyer Vinn Marti’s recent visit to Port Townsend featured in this issue. He is also 9-10am • East Bay Dance Center 10:30-11:30am • MUCID 8:30-10:30am / 11am-1pm MLK Gym May 29-31 / June 4-7 - Lake Tahoe SENIOR EDITOR Rachel Trachten Listen deeply, share soulfully, honor available as a consultant for setting up sound systems in movement venues. ® ® ® COPY EDITOR Jerod Allen Interplay (F) TransDance Journey (F) Core Connexion Dance profoundly, and of course, come to WWW .CONKLINPHOTO .COM GRAPHIC DESIGN Melissa White 10:30am-12pm • InterPlayce (see website for dates & times) Medicine (F) dance with Heather Munro Pierce. MARKETING Kelley Lake, Michele Covington Family Jam Contact Improv Class 10-12pm • Studio 12 www.templeartsinstitute.com Cynthia Hoven is the director of the Eurythmy Training Program at Rudolf STAFF WRITERS Mari Thorn, Deborah Meyer, 2nd and 4th Fridays with Vitali (F) Ecstatic Dance East Bay Steiner College in Fair Oaks, California. Acclaimed internationally as an NCDC Summer Dance Camp Kristen Burke 6-7:45pm • Sawtooth Bldg Class (F) 1:30-3:00pm • 8th St. Studio 10:30-1pm • Sweet’s Ballroom June 19-28 - Dunlap, CA instructor, performer, lecturer, and therapist, she has worked in the field for STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS: Laura Cirolia and Tyler Blank Dance Jam Contact Improv Jam Soul Sanctuary Dance Come dance, play, celebrate and grow over 30 years and wrote the eurythmy article in this issue. She is married to with us as we co-create a dance village WEBMASTER Steve Shaw 8:30pm-12:30am • Sawtooth Bldg 3:30-6pm • 8th St. Studio 11am–1pm • Ashkenaz Harold Hoven, a biodynamic farmer, and shares with him her passions for for nine days in the southern Sierras. IT ANGEL Luis Echeverria ® (F) Groove Garden Nia with Danielle www.ncdcdances.org LICENSING Efrain Correal spiritual science and work for a peaceful and sustainable future. 9pm-1am Fairfax Community Church 11:15-12:15pm • 7th Heaven WWW .STEINERCOLLEGE .EDU . PRINTING American Web, Inc. 9B7II;I"MEHAI>EFI;L;DJI0 1st Saturday of the Month Biodanza® with Marina (F) 6:45-8:45pm • 7th Heaven rejuvenate EDITORIAL [email protected] Eric Monkhouse (DJ Tat Sat) is a vinyasa flow teacher from theU .K. now AD SALES [email protected] residing in Northern California. He creatively weaves live instruments into Barefoot Boogie 7:30-11pm • Sawtooth Bldg rejoice CIRCULATION [email protected] his “bhakti-fied” classes andD J sets, including the didgeridoo, tabla, and SUBSCRIBE www.consciousdancer.com harmonium. Using Ableton Live, a Mac laptop, and a hacked controller, he refresh mixes dub, breaks, progressive, tribal, and tech house into euphoric sets. He OTHER INQUIRIES Locations [email protected] contributed the article ‘Diving into Digital’ for the sounds department. WWW .DJTATSAT .COM WEBSITES PO Box 2330, Berkeley, CA 94702 (510) 778-9131 www.coreconnexion.net 7th Heaven Yoga InterPlayce Studio Gracia Conscious Dancer is a quarterly active lifestyle magazine Laura Cirolia loves all forms of communication and interaction that fuel her www.dancejam.org that celebrates transformative dance, mind-body fitness, and 2820 7th St, Berkeley 2273 Telegraph Ave., Oakland 19 Heron Street, S.F. imagination and well-being. She wears many hats, including those of mother, www.EcstaticDanceEastBay.com energy movement arts. Conscious Dancer does not endorse any specific modality, practitioner, or product. Please consult artist, dancer, author, photographer, energy psychologist, and evolutionary. Aceituno Arts Cooperative MLK Gym Sweet’s Ballroom www.interplay.org a health professional before attempting any new movement activities or health regimens.
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