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MOVEMENT MENU: Fresh Events at MovingArtsNetwork.com conscious #6 SPRING 2009 FREE movement for a better world DANCER 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 Lyric of Laban Diving Into Digital Decoding the DNA of Uplifting Trends 10

Shiva Rea shapes a perfect at the Devi Temple in Chidambaram, . 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 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 to discover Dance, Dance, Education natural truths about the water we drink and why The convergence of and body is good news proper hydration is so important. in the world of academia. 23 SOUNDS Diving into Digital 14 In higher education, the buzzword is embodiment. Eric Monkhouse demystifies the digital options New curricula embrace the body at interdisciplinary facing DJs today and provides helpful tips for institutions around the country. performing live with a laptop. 16 Shiva Rea’s path winds through World and Cultures. 25 MOVEMENT MENU Spring Highlights Nourish your soul with the freshest events and Dance founder pays tribute to the happenings with listings and reviews from around program that launched her career. the globe. 17 The of eurythmy shapes meaning with sound and color. • Events and Festivals 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 d Coklin / Marieke L o ewijk R on Pu in Maria G arre / Davi 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 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) Endless Waves (F) East Bay 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) nine months ago with 25 people on from thousands of dancers since our ® (F) Central Asian Biodanza® with Belisa (F) Women’s TransDance Circle 6:30-8pm • 8th St Studio 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: L Cirolia 200 folks are showing up weekly and down, gone out of business, or quit. m a r k m e t z , 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 (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 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 to events such as Nia® with Danielle (F) Beginning Hawaiian Hula (F) 5Rhythms® Sweat Your (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 w w w .conklinphoto .c o m 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, . 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 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 w w w .steinercollege .e d u . Printing American Web, Inc.

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Labanotation, his exploratory system of recording movement patterns, involves equal parts poetry and science. It decodes body language through the Effort/Space matrix. How to pivot or turn, make contact or not, leap or stay: all are negotiated in an instant. Leap like a cat. Prowl like a Lyric of Laban tiger. Make a stunning pirouette. So many different pathways across the expanse of a floor, a road, a field of grass. Laban Movement Analysis extends beyond , to athletics, yoga, physical and occupational therapy, even office-style ergonomics. It provides a map of attentiveness to all forms of body play—the intention behind the arc of a limb, the thrust of a fist, the glide of feet. What happened? What did she do? Laban-wise, body geometry maps provide a distinct method for describing movements that otherwise blur past. Alert to the dynamism of patterning, Labanotation traces the sequencing of bones, joints, muscles, tendons, and cells in nameable shapes and forms in space. What are the native patterns? How can the body find harmony? Laban practitioners explore the intention behind motion, a complex, crystalline system of human body flow. Exquisite limbs in endless sentences of motion. That is the continuing lyric of Laban. by Kathleen Sweeney

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6 conscious dancer | spring 2009 conscious dancer | spring 2009 7 the body’s business by Debbie Rosas ® Moving Harmoniously Throughout Your Day

Bring the noise! Consciously balance your personal and professional Focus attention EASY lives. Dance through your day, using everything you do to move equally on: castanets harmoniously toward accomplishing your goals. Step consciously Self-expression: Become into every moment, leading with your heel to stay grounded. See the creator of your day, maracas everything in life as art to live a day that inspires you and those adding into your life EASIER around you. something that reflects ankle bells your unique spirit coin scarves Express yourself through movement and and your creative self shell belts Artisana meditation. Pause to seek the sensation of living meditation, unfolding. Niu kinolau Ku EASIEST meaning stop whenever you can and notice how all your non- Self-direction: Take shakers Kalpa Vriksha responsibility for rattles moving parts can meditate. Use your arms, hands, and voice to (Coconut The Tree Of life) zills be seen, heard, felt, and understood. Express yourself fully and inspiring yourself and others, noting how what with , fueling your entire being with the coupling effect you say and do can bring of body and mind. smiles and inspiration to How I do it. I stay connected to the sensation of harmony people around you. in my body. I am also acutely aware of what the sensation of Self-healing: Say “No” pleasure feels like. It is this sensation I tap into to confirm when to any level of pain and “Yes” to pleasure, Let Your Moves Be Your Music I am on the right path, in alignment with my relationships while tapping into The Body’s true to my spirit’s desire: to live my life in the same way I dance. Evolutionary Organic Creation ant to add a bit of musical flavor to accentuate your dance Way healing potion, Most importantly, I look at my daily life as a dance, something which has the power to crust: moves—and your body? Whether you’re a teacher or witnessed by the audience of life—and so of course I want to restore your body, mind, 1c each almond our and ax our. (grind separately in a , and spirit to vitamix or coffee grinder) create my best dance. try dark and light ax for taste preference their optimum levels. facilitator, you can invite class participants to add music to 1/3 c. date paste (soak fresh dates a few minutes in water if W need be, pit, and press rmly into measuring cup) Debbie Rosas is cofounder of the Nia Technique. their movement. And, you need only look to the world’s diverse dance ¼ c. Artisana coconut butter (not oil!) 1 c. raisins (mannuka or red ame. Look for raisins not coated traditions for a music lesson. The age-old of adorning the dancer’s with oils, ie saf ower oil) ½ tsp. cinnamon

body from head to toe to become a moving, musical instrument can be reserve ½ c. raisins. Blend all ingredients in food processor until well combined (about 1 minute). Add the reserved found amongst dance traditions around the globe. The fire and fervor of If you need CPR, you can only raisins and blend for about 3-5 seconds so chunks remain. hope that your lifesaver was a disco fan Spain’s dance is amplified by the castanet, a handheld percussive Coconut cream: and happens to know the bars to the tune 1 c. “fresh” macs (must be white and sweet! Not yellow, instrument typically made of wood that claps, clacks, and rattles with the “Stayin’ Alive.” This ubiquitous disco rancid and bitter!) track by the BeeGees happens to be at ¼ c. Artisana coconut butter (not oil!) flick of the wrists. In Middle Eastern cultures, belly dancers add flair to 1 ½ c. ltered water 103 beats per minute, the perfect tempo ¼ c. date paste their lyrical hand gestures with zills, finger cymbals made of brass that for saving lives. A 2008 study at the 1 whole vanilla bean (the whole pod, not just the seeds) University of Illinois College of Medicine blend in a high powered blender (ie vitamix) until creamy produce a range of melodic, ringing tones. To add sound to their shakes in Peoria found that ten doctors and smooth, but don’t let it get too warm. Makes about 2 cups. five medical students who listened to and shimmies, belly dancers often wear belts and hip scarves decorated Fruit: the Saturday Night Fever tune while 4 spotted ripe large bananas, coarse sliced and then chopped. with brass coins and bells. Similar audible accents are used by West African practicing CPR not only performed 1 ½ c. blueberries (frozen is ne) dancers ornamented with cowrie shell belts, jingling and jangling with perfectly, but remembered the technique to assemble pie: five weeks later. Dr. David Matlock, lead press crust into pie plate. Use spatula to add banana layer, working the banana until all air pockets are gone and the the thrust of the hips. In African and classical Indian dance, ankle bells researcher on the study said, “It’s a song banana forms a gel like smooth solid surface. Next, spatula everyone seems to know, whether they about 1 ½ cups of the vanilla cream across the banana layer, acoustically intensify the rhythmical steps of the feet. or more if you like. Finally, place a nearly solid layer of want to or not.” One trouble with CPR blueberries onto the cream. That’s it! Enjoy! You can place it Any of these musical accessories can be incorporated into dance outside training, Matlock added, is that most in the freezer for a couple hours to help rm it up before serving. It also freezes very well for longer storage. of their cultural context. Teachers and facilitators can supply these acoustic practitioners, from trained medical professionals to people who take classes Disco Revival Thank you to Christian Mastor of Sebastapol for this Awesome handhelds and wearables for dancers to emphasize their movements and at the local fire department, fail to perform the potentially lifesaving technique Recipe! aggressively enough. The report did not mention if the volunteers were required as accompaniments to recorded and live music. Integrating sound with Premier Organics to dance while performing the maneuver. Another popular song from the same www.premierorganics.org movement can be an instrumental tool, moving your dance in a distinctive era, “Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen, also has the right tempo, but the wrong message. The old phrase “let the music save your soul” might be more than (866) 237-8688

direction toward musical flavorings of your own. Photos: Sc arf: S hannon L in d / Mara c as: Craig J ewell G reg Clarke I llustration: a metaphor—if you need CPR, you can bet your life on it.

8 conscious dancer | spring 2009 conscious dancer | spring 2009 9 “For 35 years I’ve been traveling this territory. I haven’t seen it all or claim to have any answers, I’m just here to share some of the views. Look at this vista! Take a walk down this path! Come up here for a while! Let me show you around; it’s an honor to be your guide.” Vinn’s language is rich in “The hardest part is over. You’re here. Whatever it metaphor, and his art is the ability to translate them through movement took to make the journey from the outside world, into a physical form. Adding to the tapestry is the music he chooses and the way it is used intentionally to punctuate the practice. The whatever obstacles you had to overcome are first thing I notice is the volume. Even when the music is upbeat, the behind you. It’s over, it happened, you’re here. sound is balanced so that I can actually hear the slaps of bare feet on As you are ready, I want to invite you. Let’s come the wooden floor. He’s a confident genre-surfer, pulling non sequiturs and reversals out of his MacBook like twists in a plot. World beat, down from the tower of thought and enter the soundtracks, gospel, and jazz are all characters in this story, with plenty heart of humanity.” The voice of Vinn Marti embraces us as of space between to develop their identities. This is the first “passage”: Minister we gather and settle into the space. He’s pacing slowly in the center he has set the scaffolding and formed the structure, and it’s our turn to of the room, tracing a small circle in the center of the larger one that decide what materials to use and what shape to form. The music is our 45 or so of us form around the perimeter. His words strike a chord in backdrop, and the passage is our time to work. We’re moving around me—I know exactly what he means. I flash on all the times I’ve talked the central vertical axis of Soul Motion, where we greet ourselves and myself out of going somewhere and avoided an opportunity to move communicate with our own center. Under the hood of my closed eyes my body in a room full of people. “Relax and just let yourself arrive. I’m disarming myself, laying aside thoughts, notions, and judgments. Welcome home.” The way he says it is reassuring and confident, Reminding myself to be here now. like a host greeting old friends. I mentally pat myself on the back, grateful for overcoming inertia and making the effort to be here. No ofSoul matter what happens here this weekend, I know I won’t be facing that particular kind of disappointment that creeps in when I’ve let my reluctance get the better of me. A variety of faces around me reflect a spectrum of feelings and emotions. Some seem grounded, others guarded. I’m among the apprehensive, with of connection stuck Welcome to a spirited day of Soul Motion. in our joints and thoughts crowding our heads, making eye contact Creator Vinn Martí lights the way on the difficult. The person who looks like she might need this as much as I do is a younger woman in a black sweatshirt, hood drawn tight around path of transformation. By Mark Metz her face. Her expression reminds me of some of the feelings I’m trying to leave outside. We all have something in common, we’ve been photography by David Conklin magnetized by the mystery, and heard the call of Soul Motion.

10 conscious dancer | spring 2009 conscious dancer | spring 2009 11 “You are all artists here. Your for my loved ones. All around me it seems bodies are a blank canvas. You like people are melting. A palpable field of energy permeates the room; we’ve stepped are here to sing a song the way no into the third element of Soul Motion, the one else can sing it. You’re here multidimensional realm of the divine. The to use your brush on the canvas hood is pulled back in the corner, and our faces have turned upwards, as if we’re warmed from the way no one else can use it. the sun. The phrase “dance ugly and drool” I want to invite you to connect makes perfect sense to me now; there’s nothing with someone else for a moment, to do but completely let go. Somehow my heart is melting all of the icy feelings that were frozen nearby or across the room. Their over me, and I’m in a space where it’s ok to song is their own, but you can look people in the eyes and be totally open. hum the tune.” The artist metaphor “Just this, just this, just this is an empowering one that implies respect. is all there is. How will I show Suddenly we’re not here to learn, but to create. He is giving back the freedom to express up to this, this movement, this VINN MARTI: The INNER-VIEW ourselves. I ponder the semantic difference moment, this breath? Practice between “class” and “workshop.” In the for a moment or so, this one former I might memorize or be tested; in the “Soul Motion is a movement ministry. We come together to minister to ourselves. latter I am building something, manifesting dance, one life, one breath.” To all the places where we’re feeling hard or stuck or unseen or unheard and using a vision. Building with movement, carving A tingling sensation runs up my spine, and shapes in the air, framing the space, laying I feel the blood pulsing inside my skin. My dance as a vehicle to relax and find that liberation in the body. This work is about a foundation. I notice the other bodies in body understands what my mind could only connection” The path of Vinn Marti hasn’t exactly been an easy one: he’s a living motion, some working on fine details and ponder, that love is all—the guiding principle example of the old adage “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” The broken others concerned with the overall project. We of Soul Motion. We’ve arrived together at a are all busy, taking time with plans of our own. place where the obstacles have been removed, jaw he earned street fighting in the Bronx as a child still gives him some twinges, The girl with the hood has found a walking and our inner vision is clear to see the and he refers darkly to a number of lost years after a stint in Vietnam that he spent stick and is making slow circles around it in connection between light and dark, affirmed battling some very bad habits. “Let’s remember that to love is to risk not being loved the corner, while I’m going round and round and estranged. Our practice is to accept what is without an agenda and to see and be seen in return. To live is to risk dying. To hope is to risk despair. To try is to risk failure. with some of the darker issues I’ve been wrestling with. We’re helping each other stay as love. The apprehension has evaporated But risk we must, because a greater hazard would be to risk nothing. Only a person afloat by building life rafts in the air. This is and the air in the room almost shimmers. For who risks is free.” After risking everything in pursuit of his passion, a new phase in the horizontal axis of Soul Motion, where we a brief moment I make eye contact with my shadow sister, hood now cast aside. I may a life of transformation is opening up, and his days as a solo artist are ending. The spiral outward to explore relationships with each other and the world. never exchange words with my cherished ® first round of 26 facilitator trainees are nearing the end of a two-year cycle that will companion on this journey, but our gaze dance paws officially sanction them to ministerS oul Motion. After 18 months of theory, deep inner “Before us is the mystery, and carries a message I won’t soon forget—that all is well in this moment. and outer work that involved cultivation of a meditation practice, and a generous behind us is our history. Below amount of community service, most are now at the practicum stage where they can us are our teachers, and above “How do you restore? How do you begin to work with groups. Facilitating Soul Motion is not just translation of a set of us are the ones we serve. Side renew and relax; do you stay and techniques, but rather a subtle creation of an atmosphere, a way of creating meaning by side we walk together with all pause, standing? Do you lie down, beings as one. Walk in the steps Protect your feet and with movement. Eff-ing the ineffable, one might say. “A number of people were do you sit, do you move through liberate your soul. coming to me and saying ‘We want to teach! We embrace this work, we love it, how of those who come before us; let the room? You’re invited to go do we do it?’ I was doubtful that what moves through me was transferable, it felt so them lead us into the mystery. into that place with the body now, Adjustable Dance Paws shield the ball of your personal. 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15 mediums—such as painting, music, dance, is the use of movement and in these experiments!” by cynthia hoven theater, video, etc., the low-residency MFA in techniques to integrate the practices and At the JFK School of Holistic Studies in Ever expanding with eurythmy Interdisciplinary Art does not emphasize the provoke a profound shift in of the , programs are I bring my hands before my heart, feeling the transformation. More than a technique to medium first; instead, students work in the the world. centered around the integration of the soma tenderness in myself. I let my arms unfold learn or teach, eurythmy is an all-encompass- medium that best suits their inner vision.” The body is also becoming the lens and the psyche. “There’s a change in attitude and stream into space, flowing as a grow- ing life philosophy. Spiritual aspiration is also encouraged in this through which other cultural phenomena as people learn how to be present and com- ing plant drawn upwards to the sun. Again Just as the practitioner of Eastern martial program, as is a holistic approach. Students are viewed. Patricia Hoffbauer’s seminar, fortable in their own bodies,” says Theresa and again I contract and expand, embody- arts is conscious of moving the chi, so the in Goddard’s Somatic Psychology Depart- Bodies in Cultural Landscapes, at Princeton Silow, who heads up the Somatic Psychology ing through movement the pulse of self and eurythmist moves his or her body accord- ment are trained to understand the body as University explores the history of Western Department. Silow adds, “Change is more world. So begins my eurythmy practice. ing to the laws of the etheric body, which a feeling and reflective diagnostic tool. Ac- fascination with non-white bodies in motion permanent when a cognitive/theoretical ex- At the beginning of the 20th century, the connects the physical body, the astral or soul cording to department director Steve James, through three units: Body as Culture, Body perience is met with a bodily understanding.” spiritual teacher Rudolf Steiner launched body, and the spiritual I AM. The center of “If you want to embrace a holistic approach, as Commerce, and Body as Art, exploring Courses use movement as a clinical tool—a a rebirth of spirit dance in the movement experience is the heart , sensitive to you cannot ignore the body.” “If you want to way to contact clients, access their inner world, art he called eurythmy. Like the dances of the experiences of the soul and the intention If mindfulness is a factor in your decision- and help regulate their inner experience. antiquity, this practice of artistically guid- of the mind. Eurythmy and holistic arts making process, consider Naropa University Descartes philosophized about the di- ed movements teaches us to dance with In a eurythmy lesson, the student will be- embrace a holistic • Certification in therapeutic eurythmy in Boulder, Colorado, one of the original approach, you cannot chotomy of mind and body in the 1600s, and consciousness of the stars and spirit beings. gin with experiences so elementary they seem requires two years of post-graduate studies, centers for embodied education. Founded scholars are still debating the point. But one Through eurythmy I have discovered a path miraculous: the power of being able to stand and entitles the practitioner to work with by the Tibetan Buddhist exile Chögyam ignore the body.” thing is clear in the light of modernity: when of spiritual and artistic growth, healing, and upright, the beauty of being able to walk. an MD to treat a variety of health issues. Trungpa Rinpoche, Naropa has been a lead- the identity politics generated by the mul- we embrace the body as a teacher, and culti- continued on page 18 • The eurythmy therapist teaches patients to er in contemplative-based education since ticultural movement. Says Hoffbauer, “My vate mindfulness as a practice, our processes direct the healing movements of the sound 1974 and a barometer for the growth and goal is to bring the body to the mind and be of learning are enhanced in ways that benefit gestures towards their own life processes. public acceptance of mind-body education. mindful of the body.” While Princeton is a our world. Whether it’s education in a specific • Eurythmy therapy is prescribed in the Zoe Avstreih, core faculty and director of private school more accessible to the afflu- modality, incorporating a teaching philosophy treatment of movement disorders, the Dance Therapy Program, says that dur- ent, her classes at the very affordable Hunter that becomes a lifestyle choice, or using a back- emotional and developmental disturbances, ing the past eight years their body awareness College, a division of the public City Univer- ground in movement as a springboard to in- breathing and rhythmic disturbances, programs have grown more popular every sity of New York, illustrate the broad appeal vention, bringing the body into the educational and digestive ailments. year. Naropa’s innovative Authentic Lead- of movement education. About her course equation informs the expansion of conscious- ership Program, a curriculum for leaders in titled Dance, Dancer, and the Audience, she ness in a deeply transformational way. Making Eurythmy and child development business and government, provides a trans- says, “Most of the 70 students who are tak- the world a better place is on the minds of • Eurythmy developed concurrently with formative learning experience that integrates ing it are not dance majors.” She’s excited students nowadays, and evolving the collective the Waldorf school movement, and Rudolf Steiner integrated eurythmy into the ancient wisdom with modern, effective ap- about the demand for her classes: “it makes mindset with movement and embodiment is a Waldorf curriculum and demonstrated proaches to leadership. Key to the program me believe that young people are interested great way to have fun doing it. how it can be taught in a graduated and age-specific manner. • Eurythmy exercises foster agility and coordination and improve social harmony “the body is gaining equal footing with the great minds of academia” in the classroom. • Eurythmy teachers are fully employed, and Waldorf is the fastest growing private school system worldwide. Trance Dance begins in Africa. Eurythmy as a performance art After completing high school, Shiva Rea deferred studies at NYU to do volunteer work, that built state-of-the-art facilities and established a tradition of bringing in master • Eurythmy is practiced and performed to and found herself in a marketplace in Zambia. “I heard these drums that went straight teachers from around the world. Leung says, “We have a desire to educate the public live music and recitation, by as few as to the center of my being.” She became a member of a drum and that about embodied arts.” Well known as a laboratory for exploring the meaning of tradi- one or as many as 30 performers. was part of a network of groups from every marketplace. “We would dance and drum tion in contemporary society, WAC’s programs are hugely popular. • To show subtle gesture rather than body for political functions; I ended up dancing for the president of Zambia,” she says. Rea’s “The whole evolution of Yoga Trance Dance came out of my experiences at World Arts forms, eurythmists usually wear long, elementary years at a predominately African-American school in Oakland, CA, had and Cultures,” Rea says. “I didn’t want to just write about dance ritual; I wanted to be flowing dress-like garments. steeped her in a culture of movement, so when the drums of Africa unleashed her inner involved in a movement form that was healing and transformative.” Rea took full advan- • The stage is bathed in a flood of colored anaças M

. lights, which change as the performance dancer,“ it was like these people had never seen a Western person who could actually R tage of the offerings, studying at the Jamaican School of Dance and spending extended evolves. ers:

move ... It led me to realize how essential movement was, not only for individual trans- c periods of time in , Java, and India on research grants. “My education was ex- an formation, but for cultural transformation...” She returned with the question, “Where d tremely rare; I studied at least 20 different forms of traditional dance. Yoga Trance Dance • The experience tends to be understated, and audiences accustomed to sensory UCLA Grad Shiva Rea can I study this? It’s so important!” Good luck led her to World Arts and Cultures (WAC) is about thawing out the inhibitions towards movement and creating space in Western brilliance may find the performance to be pushes the evolutionary edge at UCLA. “It was a fluke. I called to get info on an class and they con- society for collective non-verbal entrainment.” After getting her master’s degree she on her current sacred activation surprisingly subtle. nected me with WAC. It wound up being exactly what I wanted to study.” was invited to return and teach a class of her own design entitled Movement as Cultural retreat series Raise the Vibration. • What the audience sees corresponds Seen here dancing in Denver, World Arts and Cultures is a “small liberal arts school tucked into a huge university Behavior. “Academia has to always keep applying itself—outside of academia.” ren: natasha hemrajani/ exactly to what they hear, bringing the

Colorado, with modern kirtan system,” says Angelia Leung, co-chair of the department. The interdisciplinary pro- ld Rea’s foundation from WAC is a living example, a modern fusion informed by creative hi right and left sides of the brain into a state c master Dave Stringer. grams at WAC are geared towards understanding culture through the arts. WAC may application of an innovative education. “I’ve recommended the program to so many of balance, allowing greater perceptive

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Rudolf steiner CREATOR OF IDEAS Students then learn how to move together, consciously, I open my soul to receive what at the heart of creation. As a prac- WITH LASTING INFLUENCE ON CULTURE. exploring the nature of organic life. Eu- comes towards me. titioner of eurythmy, I seek to find Lesley University Austrian philosopher, educator, artist, rythmy involves not only being fully present Each sound, experienced in time, is a move- the World Word speaking and sing- in oneself, but also learning to be sensitive ment with a unique shape, speed, dynamic, ing wherever I go. When I look into Offers an MA based on Anna Halprin’s Life/Art and scientist Rudolf Steiner (1861– Process through the Tamalpa Institute. 1925) is widely known for his ideas to other people and coordinate movement and color. When spoken, the sounds live on nature, I find its forms woven into w w w .l e s l e y .e d u with them. A group of eurythmists thus can the etheric stream of the breath; as a euryth- trees and rocks, rivers and moun- on ethical individualism—a way for Luther College human beings to achieve full freedom move like a flock of soaring birds. mist, I move the corresponding gesture with tains, lizards and lions, stars and BA in Theatre/Dance includes acting, contact and consciousness. He developed the The practice of “threefold walking” lays the stream emanating from my heart. sheep. When we learn to look at the movement.edu improvisation, performance, and design. the foundation for the effortless movements world with pure eyes, without greed w w w .l u t h e r .e d u philosophy known as , “I have discovered a and believed that working along of eurythmy. Centered in my heart, I stand or harm, we are looking with the Antioch University Naropa University Contemplative approach unites classroom ex- with the spiritual world enriches both straight, my head crowned with light, my path of spiritual and eyes of the child. We can understand how One of few ADTA-approved graduate degree feet alive to the earth. Upright yet relaxed, I the child sees the elemental kingdoms, the programs in Dance/Movement Therapy. perience with personal awareness disciplines. the individual and the larger world. artistic growth” w w w .a n t i o c h .e d u w w w .n a r o p a .e d u During his lifetime, Steiner used his walk quietly, forwards, backwards, right, and fairies and gnomes who have made the left, letting my feet talk to the earth. Music, too, can be experienced in eu- world. We can intuit the hand of creation California Institute of Integral Studies New York University philosophy to create influential social Tisch School of the Arts thrives in the stimulat- The study of eurythmy also involves learn- rythmy. The eurythmist does not dance to that has shaped the world. Mind/Body programs include Somatic structures in varied settings: Psychology and Expressive Arts Therapy. ing intellectual climate of New York City. ing the gestures for the sounds of language. a piece of music, but rather makes visible I can also find the World Word at the very w w w .ciis.e d u w w w .t i s c h .n y u .e d u • Founded the Waldorf School The art of eurythmy begins when a euryth- the very nature of music. The rise and fall core of my being. There the still, small voice movement, now a worldwide network. Goddard College Princeton University mist takes a piece of poetry and “speaks” of pitch, the and beat, the timbre of God moves in inaudible flows and surges Low-residency interdisciplinary programs Dance programs embody kinesthetic, creative, • Developed biodynamic agriculture, it in gesture. The story or poem becomes of the instruments used, the phrases and that unite my soul with the spiritual world. allow flexibility while earning an MFA. and cognitive approaches to learning. the forerunner to organic farming. visible: the body becomes language. melody line, even the specific keys of music It is the miracle of eurythmy that has taught w w w .g o d d a r d .e d u w w w .p r i n c e t o n .e d u • Developed the art of eurythmy with As a eurythmist, I have a love affair with and the intervals are the elements used in me how to dance the living word of creation. Hunter College Santa Barbara Graduate Institute Marie Steiner-von Severs. sounds. I feel how they affect my etheric choreographing eurythmy as visibleDMT music. Ad—Conscious DancerAlthough anyone can participate in classes, An affordable division of the City University of Somatic Psychology program associated with body, and allow myself to express their pow- Eurythmy can be performed to3.6˝ a solo x 4.85˝ in- color a eurythmy training requires a minimum of New York. Known for its cultural diversity. Martha Eddy’s Somatic Movement Therapy. • Conceived the threefold social w w w .h u n t e r .c u n y .e d u w w w .s b g i .e d u order, a political structure that er in gesture. An S slithers through my body strument, or groups can perform entire four years of full-time study. In America with sinuous snake-like forms, while SH orchestral pieces. there are two accredited trainings: at Ru- John F. Kennedy University World Arts and Cultures at UCLA preserves independence among Known for fostering personal growth and their Inclusive division of UCLA focused on cross- cultural, political, and economic moves through space like a great cloud of Many ancient traditions experienced dolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks, Califor- graduate program in Somatic Psychology. cultural understanding through the arts. realms of society. steam. The vowels, however, are the sounds that the world was spoken or sung into nia, (steinercollege.edu) and in Spring Valley, w w w .j f k u .e d u w w w .w a c .u c l a .e d u

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Gabrielle Roth & the Mirrors are back with a smoking new album of tripped-out tribal that send you into a state of trance . JHOOM, The Intoxication Of Surrender, is an adrenaline rush; a whirl of electrifying Diving into Digital tribal grooves that will awaken the spiritual hunger Live mixing evolves within you, while keeping your feet in constant motion. with the advances This album is a hypnotic blend of drums, bass, strings of technology. and female . By Eric Monkhouse en years ago it was mind-blowing to music download websites have made it easier see a DJ beat-match vinyl on three to access “always available” catalogues of Digital essentials Tturntables. Dancers huddled around music. Latest remixes can be emailed across Mac laptops have their own internal the booth, devouring every adjustment. Many the world, and newly formed labels can reach sound card with good drivers. PCs will 800-76-RAVEN require an additional sound card. All [email protected] DJs still spin vinyl, allured by its feel and DJs without large monetary or environmen- www.ravenrecording.com warm sound qualities. As a moving medita- tal costs. your software can be controlled with tion, spinning vinyl activates the right brain, Remember to interact and have fun with midi signals via a USB cable from an which results in a heightened “non-thinking” your audience. If you’re not facilitating with external keyboard, thus eliminating the need to touch the laptop. state of awareness. However, the goal posts a wireless mic, you can embody more of the have changed over recent years. Many move- DJ/performer energy by turning your laptop Ableton Live ment facilitators are playing music in non- to the side so you can face the crowd. Add- A creative tool for recording, production, nightclub environments and simply need a ing drummers or live instruments to the mix and performance. It’s easy to learn, with a flexible and simple interface. is always a plus, and gives you an organic, reliable soundtrack. Although the need to w w w .a b l e t o n .c o m mix music smoothly remains, beat matching improvisational edge. To keep your laptop Traktor has become less of a challenge with the rise up to speed, always keep a minimum of 5Gb An industry standard, this virtual of technology. The challenge now is to cre- free on your hard drive. When you import or turntable allows creative mixing ability, atively edit, loop, layer, and program digital download tracks, use no less than a 320-kbps but no recording or production tools. tracks either with CDs or on a laptop. compression rate, as any less tends to distort w w w .n a t i v e -instruments .c o m As the technology for making music on a professional sound system. And keep an Mixmeister evolves, so does the need for tools to make eye on the system EQs—step onto the dance Determines the key and tempo of that music. Customized controllers are de- floor to hear if the midranges are too high, your tracks and offers intelligent song signed to maximize workflow and have and adjust the bass. Meticulous re-mapping suggestions for compatible mixing. brought fun and showmanship into digital of your controller will give you a foundation w w w .m i x m e i s t e r .c o m DJ-ing. Digital pioneer DJ Mouldover de- for inspired play and blur the line between Serato Vinyl Scratch scribes “controllerism” as “the art of manip- performer and selector. Bridging the analog world of vinyl with ulating sounds and creating music live, using The age of wireless mixing is upon us with the digital world of audio files. A unique computer controllers and software.” Despite devices like Nintendo’s Wii and the iPhone. hybrid that maintains the art of mixing. w w w .r a n e .c o m the criticism that there is little skill involved DJs and facilitators are free to control from in button pressing and mouse clicking, the the dance floor, making selections from the Pacemaker digital revolution has given DJs an infinite dancers’ perspective. Perhaps one day we’ll A portable DJ system that has space for 120GB worth of tunes in a handset resource for creative self-expression. be so tuned in to technology that we’ll an- slightly larger than a mobile phone. The digital domain has also made the DJ’s ticipate every mood by channeling songs w w w .p a c e m a k e r .n e t life a lot easier. Now you can take your en- from our brain straight to the sound system iTunes tire music library on the road, with no more via software. One thing is cer- Free audio player platform with a limited aching shoulders and fear of lost luggage at tain—technology will continue to enhance cross fader and some basic editing tools. airports. Digital files can be re-downloaded, our ability to intuitively meet the needs of w w w .a p p l e .c o m

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22 conscious dancer | spring 2009 conscious dancer | spring 2009 23 25 Festivals and Events 29 Moving Arts Members 26 Workshops and Education 30 Reviews DANCE & YOGA 28 Performances 30 MixMasters Top 10 Movement Menu Retreats in Oaxaca Mexico Nourish your soul with events and happenings in your area — visit www.MovingArtsNetwork.com

enjoy explore s p r i n g h i g h l i g h t s dance New York Dance Parade f e s t i v a l s a n d e v e n t s MAY 16 New York, NY Dance New England Summer Camp Free cultural fun at the third annual New York City AUG 14-25 Freedom, NH Dance Parade. Nearly 7,000 dancers and thousands There will be classes in movement and much more of supporters will flock to the streets of Manhattan in with DJ’d barefoot boogies every night, impromptu celebration of culture, community, and the art of movement. Types of dance range from modern to Salsa Retreat is dedicated to sustainable and jams, and live music dancing, festivals and family fun, swimming, canoeing, and moments of serenity among , hip-hop to , and bhangra to responsible tourism and we donate 2% of net 5Rhythms. Colorful floats, live bands, andD Js will add the pines. We are a loving, changing, thinking, danc- sales to a local non-profit organization dedicated to the festivities, along with a dance festival in the park ing, welcoming community. This is an enjoyable event to the education of underprivileged children. till sunset. w w w .danceparade .o r g for all ages, from children to elders. w w w .d n e .o r g Margie Gillis facilitating at Hollyhock - Pg. 26 Northern California Dance Dreamtime Festival [email protected] 206.234.3720 Collective Summer Camp JUL 16-20 Paonia, CO $85-109 JUN 19-28 Dunlap, CA WWW.SALSARETREAT.COM This festival combines art, celebration, and music with an intention of learning and transformation. Come dance, play, celebrate, and grow with us as Weaving themes of , holistic healing, ritual, we co-create a dance village for nine days in the and manifestation—we dream the future together. southern Sierras, with daytime classes in a wide range Dreamtime is an open canvas for dancing, interactive of movement modalities as well as music and art, and all kinds of great evening events. Relax, sun yourself sculptures, costumes, theater, fire performances, music, by the lake, go for a swim or a canoe ride, play Frisbee spoken word, multimedia, fashion shows, DJs, a myriad or volleyball, make new friends and talk with old of workshops, movement classes, nature walks, healing ones—there’s a wide range of experiences available to courses, yoga, acoustic performance, and your inspired newcomers and returning campers alike. contribution. w w w .dreamthefuture .o r g

al: B en R udick w w w .n c d c d a n c e s .o r g Festival of World Sacred Music Planetary Dance MAY 26-JUN 9 Fes, MAY 31 Mt. Tamalpais State Park, CA Artists from around the world gather in the ancient Dance Parade enlivens New York City - Pg. 25 Anna Halprin’s annual all-day ritual of healing and city of Fes to share music and dance from the spiritual community renewal brings people of all ages and traditions of their homelands. Explore the rich diversity abilities together in a beautiful setting to “dance for of Morocco’s cultures and landscapes guided by native a purpose.” The Planetary Dance Community invites Moroccans and others with intimate knowledge of the people all over the world to join in a dance for peace country. Experience real hospitality through homestays in their own communities and peace with the Earth. and home-cooked meals with Moroccan families. w w w .planetarydance .o r g w w w m o r o c c o c o m arker.com / Jacob’s Pillo w D ance Festi v . 360. Pop Conference at EMP - Sex Gaia Fire Romance: Pop and the Body Politic APR 22-26 Gaia’s Oasis, Auberry, CA $80 APR 16-19 Seattle, WA Gaia Fire is a five-dayS acred Fire Circle gathering For this year’s Pop Conference we address any period in the beautiful Sierra foothills of central California. or style of music, that brings erotic and sensual issues Participants will explore the deep connections made to the forefront and connect them to political and aes- possible through movement, the rhythm of drums, and thetic concerns. Rock and roll has long congratulated

ana L ando w ne / SEEDS : terre p SEEDS explores art, dance, and - Pg. 26 song as they dance around the all-night fire and then itself on riding the Big Beat over all sanctimonious emerge from the experience to greet the morning sun. opposition, but can we take our sense of these arche- Space is limited, so please register early. typal struggles somewhere beyond, say, Footloose? w w w n i g h t p a t h o r g g a i a f i r e . . / / / w w w .e m p s f m .o r g Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Rakkasah West JUN 20-AUG 30 Becket, MA MAR 13-15 Vallejo, CA Jacob’s Pillow, America’s longest running dance The largest bellydance festival in the world. The festival, celebrates its 77th season. This season in- festival features internationally known belly dancing, cludes performances by 50 dance companies on three folk dancing, and music teachers. The festival is open performance stages including , hip-hop, tap, to the general public and is suitable for people of all contemporary, flamenco, dance-theater, and more. ages. So, if you would like to learn about Middle East- Jacob’s Pillow offers more than 110 ticketed and 200 ern Dance or you simply love to see the performing free events throughout the summer months, including arts, this is the event for you. Find exotic costuming, performances, talks, observations, tours, yoga, pilates, musical instruments, jewelry, decor for your home, and dance classes. henna painting, dancers, and more dancers.

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24 conscious dancer | spring 2009 conscious dancer | spring 2009 25 f e s t i v a l s & e v e n t s c o n t . w o r k s h o p s & e d u c a t i o n w o r k s h o p s & e d u c a t i o n c o n t . SEEDS Festival (Somatic Experiments Body is a River: Continuum Movement Enhancing the Fluid Body: in Earth, Dance, + Science) MAR 27-29 Mt. , Watsonville, CA Deep Dive Continuum Movement JUN 14-28 Earthdance Retreat, Plainfield, MA Journey to Peru Join Beth Riley in an open-ended inquiry and APR 18 Soma Center, Highland Park, NJ $65 SEEDS is a unique interdisciplinary summer festival discovery. Continuum movement blends a range of Dive into the waters of continuum movement with dedicated to arts and ecology. The two weeks will subtle intrinsic movements with dynamic expres- June 28-July 6, 2009 Bobbie Ellis-Bianculli. Continuum is an extraordi- feature workshops, collaborative design projects, sion and a rich variety of breaths and sounds, to nary awakening to the fullness of what it means to panel discussions, live performances, films, and awaken the experience of the Mystery of the Body. be alive. Learn life saving, life giving skills to enliven interdisciplinary investigations. SEEDS embodies Practicing Continuum increases vitality, health, and the fluid system, our primary healer. We will explore the connections between green, movement, healing; awakens creativity, innovation, and play; possibilities in soundplay, self-regulating movement exploration, justice, interconnectivity, reflection, facilitates trust in one’s inherent body wisdom; sequencing, tracking sensation, and silence. All are art, science, sacred, all. deepens spiritual connection; and provides a safe welcome, no prior continuum experience needed. w w w .e a r t h d a n c e .n e t /s e e d s environment for growth and renewal. w w w .s o m a c t r .c o m w w w .mountmadonna .o r g Spring Awakening: 5Rhythms Benefit Feldenkrais Method Annual Conference with Drumming BodyMantra Immersion: Stepping Stones AUG 1-6 Forest Grove, OR APR 11 Haiku, HI $100 MAY 1-3 Body Mantra, Boulder, CO This year, the annual conference will cover Sweat your prayers (for a good cause) on the island of Using movement as our medium, we will bear witness “Education for the Future.” This is an opportunity Maui with 5Rhythms® teacher Kabba Anand and mas- to how our bodies embrace, invent, resist, and deflect, for practitioners and trainees from all over North ter drummer Sanga of the Valley, a legendary master providing us with a reflection for our patterns in daily America and the world to come together and share at facilitating dance and movement, having worked life, encouraging us to step into uncharted territory ideas, continue their education, develop visions for many years with . Come prepared in order to expand beyond our comfort zone. Be pre- for the future of their work, and get to know one to move and groove ecstatically! Proceeds benefit pared to laugh, cry, groove, spin wildly, sit in silence, another. The conference features educational Women Helping Women, The Paia Youth and Cultural witness others, and welcome the unexpected when workshops, the annual meeting, forums, and social Center, and Studio Maui. you join Kimberly Jonas on this BodyMantra journey. events. Come join us and reconnect with your w w w .b o d y -m a n t r a .c o m w w w .thestudiomaui .c o m natural ability to move, think, and feel! w w w .feldenkrais .c o m WCCIF: West Coast Contact Congress on Research in Festival JUN 26-27 Leicester, UK JourneyDance Teacher Training: Level 1 JUL 2-7 Berkeley, CA This peer-reviewed conference celebrates the growing JUN 21-26 , Stockbridge, MA $295-400 Full Festival, $75 Public Day interest in the relationship between Land package includes first class JourneyDance™ is a playful and intuitive method and dance pedagogy. It brings together an interna- of using movement to discover and celebrate our Practice and invent Contact Improvisation (CI) with hotels, site fees, and more. tional constituency to identify cutting-edge research inner strengths. For everyone who loves to dance, international teachers during five days of creative ca- Discounts available. in the area as a basis for future development. A global including yoga teachers and movement therapists. maraderie. Experience a cross-section of communities perspective is important in the recognition of the For more information Come embody, explore, and express your glorious interested in dance, improvisation, somatic movement, range of discourses. Please join us to discuss and de- and reservations Self in the exhilarating movement experience of and performance. Attend Full Fest, Night Class, Public bate global perspectives in the research and practice Toni Bergins’ JourneyDance. Get funky and divine. day, Jams: your choice! Five-Day Intensives include: Call 928-284-1429 of dance pedagogy. We embark on a journey to fully express ourselves Authentic Contact with Guto Macedo & Soraya Jorge www.sacredguild.org as soul. This teacher training intensive takes you on w w w .c o r d a n c e .o r g /c o n f e r e n c e -2009 (), CI, and Martial Arts with Javier Cura a powerful and transformative journey by immersing (Argentina/Germany), and Activating the Embodied Creative Dance Congress you in an ocean of holy motion. Become fully present in your body, release trapped emotions and Mind with Nita Little (USA). w w w .w c c i f .o r g JUN 19-26 Hampshire College, Amherst, MA self-judgment, access inner power, celebrate your $150-300 Yoga on the Dance Floor/Sanskrit spirit, and manifest your dreams. The International Association for Creative Dance w w w .journeydance .c o m Center for Movement MAR 28 8-10 pm Jivamukti, NY presents its annual gathering to celebrate and Education and Research Come join us for a very special concert and dance practice free movement expression based on the Nia Guided Moving Meditation with Ekayani and the Tom Glide Space. You principles developed by dance pioneer Barbara MAR 21 Sertoma Arts Center, Raleigh, NC can expect a superb performance and DJ set by Mettler. Registration: 3–7 days. Persons new to harbin Celebrate both movement and stillness as Nia Black Ekayani and European gold and platinum producer Mettler-based dance should register for the first Belt instructor Julie Ihrig leads you through a gentle PRESENTS Tom Glide. Their album Yoga on the Dance Floor three days to gain the experience necessary for movement and sound experience. The unique and Sanskrit Mantras is an innovative take on sacred successful participation at the event. Contact: sounds of the crystal bowls stimulate our energy hot springs song. Set to deep house, progressive, and minimal Alternate Route Griff Goehring g r i f f @creativedancecenter .o r g centers, or , bringing us into a greater sense house with Dub and Brazilian flavors, Ekayani sings of peace, clarity and energetic balance. Start your Training in Dance/ in three languages: Bengali, Sanskrit, and English. Dance of Liberation Saturday with this unique gift of self-healing. Based on the bhakti tradition of Gaudiya, Vais- MAY 15-17 Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY Movement Therapy w w w .trianglenia .c o m dance navism has dee jays worldwide rocking! Mystics and sages have long recognized the power 18-month professional and w w w .jivamuktiyoga .c o m of ritual drumming, chanting, and other rhythmic Sacred Dance Guild Journey to Peru vibrations to shift consciousness. Parashakti and JUN 28-JUL 6 Cusco, Peru $3,196 comprehensive training program DANCING: Ecstatic Dance Ritual Purnima Langen are the modern shamanic guides Concerts with Micheline Berry and host this ritual celebration fusing intention, The Sacred Dance Guild, an international, multicul- tural, interfaith, organization that promotes sacred soak Southern California: APR 11, JUN 13 Venice, CA $15-20 , dance, breathwork, and contem- Scripps and Pomona Colleges--Claremont porary that opens powerful portals of dance in and sponsors “Journey A renowned ecstatic dance and world music journey DMT Southern California Director spiritual energy to transform the way you think and to Peru.” Visit Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley of at Exhale Center. Zen Dancing® induces peak states Pamela Fairweather, ADTR, NCC feel—and who you are and long to be. the Incas, and other mystical sites. Explore Andean of embodiment and a deep union with the pranic flow w w w .e o m e g a .o r g culture, observe traditional dances, and enjoy Starts: July 10, 2009 between dancer and drum, breath and beat. Come shared dance experiences with locals. Includes sun Northern California: shake your Buddhi to live Latin, Soul & East/West Dancing from the Inside Out expert Peruvian guides, first-class hotels, and much Sonoma State University--Rohnert Park grooves as well as DJ’d sets of the latest in world beat JUL 12-17 Hollyhock, Cortes Island, BC Canada more. No dance experience necessary. DMT Northern California Director music sure to arouse your heart and set your feet on Take dancing to a new realm with Margie Gillis and w w w .sacreddanceguild .o r g Janet Lester, Psy.D., ADTR fire! w w w .z e n d a n c i n g .c o m learn to listen to your body, your impulses and emo- tions. This unique teaching process illuminates how Sacred Dance Teachers’ Training The 11th Annual NDEO Conference nourish To enroll contact: Judy Gantz, CMER Director your thoughts, emotions, and spirit become messages MAY 30-JUN 12 Findhorn Foundation, Scotland - Focus on Dance Education: [email protected] that inform your body, telling it how to move. Expand Sacred Dance is a collection of circle dances which 310-477-9535 Take A Bite of the Apple your creative capacities to imbue shape, line, and work on many levels to create community through JUN 23-28 New York, NY $300 articulation of each gesture with fuller meaning and joyful celebration and deep devotion, to transform Visit our website for further information This year the conference will focus on effective and deeper beauty. The course is taught in an environ- and heal. Join facilitators, Peter Vallance and Judith breathe and class schedules: artistic strategies for teaching and learning dance ment that enhances both performance quality and Bone to learn 16 dances in depth and have the www.movement-education.org/therapy/ with the theme Exploring Resources to Promote Best knowledge of the choreographic process. Beginners opportunity to teach and receive feedback. It is Practices in Teaching and Learning Dance. Over 150 gain an understanding of the fundamental elements in dancing as a . 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26 conscious dancer | spring 2009 consciousConscious dancer Dancer | spring 2009 27 1/6 pg. Horizonal: 2.333x4.85 contact: [email protected] c o n t TM w o r k s h o p s & e d u c a t i o n . TaKeTiNa - The Power of Rhythm Featured Members JOURNEY DANCE APR 3-5 Palo Alto, CA WITH TONI BERGINS The TaKeTiNa Rhythm Process is about embrac- Mo v i n g Ar t s Ne t w o r k .c o m i s a n ing and enhancing your natural rhythmic skills and o n l i n e s e r v i c e d i r e c t o r y c o n n e c t i n g Love your Body! LEVEN INSTITUTE FOR EXPRESSIVE MOVEMENT Love your Life! using rhythm as a tool for personal growth. Discover m e m b e r s t o t h e i r c o mm u n i t i e s TaKeTiNa from Reinhard and Cornelia Flatischler, a n d e x p a n d i n g t h e distribution o f leaders of the International TaKeTiNa Institute for c o n s c i o u s d a n c e r m a g a z i n e rhythm education and research. This musical, medita- . Become a teacher of tive group process is for people who want to develop California ® their awareness of rhythm. Voice, claps, and steps Shake Your Soul represent the three rhythmic layers that continue Anna Halprin - Mountain Home Studio simultaneously. This three-day workshop offers group Ariana Candell - Deep Power Kripalu YogaDance Center for Movement Education and Research support to allow the individual participants to go into Core Connexion Transformational Arts® their own process, building deep musical and personal East Bay Ecstatic Dance trust. Surrender to the power of rhythm with TaKeTiNa. Emilie Conrad - Continuum Movement® Transform people’s lives w w w .t a k e t i n a .c o m Eurythmy Department - Rudolf Steiner College through dance! TangoZen Workshop Miss Rosie - Hero Hoops InterPlay® - Body Wisdom MAR 27 Hamburg, Germany Kris Freewoman - Body Rhythm Goddess Learn to teach a movement class TangoZen is a , which is based MariosaCruise - Explore the Wave Within that integrates the essence of yoga on zen principles and basic tango movements. This Shiva Rea - Yoga Trance Dance two-day workshop explores basic concepts of posture, Sirens In Sanity Belly Dance Studio where breath and spirit supports tango walk, and embrace with exercises for establish- Soja Martial Arts movement with the essence of ing mindfulness and connection with one’s partner; fo- dance where you unleash the soul’s cuses on centering, weight-shifting, walking in various Colorado patterns, and tuning your mind/body to the different Body Mantra joy and passion! rhythms of tango, milonga, and vals; establishes and Golden Bridge - Surfing the Creative® exchanges energy between partners while dancing; For a listing of discounts visit our and explores the concepts of mindfulness, , Georgia website where you can receive up and improvisation. w w w .t a n g o z e n .c o m Lisa Michaels, Founder - Natural Rhythms to 40% off tuition Yoga, Nia, Surf & Wildlife Retreat Hawaii APR 13-19 Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica Ecstatic Dance Hawaii Partial scholarships are available Escape to one of the most pristine rainforests in the The Studio Maui world for an adventurous week of wildlife, yoga, Nia, and surfing with Ted McDonald, Susanne Conrad Massachusetts and Adventure Yoga Retreats. Practice yoga and Nia Toni Bergens, Founder - JourneyDance® among howler monkeys, Scarlet Macaws and the Leven Institute for Expressive Movement multitude of natural wonders of the Osa Peninsula. Let Your Yoga Dance® Surf at one of the most beautiful untapped beaches in The School for Body-Mind Centering® the world where there’s enough space for each rider to Dance and become a yogadance surf their own wave! w w w .a y r e t r e a t s .c o m teacher with national presenter: New Mexico Megha – Nancy Buttenheim, M.A. Souldance

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