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LOVING BIODANZA • SCENE IN NYC • GLOBAL MOVE-MAP CONSCIOUS FALL 2012 ISSUE#20 movement for a better world DANCER 60 PLACES TO DANCE ECSTATIC! Prayerformance Four visionaries share the wonder and wisdom of sacred dance DO-IT-YOURSELF DANCE START-UPS PLUS Technicolor Hearing GIFT GUIDE Gaining AXIS GROOVY IDEAS Touching Breath 32 11 I N S P I R AT I O N : AXIS Dance Company Groundbreaking physically integrated dance company rolls out a hearty curriculum. 24 15 WARMUPS • Murals That Dance • Transformational Gift Guide • Debbie Rosas: Sounding as a Sacred Act 21 SPOTLIGHT: Circle Up, USA DJ Franklin Markowitz offers wisdom from ecstatic dances around the country, and perspective on what makes gatherings move your spirit. 39 VITALITY: The Power of Breath Danielle Fraenkel and Jeffrey Mehr share insight on the art of mindful breathing. 42 SOUNDS: Sense Around Sound Kim Cascone is our guide on a sensory journey into the world of subtle listening. features 46 DESTINATIONS: New York City Surprise! The Big Apple is buzzing with a multitude of moving modalities. 48 RESULTS: Biodanza 24 Sacred Encounters Embrace the joy of connection with yourself The magical union of movement and spirituality shines and others. brightly through four distinct lenses: Prema Gaia is 49 MUSIC REVIEWS Seven facilitators and DJs share their faves. transported as she watches a PRAYERFORMANCE by the 51 MOVE MENU Fall Highlights Vajrasa Temple Dancers, hoop yogini Jocelyn Gordon brings • Education the HOOP DANCE to a higher plane, Vatra Amidzich • Events and Performances reflects on the primal power of FIRE DANCE, and • Retreats and Workshops • Dance Ecstatic Listings Ilona Glinarsky reveals the loving connections that emerge DEPARTMENTS through the ARGENTINIAN TANGO. 32 Open Hearts. Open Source. Craving a new flavor of dance in your town? Pick up the recipe from an open source movement model and cook up connection in your community. We highlight four friendly frameworks that flow across borders and through cultures. 15 PHOTO: TOP LEFT: BRENDAN JAFFER-THOM / COYOTEFOTOS / TOP RIGHT: KIRSTEN EDDYSON / BOTTOM: JJ TIZIOU BRENDAN JAFFER-THOM / COYOTEFOTOS TOP RIGHT: PHOTO: TOP LEFT: CONSCIOUSDANCER.COM | FALL 2012 5 CONTRIBUTORS BAJA, MEXICO SCOTT BELDING Scott Belding is a dance photographer and executive director of Moving Arts Dance whose photos have been published worldwide. In his work, Scott strives to capture authentic moments in dance, as opposed to dance poses. Authentic moments, he says, take place when dancers completely give themselves to the character and the movement. Scott’s evocative prayerformance photography is featured on our cover and in our sacred dance story. www.scottbeldingphotography.com PACIFICA, CA KIM CASCONE Kim Cascone studied electronic music at the Berklee College of Music and the New School in Manhattan. He founded Silent Records in 1985 and has released 40 albums of electronic music. He has performed with Merzbow, Keith Rowe, Scanner, John Tilbury, and worked as assistant music editor on two David Lynch films. Cascone founded the .microsound list in 1999. In his Sounds article he explores the practice of subtle listening. www. anechoicmedia.com ROCHESTER, NY DANIELLE FRAENKEL JEFFREY MEHR Dr. Danielle Fraenkel is director of Kinections, the only freestanding institute in the US to offer all the dance/ movement therapy courses for board certification. BUTOPIAPACIFIC NORTHWEST CENTER FOR EMBODIED ARTS IN NATURE She created LivingDance™, an approach to personal Dance • Yoga • Butoh • Meditation Workshops • Performances • Retreats growth based on the healing inherent in dance. Her Teacher Training • Artist Residencies colleague and husband Jeffrey Mehr, MA, creates Liv- ingMusic™ powered by the dancers, and teaches them Located on Beautiful Whidbey Island in FREEland, WA Dance FREEly & Live lightly in Wild Forest EcoSpace to create LivingMusic of their own. www.kinections.com with your hosts Maureen "Momo" FREEhill, MFA & DreamCraftsman John Lorette. For information on Spring/Summer 2012 Embodied Art Offerings & creating YOUR event @ Butopia/SOMA TAOS, NM www.butopia.orgPacific 206-855-5836 PREMA GAIA Northwest Center IMAGINATION for Embodied SENSATION Embodied Arts SOUL in Prema Gaia is a freelance writer and “new world Nature S MA consciousness publicist” who raises awareness BODY Sanctuary Of Moving Arts about movements and events that are transform- ing our world and uplifting our spirits. In 2010, Prema and 18 other women healers and teachers co-founded the Goddess Temple of Ashland, a sanctuary that nurtures the divine feminine in all. In her feature story, she explores Prayerformance as an access point to deeply embodied transcendent experience. www.facebook.com/premagaia1 PHOTOS: TOP TO BOTTOM: LISA DEAN, CHRISTOPHER CASCONE, SYDNEY ROBINSON, MANDY CREIGHTON 6 CONSCIOUSDANCER.COM | FALL 2012 consciousdancer Overlooking the festivities aboard the giant VW Bus at Burning Man ‘12. CHECKING IN onnecting the dots. It’s a phrase we hear that has been very real for me WHO WE ARE of late. I have a four-year-old who asks me to create dotted outlines of scenes she imagines from her storybooks, so she can connect the dots and FOUNDED ON APRIL FIRST 2007 BY C Mark Metz & Aspen Madrone color in the picture. It’s a creative collaboration that brings us together in a really PUBLISHER AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mark Metz heartwarming way. CREATIVE DIRECTION Laura Cirolia MANAGING EDITOR Rachel Trachten Thinking about the mission of this magazine, our role is to pencil in as many DESIGN AND PRODUCTION Melissa White, Isabelle Metz different dots of dance as we can, creating an outline that is filled out and colored CREATIVE CONTRIBUTORS Brian Yee, Gianna Cirolia OFFICE MANAGER Karina Louise in by all of the people who really form the picture. We trust we are serving you by CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Liz Mac, Jetta Martin, putting more points of light on the map, and giving the “movement movement” Elana Silverman, Mariana Rose Thorn more opportunities to learn, grow, and connect. (And speaking of maps, have you STAFF WRITERS Rachel Trachten, Laura Cirolia added your event to our new online MoveMap yet?) We love fueling your creative COMMUNITY LIAISONS Liz Mac, Samurai Bennet DIGITAL CONSULTANT Ryan Dohrn process with fresh ideas from far-flung edges of the field, and serving as the DETAIL HANDLER Naias Kabir conduit for cross-pollination that a strong and evolving cultural movement needs. I.T. ANGEL Luis Echeverria LICENSING Efrain Correal Fortunately, a lot of clever people out there are figuring out ways to spread HOUSE DJ Julie Joules connection. In this issue we gathered together four “open source” movement PUBLISHED BY Moving Arts International models—frameworks that can be passed on like a baton in a relay race, and put ISSN 1937-8130 in motion in any community or culture. This feature is our tribute to some of the ADVERTISING SALES AND DATES movers and shakers who are creating welcoming containers for new dancers and WINTER #21 – RESERVE 12–1 / STREET 1–15–2013 SPRING #22 – RESERVE 2–1 / STREET 4–15–2013 helping the movement grow. Our other big tribute is to everyone who finds spirit through movement, with a focus on four very different individuals who illustrate AD INQUIRIES [email protected] the term “sacred dance.” The connection we are highlighting is the internal one, EVENT PROMOTIONS [email protected] between self and spirit. INQUIRIES & SUBMISSIONS [email protected] Also in this issue: Kim Cascone reveals how to create deeper connection with our OUR MAILING ADDRESS PO Box 2330, Berkeley, CA 94702 own senses through the practice of subtle listening, and Danielle Fraenkel and WE LOVE HEARING FROM YOU! Jeffrey Mehr offer insight into that most vital of all connection points, the meeting (510) 778-9131 of breath and body. Plus, we’ve created a listing of 60 freestyle-ecstatic-barefoot VISIT US ON THE WEB AT dances around the world so our readers can more easily connect. All that and a gift WWW.CONSCIOUSDANCER.COM guide too, with tips for timeless giving in the season of connection. Conscious Dancer is a quarterly active lifestyle magazine that celebrates transformative dance, mind-body fitness, and Finally, a note of love and gratitude to my dear friend and mentor Gabrielle Roth. energy movement arts. Conscious Dancer does not endorse any specific modality, practitioner, or product. Please consult Your voice informs the vision and spirit of this magazine always, and I am honored a health professional before attempting any new movement activities or health regimens. Conscious Dancer disclaims to be one of the many people who carry the living map of 5Rhythms in my heart. any liability for loss or injury in connection with activities portrayed or advice given herein. Please send all editorial Thank you for touching my life Gabrielle, your light will shine through me always. mail, manuscripts, letters to the editor, and address changes via email or to our Conscious Dancer address listed above. With love in the dance! © 2012 Moving Arts International. Printed in the USA with post consumer-waste content using soy-based inks. Please reuse and recycle. All rights reserved. COVER: Tribal fusion belly dancer, yogini, and MARK METZ, Editor - in - Chief costume designer Lucrecia Navarro at Danza Mistica in Tijuana, Baja, Mexico. PHOTO: JULIE FORREST PHOTOGRAPHER: SCOTT BELDING CONSCIOUSDANCER.COM | FALL 2012 7 IT’S EASY TO SUBSCRIBE ONLINE Subscribe. 4 issues per year. $24. List your classes, workshops and events on the MoveMap for free when you are a subscriber. www.consciousdancer.com With their attention on their game, the song SHAREBACK doesn’t register at all among the under-ten crowd. The grown-ups notice, however. They TURNING THE TABLES shoot me quizzical looks, yet give me the “Cow cow who. Cow cow one dibba two. benefit of the doubt and attempt to dance to Check in honna chicka-chicka holla hubba…” the music though the tempo is too fast and So begins the great old novelty tune “Rubber the tone too silly to let most of the dancers Biscuit.” I’ve been playing the original version deepen into the movements they’ve been dis- by The Chips for my daughter Mirabai, who covering.