CONSCIOUS DANCERTHE DANCE FIRST MEMBER’S MAGAZINE DANCING WITH RUMI WHo’s mOVING WHO R EADER’s chOICE BEST OF THE BEST 101 MODALITY GUIDE ECO-SENSUAL GARB NEW SPIN ON ANALOG TrAVEL VISIONBOARDING PHOTO: SCOT BELDING CONSCIOUS DANCER MAGAZINE CONTENTS WINNERS: Best-of 1,000,001 PLACES Conscious Dance TO DANCE A big heart full of every one of A comprehensive listing of the well-loved leaders, products, websites, organizations, and and programs that make this regional dances from around the movement tick. world. DANCING WITH RUMI SPINNING INTO THE A pair of serendipitous analog artifacts that illustrate the love NEW YEAR and dancing wisdom of the Sufi Your guide to getting set up with master in sensuous calligraphy. analog sound in your home or studio. Turntable tips and resources 101 MOVEMENT for record finding. MODALITIES YOUTH ON THE MOVE Discover the world’s most Dynamic organizations and leaders comprehensive collection of cultivating a growing conscious mind-body-spirit practices, listed body intelligence movement in alphabetically from 5Rhythms to youth. Zumba. DANCE @ HOME UPSHIFT GUIDE Portfolio pages introducing you to Log onto movement with these the members of the Dance First virtual and online programs you Association. Meet the modalities at can access in-house or on the go. the heart of the movement. FEELING THE VIBES EcO SENSUAL Analog modalities that move your body and spirit with the magic of GARB GUIDE voice, drums, and living sound. Meet the makers of the world’s finest eco-sensual clothing and SOMATIC SYLLABUS conscious adornment. A collection of forward-thinking and innovative educational 30 SOMATIC HOTSPOTS institutions that are blazing new Our pick of the very best places trails in the world of academia. around the world for your destination retreat or conscious workshop experience. PHOTO: SCOT BELDING CONSCIOUS DANCER MAGAZINE | UPSHIFT GUIDE | DANCE FIRST FOUNDATION PUBLISHER’S NOTE CONSCIOUS DANCER MAGAZINE PUBLISHER & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mark G. Metz [email protected] CREATIVE DIRECTOR EDITORIAL DIRECTOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Laura Cirolia [email protected] ADMIN ASSISTANT Dina Hady [email protected] DANCE FIRST FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mark G. Metz MEMBER CARE MANAGER GROWING IN THE FIELD PHOTO: LAURA CIROLIA Alexandra Collas [email protected] t takes energy on the part of many individuals to create a movement, ADVISORY BOARD Gay and Katie Hendricks and connections between them to sustain it. You work hard to Jennifer Jimenez get something started and as you grow begin to notice people in Efrain Correal I PJ Novotny other parts of the world on the same path. There’s a moment where Lamara Heartwell James Marienthal you emerge from isolation and realize that you are part of something Gary Schikora bigger. Structures and connecting cultural forces emerge to support CONTACT [email protected] your work and bring it to a wider stage. Dance First is that kind Office: 510.778.9131 organization for you—our goal with Conscious Dancer magazine is to www.consciousdancer.com Facebook/ConsciousDancerMagazine serve and highlight the most energetic forces in the field. Our service Twitter @ConsciousDancer with Dance First is there to help traveling facilitators, movement www.dancefirst.org MAILING ADDRESS modalities, and community dances grow and build sustainable PO 2330, Berkeley, CA , 94702 practices. Everyone in the field is holding up their corner of the Founded in 2007 by Mark Metz metaphorical net. Those of you who are traveling and in the public eye and Aspen Madrone © 2015 DANCE FIRST / MOVING ARTS are balanced by those who are quietly creating amazing results in the INTERNATIONAL worlds of education, social work, or youth. You’re all part of something larger than yourself that is growing and evolving as time goes on. It’s COVER PHOTOGRApheR important for you to recognize what a dynamic field this is and see SCOTT BELDING Scott Belding reveals his the opportunities for creativity, prosperity, and innovation. We trust photographic passion, bellydance superstars who take Prayerformance that this edition of Conscious Dancer will serve to connect you in new and soulful sisterhood to the highest levels . Hand-crafting costumes to ways with inspiring people and programs offered by our Dance First illuminate their soulful intentions, they gracefully channel the Sacred members. When you run across something that resonates, follow the Feminine, bringing their enchanted messageto an awakening world. link, send the email, call the phone number, and make the connection. We thank you for being part of the somatic network of embodied souls COVER MODEL: EMILY ALRICK Charismatic and intriguing performer, who are raising consciousness through body intelligence all around the instructor and designer from Oregon, Emily Alrick expresses her magical world today. gift for dance with magnetic offerings that inspire the kindred spirt in us to move with more grace. With love, M+ CONSCIOUS DANCER MAGAZINE | UPSHIFT GUIDE | DANCE FIRST FOUNDATION PUBLISHER’S NOTE Transforming Communities Through Creative Expression YES! FACILITATOR CERTIFICATION PROGRAM A Holistic Journey for Personal Expansion and Community Transformation Choose to dive into “The Body Now" and emerge with tools to restore communities, nurture leaders, and inspire inclusiveness and collaboration. Uncover how the wisdom of your body guides you to innovations and interventions that change the whole climate of our playing field, be it educational, political, business, spiritual, or artistic. Join the “Yes” Collective Today! turningthewheel.org 303 449 5720 ARE YOU A MOVEMENT FACILITATOR OR DANCE TEACHER? Apply for membership to Dance First today and start growing your practice with us. VIsit us online at dancefirst.com HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE Somewhere on these pages there is a connection that will change your life. Whether you are brand-new to conscious dance and somatic movement, or you’ve been a facilitator all your life, this magazine is the only place on the planet where you will find such a comprehensive collection of leaders, programs, and products in the field. Use this guide to learn more about practices that are new to you, and also discover what you have in common with the leaders in the field. Another great way to use this magazine is to share a direct link to any page with someone you know who will benefit— or pass that onto that special someone who needs help deciding on a gift for you. And when you reach out to anyone in this guide, be sure to let them know you found them in Conscious Dancer– connecting the dots helps the movement grow stronger. They will appreciate it and so will we. CONSCIOUS DANCER MAGAZINE | UPSHIFT GUIDE | DANCE FIRST FOUNDATION CONSCIOUS DANCER MAGAZINE | UPSHIFT GUIDE | DANCE FIRST FOUNDATION THE BEST OF CONSCIOUS DANCE YAY! The results from our Year’s-end Best-of 2016 survey are in and were very thoughtful and illuminating. 222 people nominated their favorite local or traveling facilitators, new and most transformational modalities, living legends and movement pioneers, traveling leaders, mentors, and musical maestros, as well as top somatic-centric retreat centers, clothing lines that move body and soul, and gift ideas to make dancers drool. In lieu of itemizing the results into a lengthy list, we’ve taken the inclusive and visual approach and created a word cloud using a computer algorithm that includes every name, program, or product mentioned in our survey. We have so much love and appreciation for everyone who is following their passion and giving the conscious dance movement this amazing momentum we are all feeling. A great big Thank You for adding your unique and valuable voice and energy to this potent mix. CONSCIOUS DANCER MAGAZINE | UPSHIFT GUIDE | DANCE FIRST FOUNDATION CONSCIOUS DANCER MAGAZINE | UPSHIFT GUIDE | DANCE FIRST FOUNdatION DANCING WITH RUMI CONSCIOUS DANCER MAGAZINE | UPSHIFT GUIDE | DANCE FIRST FOUNdatION CONSCIOUS DANCER MAGAZINE | UPSHIFT GUIDE | DANCE FIRST FOUNdatION DANCING WITH RUMI MOVEMENT MODALITIES From the well respected bodycentric somatic movement arts 101to the ever-evolving ecstaticGUIDE dances being currated world-wide, there is a conscious dance modality that will move your body and soul. Use this guidebook to open the door to a new world of high vibe connection and community, spirit, music and song. Are you available to bring more flow into your life and rela- tionships? Then say ‘yes’ to the open dance floor awaiting you. CONSCIOUS DANCER MAGAZINE | UPSHIFT GUIDE | DANCE FIRST FOUNDATION MOVEMENT MODALITIES 5Rhythms The late Gabrielle Roth birthed Amerta Movement Well respected that utilizes the power of movement to an enduring metaphor at Esalen in the 1970s performance and movement artist Suprapto awaken love. It is a pyscho-spiritual approach that continues to expand and evolve as her son Suryodarmo and Amerta Movement has to the souls journey using movement as the Jonathan Horan carries the torch forward for inspired thousands of people in the West, vehicle of exploration. new generations. and in his native Indonesia, Java, who have www.amarapagano.com www.5rhythms.com been influenced by his moving/dancing practice and life-lessons in how to practice Biodanza A growing global phenomenon AcroYoga A strength building blend of making one’s own bodily experience more for poetic encounters developed by the late yoga, acrobatics, and Thai massage conceived conscious as a human resource. Rolando Toro in Argentina brings an intimate by Jason Nemer and Jenny Sauer Klein. www.wikipedia.org/wiki/amerta_movement and kinetic consciousness to the dance floor, This practice of trust, body awareness and upleveling the collective biofield. Poetic playfulness has grown popular at ecstatic Anat Baniel Method A system of movement done in a cultivated-community dances and with festival cultures. therapeutic movement developed by setting evokes and cultivates the five www.acroyoga.org Feldenkrais protegé Anat Baniel with wide major human potentials: Vitality, Sexuality, application across ages and abilities.