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Movement Menu eZine - September 2011
Congratulations! And welcome back from your summer rite-of-passage, whether you went to Black Rock or not! You've just helped us bring to life another issue of Conscious Dancer Magazine and you'll be seeing it in your mailbox or local movement hot-spot soon. That means we're working on the next one, and it's all about you! Your place in the dance family tree to be exact, and we're asking every member of our community to take our historical survey and engage in our lineage project. We know how hard many of you work to expand movement consciousness, and we want to tell the stories of the many mentors, hybrids, splits, offshoots, and outright originals that have led to the rich variety of practices and ecstatic dances happening today. So PLEASE TAKE OUR SURVEY and share your perspective as we co-create the the stories that shape conscious movement culture. You are an important piece of an evolving movement, and we appreciate your positive energy. ~M.M. Love and thanks from the Conscious Dancer team. PS: Digital Subscribers - look for your link in next months ezine. If you prefer the feeling of a rich and colorful magazine that you can hold in your hand and save or pass along, then please subscribe now for only $18/yr and become an active member of the movement! PPS: Win a full year subscription to the print magazine, or win a years extension to your current sub, all you have to do is TAKE THE SURVEY!
Our friends at TDAMA make "lifestyle movement wear" that's hard to beat. These folks are eco-minded dancers who keep production close to home and use only sustainable fibers. All their designs are on-point, but what they do for the lower half of the body really stands out. The unisex Corduroy Street II is likely the most good-looking and feeling dancefloor-to-street men's pant I've ever worn. For women, the Tiered Gaucho is a fun entry to the line. Look for them at better festivals and select retailers, or visit online: www.tdama.com
The Gift Economy of Black Rock City is the heart and soul of Contributor Culture. Witness a glimpse of this years Burning Man "Rites of Passage" festival from InkAndMask and ask yourself what creativity is burning inside of you. Conscious Dancer Sponsored Events SomaFest: The Somatic Movement Arts Festival
Where: Santa Monica, CA Now in its 5th year, artists from diverse somatic backgrounds share their work with a mission to foster 'Conscious Embodiment in Practice, Performance and Daily Life.' Workshops and Performances take place in sunny Santa Monica, CA at the Continuum Studio and Highways Performance Space. Some of the methods presented include Continuum, Authentic Movement, Body-Mind Centering, Feldenkrais, Life-Art Process, Contact Improvisation, Tai Chi, and more. Featured Somatic Artists-Teachers in 2011!!! Contact: somafest@tericarter.com Catalyst Community Dance Opening Night Featuring Elizabeth Moriarty leading Trance Dance
Where: Wednesday, September 21st, 7pm-10pm Igniting community dance to the next level. The 3 parts to the event include a Part #1) Elizabeth Moriarty will spin so that you can move in your own way independently and with the group. #2) Elizabeth will lead a Trance Dance ~ A shamanic dance experience. And Part #3) will be Live Music with some of the great musicians and drummers in the Bay Area, in an improvisational jam inspired by the dancers. Contact Jacob if you would like to be a guest musician at future event: musik900@sbcglobal.net FEE: $20 at the door. The is a community inspired event and no one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Volunteer options available www.CatalystCommunityDance.com Earthdance 2011 - Northern California
Where: Solano County Fairgrounds, Vallejo, CA Featuring: Ziggy Marley, Gaudi, Ghostland Observatory, The Coup, Brett Dennen, Karsh Kale, Tipper, Dehli 2 Dublin, Shimshai, Balkan Beat Box, Les Nubians, Midnite, Rootz Underground, Fort Knox Five, Beats Antique, David Starfire, Dragonfly, Sub Swara, plus many more... Earthdance Northern California is a 3 day camp out celebration for World Peace and Unity, featuring 5 Stages of Entertainment including 3 late night music venues (at no extra cost). Join us at our new location, The Solano County Fairgrounds in Vallejo (only 30 min from the Bay). Our new epic site offers spacious meadow camping, plenty of shady lawn areas and is within easy access to the Bay with plenty of parking. Other features include an on site "festival Hotel" with daytime DJ pool parties, Global Artisans Market, Late Night Cinema, Healing Village, Expanded Kids Village, Speakers Forum and Discount Tickets to ride the roller coasters at 6 Flags Amusement Park, which is directly across the road from the festival site. 3 Day pass is only $180 (includes camping and late night shows). Single and 2 day tickets are also available. Attention conscious dancers! Bounce onto ‘The FLOOR’ (3,000 square feet of soft, cozy, welcoming, sacred space for all types of moving arts) in the Temple of Electronica for The Yum Sessions—facilitated by PJ Novotny with live, multi-genre music shaped by the teachings of Soul Motion, 5 Rhythms and Contact Improvisation. Music by Ryan Herr and guest artists who work improvisationally with musical elements blending East, West and World grooves with ambient soundscapes, moving dancers through a sweet, energetic wave into a bliss-filled stillness at journey's end. Also experience Dancing Freedom with Samantha Sweetwater, and let Parashakti guide you through the blindfolded Dance of Liberation. Prepare to move your asana with Dansa Vinyasa with Debbie Steingesser and Live African Music, and get your Prana Flow on with Shiva Rea and musicians Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali, Shaman's Dream and DJ Dragonfly. Tune in to a high vibration with an all star yoga and kirtan line-up including Donna DeLory, Suzanne Sterling, Pete Guinosso, and Prema Mayl. See you in Solano! For more info visit: www.earthdancelive.com Opening Night: Pure-Dance Ecstatic Dance Party
Where: The Danville Grange Danville, CA Pure-Dance is an alcohol free, barefoot, "no talking on the dance floor," 3- Hour, Ecstatic Dance Party! We provide the Bay Area's hottest DJ's and, a delicious space where you can express yourself in any way that moves you. At Pure-Dance, we believe that dancing is an inherent birthright. You came into this life with the urge to move; which, also happens to be the only requirement for coming to one of our Pure-Dance Parties. Please feel free to peruse our website: www.pure-dance.com We have taken great care to cover any and all questions you may have regarding this type of dance venue. Oh, and while you're at it, take an extra peek at our list of DJ's: http://www.pure-dance.com/djs/. It's what we like to refer to as our "Inspiration Page". We can't wait to see you on the dance floor! The Mayapuris in Concert
Where: Rudramandir, Berkeley, CA The Mayapuris have crash-landed into the kirtan/chant genre, with fiery vocals, earth shaking rhythms and enchanting musical flavor, quickly becoming the most talked about group in this growing culture of exotic world music. "The Mayapuris are the young tigers of Kirtan" ~ Jai Uttal Canoe Jam on the Russian River
Where: Healdsburg to Forrestville Enter a timeless world as the river leaves the road, and we paddle down the beautiful and secluded Healdsburg section of the Russian River, just about an hour north of the Golden Gate. Spend a glorious day in double inflatable canoes, joined by egrets, heron, osprey, kingfisher, ducks, owls, and a crew of conscious dancers. Led by Gail the RiverGuidess Enjoy pre-river embodiment practices led by Nia black-belt Liz Mac, and post-river dancing in a redwood grove, with DJ Mark Ameba, (aka CD Editor Mark Metz) and special guest. BYO lunch and post-river picnic items to share! Limited to the first 50 who enroll. More info at www.RiverGuidess.com. Breema ~ The Art of Being Present
Where: The Breema Center, Oakland, CA "Breema is not about what you do, nor even about how you are. It's about the fact that you are." -- Jon Schreiber, Waking Up to This Moment You are invited to experience Breema and discover how this simple approach to nurturing touch and the art of being present can offer uplifting support for yourself, family, and friends. Breema bodywork, Self-Breema exercises, and the Nine Principles of Harmony show us how we can unify the mind, body, and feelings and become receptive to our true nature. The more you do Breema with your whole body/whole mind, the more you let go of the imaginary concepts that limit you. Breema is about self-transformation~from who we imagine we are, to who we really are. FREE BREEMA & SELF-BREEMA CLASS NURTURING TOUCH FOR LIVING IN THE PRESENT Syzygy Dance Project's Fundraiser Performace
Where: Mill Valley Community Church, 8 Olive Street, Mill Valley, CA Help us bring dance to everybody! Program includes song, dance, and poetry from our community members: Cost: $30 advance, $35 at the door + suggested donation of $10 Syzygy Dance Project was founded by Sylvie Minot and it's mission is to bring dance to all people, particularly those in life's most constraining circumstances ~ including but not limited to prisons, hospitals and rehabilitation centers ~ in order to positively impact the lives of those who are most in need. We now have classes in the SF County Jail, the VA Hospital, and at the Institute of Health and Healing in San Francisco. Mass Transit Dance-- Baron von Spirit and guest Donna De Lory!
Where: Historic Sweet's Ballroom 1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA Join our community for this unique ecstatic dance journey! Donna De Lory will be our special guest, singing over Baron von Spirit's electronic beats for select intervals of the journey--and otherwise holding space on the sacred dance floor. Our conscious dance community spans all ages and encourages all forms of movement expression in a safely held space. Mass Transit always includes a free pre-dance yoga class and donation-based childcare. 9:30am Yoga YEA! Yoga Energy Activism Day
When: September 21st, 2011 On Sept. 21st (or near then), UN International Peace Day, we are encouraging yoga practitioners around the world to unplug, tune in and take responsibility for our energy future. By participating, we are encouraging the yoga world to take an energy fast-Sabbath for a day. Our main goals are to reduce consumption, reduce waste, and increase awareness in our homes and in our communities. These YEA regeneration days are days to take a technology fast, create meals that produce no waste, use alternative energy sources, and celebrate the abundance of natural energy and resources all around us with our friends and family. http://shivarea.com/sacred-activism-YEA JourneyDance - "Falling Into Radiance"
Where: OMEGA Institute, Rhineback, NY Using the tools of embodiment, energy work, JourneyDance™, ritual, theater, and voice, Toni Bergins, creator of JourneyDance™, guides us in physical and energetic explorations to deepen our awareness and soften our hearts. We become part of a dancing community of wisdom and love, where the group's collective grief, joy, sadness, exuberance, pain, and elation becomes the source of authentic transformation. Science & Non-Duality Conference
Where: Embassy Suites and Marin Center, San Rafael, CA The Science and Nonduality Conference has been created to provide an arena where various aspects of nonduality can be explored, discussed, and experienced. Part seminar, part festival, part conference, this event explores how science combines with meditation, philosophy, art, music, dance, and entheogens to point the way to nondual experience, to aid in integrating nonduality into daily life, and to deepen the understanding of a fundamental nondual reality. Our mission is to bring these ideas to a wider community through conferences, an ongoing workshop series, films, DVDs, and podcasts. JourneyDance™: Passionate Presence at Esalen with Toni Bergins
Where: Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA Experience highest healing with JourneyDance, through evocative music with guided imagery; dancing shamanic rituals for purification and manifestation; expressive voice opening and transformational theater. Toni Bergins guides juicy physical and rich energetic explorations that deepen our awareness and soften our resistance. We reach exuberant states by moving, feeling, processing, and liberating any clogs in our mind or hardening in our heart. We listen to our bodies speaking their stories, igniting our creativity and composting our craziness into treasure. Our egos liquefy, we release and unravel effortlessly into expansive realms. We let go of old beliefs and old fears to build spacious resilient hearts and luscious buoyant bodies. Toni reminds us, "You are the Prayer: your body, your movement, your breath. You are the Goddess: your passion, your emotions, your sensual heart. You are the Shaman: your power, your intentions, your life's journey." Register at www.esalen.org Hoopnotica Teacher Training: Thanksgiving Hoop and Surf Retreat
Where: Dominical, Costa Rica, Bamboo Yoga Play Set sail in your hoop, on your surf board, on the waves of gratitude you feel for life~.Meet hoop enthusiasts like yourself, learn new skills (surfing, hoop duck outs, hooping with minis), become an exceptional hoop instructor, sculpt your waist line and elevate your heart~.Eat healthy and fresh foods, write in your journal, hoop jam all night, catch waves in the a.m. This is your dream come true learning and living retreat. An all levels experience that combines our internationally acclaimed teacher training (Levels 1 ~ 4!), with optional hoop programming in business development and interdisciplinary hoop education, PLUS surfing, massage and relaxation on the beach as you please! Join Hoopnotica Master Trainers and Visionaries in Paradise for a week of inspiration, community and leadership! Contact Jocelyn Gordon, Director of Teacher Training for more details: jocelyn@hoopnotica.com www.hoopnotica.com Final Note Our goal is to serve the needs of movement communities where ever they are found, and provide a meaningful vehicle for ideas and information with Conscious Dancer magazine. We welcome your input and submissions, and invite you into the conversation with us at any time. Are there copies of Conscious Dancer at your local dance or retreat center? Let us know if you would like to help distribute or know a good spot for us to be. Thanks for dancing! |
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