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MoveMenu Dance Event e-Zine - August 2012
Hello World, your dance map is here! You've been asking for it, so here it is! To celebrate the launch of the new MoveMenu Dance Events Map, we are giving a FREE one-year print subscription to the FIRST person who adds an event from ANY COUNTRY in the world not yet represented on the map. We know that conscious dance and holistic movement are growing rapidly around the globe, and we want to serve you better with an easy tool for connection. So tell your friends in far-away places, and if you have a class or event, add your pin to the map today! (Basic Event listings are FREE for our subscribers!) Have you noticed less of our magazines lying around, and more demand for copies? That's because we are responding to the requests for confirmed distribution, and we're happy to announce that we will be available at Barnes and Noble's nationwide in time for the fall issue. We're also moving to a traditional quarterly schedule, which means that the Fall issue will hit the stands the 1st of October. So if you haven't subscribed yet, now is the time! It's never to early to give gift subscriptions to your dancing loved ones. Coming this fall we have a photo essay on Sacred Dance, the oral history of two 'open-source' movement models (Ecstatic Dance and Lunch Beat), a guide to experiential gifts for the holidays, tips on bringing dance to life on film or video, and lot's more of you in our Warm-ups, columns, and event listings. The deadline to reserve ad space in the Fall issue is coming soon; we're thrilled to offer our advertising friends wider exposure and greater audience as we move to the newsstands this fall. Click here to request a media kit and rates for print and online promotions. Your positive energy and good intentions surrounding the growing field of conscious movement is what keeps us motivated to continue serving you with ever better services and editorial inspiration. We are so grateful for all the love we feel coming from you. Thank you so much, and please keep dancing! All the best and heaps of love from the entire team! ~Mark Metz Conscious Dancer Sponsored Events The Gaia Festival
Where: Black Oak Ranch, Laytonville, CA. Gaia Festival is dedicated to serve a growing community of conscious people who are seeking sustainable ways to negotiate the emerging paradigm. Through workshops and presentations we'll host discussions on topics like environmental stewardship, communal living, plant spirit and psychedelic medicine, shamanism, and spirituality. We'll celebrate north coast culture with food and crafts made by local artists and non-profit organizations, with a focus on organics and sustainably produced products. And we'll once again gather each evening, to be led in song by featured artists, so we may Sing Down the Sun. Performer confirmations include: Michael Franti and Spearhead, Yonder Mountain String Band, Kinky, Dumpstaphunk, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Baka Beyond, Hot Buttered Rum, Bomba Estereo, Pimps of Joytime, David Lindley, Orgone, Rupa and the April Fishes, SambaDa, Indubious, Affromassive, MaMuse, Absynth Quintet, David Starfire, Ana Sia, DJ Dragonfly, Shamans Dream. Plus many more acts to be announced.
The festival is just a three hour drive north of San Francisco and two hours south of Arcata. It's the perfect place to enjoy a weekend with friends, family, and lovers of great music. Black Oak Ranch is home to the Hog Farm and Camp Winnarainbow -- a circus camp for kids, and has hosted many world-class events over the years including Earthdance - The Global Festival For Peace. TGF is fast becoming a "destination festival" for music lovers with its extensive grounds covering approximately 150 acres. This is a "green festival" and the event is powered by biodiesel generators. BIODANZA WORKSHOP IN NATURE
Where: Danville, CA Let's celebrate life, dance in joy and harmony with nature, and experience trees, animals, wind, fire, earth and water through our dances. Imagine a whole weekend to share, swim, soak, eat, dance and enjoy ourselves together in a magical haven half an hour from Berkeley. Nowadays, the greatest dissociation for mankind has to do with our disconnection from the natural world. The challenge for each of us as human beings is to recognize not only that we belong to the human species, but that we are also an essential part of nature. By finding greater harmony with nature and the world around us, we become more whole and perceive ourselves as integral parts of the entire living universe. $290: includes camping and organic meals. Register with Zora: zoradragonfly@gmail.com No Biodanza experience? Join us every Tuesday at 7:30pm, 5390 Miles Ave, Oakland MINDFULNESS IN MOTION: Authentic Movement as Spiritual Practice
When: August 13 – 17, 2012 Many spiritual teachers suggest developing a heightened state of awareness or 'mindfulness' through practices such as meditation. For over 25 years, I have found Authentic Movement to similarly help develop such inner presence and clear awareness. In this 5-day workshop, we will explore Authentic Movement as a mindfulness practice that engages our multi-dimensional selves as body, mind, and spirit. Weekly schedule includes morning AM practice, afternoon dyads and 'tracking' exercises, as well as creative time in nature and dancing within community later in the week. Faculty Bio: Susan developed her own form of dance improvisation based on the philosophy of Authentic Movement, called Moving-from-Within™, that she founded in 1987. She serves as Adjunct Professor at the University of San Francisco and has a private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area as a Registered Somatic Movement Educator / Therapist. She is also a recent Fulbright scholar to Bali, Indonesia, and leads tours to Bali in Arts and Spirituality. For Application, Registration, and Weekly Schedule: see www.susanbauer.com Application deadline August 6th. Information: (510) 333-6415 or susan@susanbauer.com Moving For Life™
Where: Polaris Centret Kyndeloese Strandvej 22 Dk-4070 Kirke Hyllinge, Danmark Join a teacher training program for movement/fitness educators and therapists as well as healthcare professionals developed, taught and supervised by Dr. Martha Eddy, CMA, RSMT: learn to guide people, with breast and other forms of cancer and types of illnesses, through movement sequences carefully designed for their recovery and on-going health. Moving For Life™ was designed in 1999 to deal with the effects of cancer treatment: fatigue, weakness, weight gain, depression, lymphedema, diminished movement range around the shoulder girdle and center of weight in the pelvis. The class encourages women to actively participate in their healing process within a group setting, empowering each participant to find trust and respect in her body and in herself as a whole person. It is fun, scientifically sound, and endorsed by a panel of award-winning doctors. Prior knowledge of Movement Observation & Efficiency (Laban Movement Analysis as well as Embodied Anatomy/Physiology is required. Prerequisites are offered August 4-5 and 8-9—info at http://tanztherapiewerkstatt.de/moving-for-life/ REGISTER: info@ulang.dk INFO: tanztherapiewerkstatt.de/moving-for-life/ Connect to Early Self—Support Emerging Expression—Build Resilience with Movement
Where: Moving On Center, NYC Relief from Stress & Trauma: Somatic, Movement & Wellness Approaches (Early Bird & CMA, LMA, BMC, DE grad discounts available!) Presented by Moving On Center-NY, under the direction of Martha Eddy, Ed. D., RSMT, CMA, BMC® practitioner, with Dynamic Embodiment faculty including Talia Shafir, PhD(c) Somatic Psychology, RSMT/ME, C.C.Ht., and Linda Tumbarello, LMHC, BMC® teacher & practitioner.this 5-day intensive combines the theory & practice of Dr. Eddy's Dynamic EmbodimentTM model in its various forms: BodyMind DancingTM, Moving For LifeTM: Dance Exercise for Cancer Recovery, Embodied Anatomy & Physiology along with somatic psychology, hands-on & emotional support, and developmental movement patterns. For movement educators & practitioners, dancers, yoga teachers and any students with a familiarity with basic developmental movement and somatic practice, Laban/Bartenieff studies and/or Body Mind Centering®. Contact info: centerforkinestheticeducation@gmail.com Registration: www.movingoncenter.org/DynamicSMTT/workshop.html Waves: Feet First with Claire Alexander
Where: Louden Nelson Community Center, Santa Cruz, CA We enter this practice as we enter any room-one foot after another, one step at a time. As we deepen our relationship with the 5Rhythms we discover a body that longs to reunite with its instincts, to breathe and move and be danced. This weekend will be an opportunity to tune into the innate wisdom of our physical selves. By focusing on the five physical gateways (feet, hips, head, hands and breath) that connect us to each rhythm, we'll let our bodies show us the way. Whether you are experienced in the 5Rhythms or new to this practice, this body-based approach will call you home and ground you in the simplicity of this practice... feet first. The important thing is not to think much, but to love much; and so, do that which best stirs you to love.-- Saint Teresa of Avila For more information, or to register for this workshop, contact Lisa Ball at workshops@ecstaticproductions.com or 831.345.3672. Movement Arts Festival
Where: Santa Cruz Fairgrounds Participate in Hoop Dance, Aerial, Ecstatic Dance, Fire Dancing, Yoga & Acro Yoga, and many new movement modalities and dance expressions. Dazzling Performance Showcase, Music Headliners: EOTO and more to be announced. DJ sets throughout the day. Creative Culinary, Vendor Marketplace. Come get your move on! www.movementartsfest.com OPEN CALL FOR PRESENTERS, FOOD VENDORS ( including Food Trucks) & MOVEMENT MARKETPLACE VENDORS. The Movement Arts Festival wants your magic! We are looking for movement, dance, yoga, circus arts and all types of movement modalities to present workshops. We are also looking for healthy, creative culinary food booths & trucks, along with marketplace vendors that compliment the movement and dance communities. More info at: www.movementartsfest.com 3rd Annual Divine Play AcroYoga Festival
Where: Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA Tickets are on-sale now for the Third Annual Divine Play AcroYoga Festival. Join the largest international gathering of AcroYogis in San Francisco at Fort Mason, October 12th-14th www.acroyoga.org/acroyogafestival Divine Play is an urban oasis for active people of all ages and all backgrounds to learn, transform and recharge. Join Jenny Sauer-Klein, Jason Nemer and internationally renowned master teachers to taste and explore acrobatics, massage, yoga-fusion and AcroYoga. Each evening will celebrate with music, circus performances, dancing, space to jam, bodywork and kirtan. Offering a multitude of ways to support this year's beneficiary partner Off the Mat, Into the World. Join this global movement of connection, peace, and playfulness! Check out these awesome videos by Big Happy Day of last year's Divine Play Festival bighappyday.com/projects/divine-play-acroyoga-festival-2011/ Ecstatic Dance and Movement Retreat
Where: Kalani Retreat, Big Island, Hawaii The First Annual Ecstatic Dance and Movement Retreat is a week long intensive designed to awaken the spirit and open the heart through various forms of movement and dance accompanied by cutting edge music. We have world-class facilitators, DJs and musicians guaranteed to deliver the experience of a lifetime. In community we will explore Ecstatic Dance, Contact Improvisation, Dancing Freedom, AcroYoga, Dynamic Partnering, Chi Kung, Modern Yoga and Kirtan to collectively raise our vibrations to a state of divine bliss and pure ecstasy. Located at Kalani on Big Island, Hawaii, with gourmet meals, full service spa and accommodations, moments away from black sand beaches, this is the perfect environment for rejuvenation, spiritual growth and conscious evolution. Come Dance your Dreams! 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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