Join Mary Ann Brehm and the Mettler-based Dance Improvisation community for a weekend residential retreat at the Windhover Center for the Performing Arts in Rockport, Mass Sept 11-13! Sponsored by Mettler Studios, the workshop is designed for anyone wanting an intensive experience of dance as a creative art experience. Participants will explore individual and [...]
“ I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart What does your creative process look like? Do you ever notice yourself doing something that would be fascinating to an onlooker? Why are some of the most mundane things so interesting to [...]
Make plans to join Susan Bauer and over 800 colleagues at the National Dance Education Organization Conference happening in Albuquerque Sept 24 -27th! The theme this year is "SYNERGY: Uniting to Progress the Field of Dance Education" This year's conference will be a blockbuster with 12 different Pre-Conference Intensives and over 70 different presentations, [...]
“ Remind me to be nice to myself. ” ~ Jah Wobble What’s the difference between normal and novel? How does your normal differ from someone else’s? What does it mean for something to become normalized? Travel back in time to when you were a little kid, nine or ten years old at [...]
Upshift your Potential with Tamalpa's Level 1 Year-Long-Hybrid Training "Personal Embodiment of the Halprin Life/Art Process" — App deadline extended to Sept 2nd! “Suddenly things began to shift and Change entered my life in a big way." ~ Iu-Hui Chua Each part of the body – and every art medium – acts as a mirror [...]
“ Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.” ~ Mick Jagger Why is it important to make progress? What does it mean to be satisfied? When does satisfaction turn into contentment? Maybe he couldn’t get any way back in 1965, but Mick’s results since then tell a different story. Twenty five studio albums stretch [...]
Make your holiday plans now for Tenderness at the Heart of the Dance, a Soul Motion retreat with Zuza & Scott Engler, happening Dec 21-27 at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA! "Zuza creates a magic space for the participants which is rooted in her big heart and seems to expand endlessly into the [...]
“ You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” ~ Mark Twain How do you find focus? What’s your secret to keeping your eye on the ball? Is there more to it than just paying attention? It’s no secret that there are a lot of distractions in the world. [...]
Step into San Fran's wild and wooly history at The San Francisco Historium Spotlight happening Aug 22-23 at Pier 35! The past, present, and future of San Francisco belong to us all! Step back in time to the turning point, when San Francisco became San Francisco. Everyone had the opportunity to strike it rich. [...]
“ Tolerance is nothing more than patience with boundaries ” ~ Shannon Alder Do you consider yourself tolerant? Are there certain things that cross the line? Is there ever a time that intolerance is appropriate? Living, as you do, in the material world, you’re bound to encounter all sorts of stuff, every minute [...]
