“ This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year's threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath.” ~ Margaret Atwood Here we go again! It’s the countdown to the shortest day of the year up [...]
This week's Dance First Insight is from Brietta Leader & WildCore! My story highlights the memories, travels, communities and studies that led me to my path as a healing artist and conscious dance pioneer. Some of my earliest memories were choreographing dances and bossing all my little cousins around to perform a Thanksgiving show [...]
“ Love ceases to be a puzzle the moment you find the missing piece.” ~ Olaotan Fawehinmi How do you find the perfect gift? What’s the secret to truly delivering a knockout present? Why are some people more difficult to give to than others? Well, this is the time of the year when [...]
This week's Dance First Insight is from Adelle Brewer and The Synergy Studio! I have been a life-long advocate of positive affirmations, movement, breath, and how I can make choices every moment, based in love. I believe we can change raise our vibration physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. I have also been a community builder, believing [...]
“ You're in pretty good shape for the shape you're in. ” ~ Dr. Seuss What is something that really helps you appreciate your good health and vitality? Something that makes you realize how important it is to take care of yourself? A reminder not to take your well-being for granted? This sort [...]
This week's Dance First Insight is from Lorca Simons & Live Wire! SOUL REVIVAL: A Live Wire Experiment Unearthed Let’s gather to whisper and circle from the ground our rites of restoration. Let’s stand and shout to rally the forces that revitalize our spirited dreams into creative realities.Let’s surrender our bones to the beat that [...]
“ Often, the story of an artifact’s journey is more remarkable than the object itself. ” ~ Mackenzie Finklea Today I want you to help me answer a question. I’m trying to figure out what other artifacts common to us in the modern world bring on as strong of feelings of connection as books or records. [...]
This week's Dance First Insight is from Banafsheh & Dance of Oneness! "If you ponder deeply, you will see that only dance allows us to truly experience the interconnectedness of the universe in our flesh and bones, and no other practice can be as powerful a conduit for accessing and experiencing the sacred directly." [...]
“ Fall seven times...and stand up eight.” ~ Japanese proverb Do you ever feel you missed the boat? Like you had a big dream at one point, but since you never got going on it, it's too late so why bother now? But what does “too late” mean, and when is it anyway? [...]
This week's Dance First Insight is from The Great Dickens Fair! THE COW PALACE ROLLS OUT THE RED AND GREEN CARPET FOR AN EXPANDED GREAT DICKENS CHRISTMAS FAIR FEATURING A NEW INDOOR SKATING RINK AND CHRISTMAS TREE SALES! SAN FRANCISCO, CA - (October 26, 2022) After a two-year hiatus, The Great Dickens Christmas Fair & Victorian [...]
