“ Only entropy comes easy.” ~ Anton Chekhov Well, Spring is springing no matter how you slice it. What do the longer days inspire in you? I suppose you may live somewhere that’s still covered in snow, but here in the Bay Area it’s nothing but sunshine. The hills are green, plants are [...]
This week's Dance First Spotlight is on The Edwardian Ball! The Edwardian Ball 2022 will be celebrating its Spring Revival at the Regency Ballroom SF on Friday, April 1, and Saturday, April 2, from 8 pm to 2 am. For information, photo gallery, videos, performer line-up, to buy tickets, and more, please visit https://www.edwardianball.com/ Mark Metz describes the Ball, “In [...]
“ Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.” ~ Reinhold Niebuhr Do you ever avoid talking about the elephant in the room? Well, I’m not going to do that today. The fact is, we are one big global family, and some of our kinfolk are [...]
This week's Dance First Member Insight is from Karina Pais! Since I was a little girl, I remember always being drawn to dancing. It was my way of expressing something more profound than the words I could pronounce at that early age. I felt so connected with dancing that I thought that was what [...]
“ Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.” ~ Mark Twain Do you ever get so busy you [...]
This week's Dance First Member Insight is from Nine Mountain Retreat! Who We Are Nine Mountain was built about 30 years ago by the creative community of Earthdance Creative Living Project, a radical collaborative of improvisers, makers and artists. The unique, towering post-and-beam building was originally designed to be a shared home for members of the [...]
“ Love is space and time measured by the heart.” ~ Marcel Proust What is there to say about love that hasn’t been said? It makes the world go round, it’s a many splendored thing, it’s the force that holds the universe together. There’s love for yourself. There’s love for another person. There’s [...]
This week's Dance First Member Insight is from Kelsay Meyers and Dialogical Persona! I founded Dialogical Persona Healing Arts, LLC on February 24, 2020, to serve those unfolding in their lives and relationships. I offered Soul-based Coaching, transformative inquiry, and energy work while finishing my doctoral program, practitioner training, and personal embodiment process. Little did [...]
“ Where words fail, music speaks...” ~ Hans Christian Andersen Have you ever thought about what your music says about you? What’s the over-arching vibe of each genre you choose? How does music transcend language? Some evolutionists think that our capacity to sing and make music came before we humans learned to talk. [...]
This week's Dance First Member Insight is on Adelle Brownlee Brewer and The Synergy Studio! Adelle Brownlee Brewer is a Nia 1st Degree Black Belt Certified Somatic Educator + Trainer, Transformational Breath® Certified Coach + Trainer, JourneyDance™ Facilitator, Reiki Sensei, and Professional Fiber Artist. She has been dancing and teaching in the field of art [...]
