Critical Mass Dance Company supports the well-being, joy and resilience of women and gender non-conforming individuals through the transformative act of dance and movement. We center the wellness of Black, Indigenous, women of color; immigrants (documented and undocumented); and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aspire to co-create brave movement spaces where all bodies can dance freely [...]
Are you ready to understand what it means to access the Wild Woman Within and HOW this archetype supports you in living your best life? No more holding back or tip-toeing around what you want; it’s time to be seen in your leadership. Experience how it feels to have confidence that oozes and ripples [...]
Iranian-born master dance artist and transformational teacher, Banafsheh communicates the universal message of Sufi mysticism and Divine Feminine wisdom in a passionate yet serenely meditative way. Her dance is an interplay between trance and directed movement, precise yet abandoned and unrestrained. Her explosive yet fluid movement is sensual and ritualistic, uniting the feminine and [...]
Hello Fellow Dancers! Since you love to dance, we know you'll thoroughly enjoy the Bay Philharmonic Plays Beethoven happening on June 3 & 4 in Union City. Bay Philharmonic (formerly Fremont Symphony) presents two high-energy performances featuring internationally award-winning pianist, improviser, and composer Charlie Albright, visionary conductor Jung-Ho Pak, along with the highly entertaining [...]
The Embodied Awakening Conference is an opportunity to explore how physical and spiritual aspects of our lives can be integrated by using the body's own intelligence in the process of personal growth, discovery and evolution. There is an amazing lineup of visionaries including Peter Russell, Marci Shimoff, Gabriel Cousens, Dr Jacob LIberman, presenting alongside [...]
This week's Monday Love Spotlight is on The Tamalpa Experience with Daria Halprin and Tamalpa Core Faculty Dohee Lee & Natan Daskal IN-PERSON workshop! Sunday, June 4 - Thursday, June 8, 2023 Grounded on the Halprin work, the Tamalpa Experience introduces an approach that enlivens dialogue between body and imagination, life experiences and art making, [...]
This week's Monday Love Spotlight is on Santa Barbara Dance Hive!! "Santa Barbara Dance Hive's Conscious Dance Journey was truly magical! It began with a warm welcome and a gentle yoga flow to get our bodies ready for the journey ahead. We then moved into a guided meditation which allowed us to connect deeply within [...]
This week's Monday Love Insight is from Brietta Leader and 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 [...]
This week's Monday Love Insight features the Conscious Dance Festival in GREECE! Born in Berlin, the CONSCIOUS DANCE FESTIVAL® expands out from the city/weekend format to a five-day retreat in nature so that we have more space to dive deeper into exploring the uplifting world of different conscious dance approaches. And when you’re not [...]
This week's Monday Love Insight features the San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers! The San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers starring Alasdair Fraser May 19 (Berkeley) - May 20 (Palo Alto) - May 21 (Carmel) sffiddles.org Three Northern California shows led by acclaimed Scots fiddler Alasdair Fraser fill the stage with over 100 Bay Area fiddlers performing tunes, [...]
