This weeks Dance First Member Insight is from Jennifer Joy Jiménez, founder of Transcendance™! Hello, Fellow Conscious Dancers! If you're like me, you may have had a "before finding conscious dance" story and an "after finding conscious dance" story. Before finding conscious dance, I was a professional modern dancer and a "body abuser." I [...]
This weeks Dance First Member Insight is from Egypt-based Leslie Zehr, creator of The Alchemy of Dance. Moving through the Pandemic Interesting times. Fortunately for me, the pandemic was not a great struggle—but there are always limits. Being an introvert, I have a high tolerance for being alone. My children and grandchildren all live in [...]
This weeks Dance First Member Insight is from Soul Kitchen Dance in Fort Collins, Colorado! Soul Kitchen Dance is a nonprofit, free-form, conscious dance organization promoting health and creating community through the shared love of movement and music. Belongingness and strong community connection are vital human needs that are often lacking in our lives. Soul Kitchen [...]
This weeks Dance First Member Insight is from Dialogical Persona founder Kelsay Myers! My name is Kelsay, and I am a professional writer, artist, and somatic movement educator living in Marin County, CA. I'm passionate about personal and social transformation through embodiment and expressive arts. I stand for self-expression in all of its forms: embodied, spiritual, [...]
This weeks Dance First Member Insight is from Earthdance Retreat in Massachusetts! Earthdance is an arts organization and retreat center hosting workshops, artist retreats, and community programming surrounding the flow of movement and sustainability. Our organization began in 1986 when a group of dancers and artists in Boston joined together to cultivate a place [...]
This week’s Dance First Members’ Spotlight shines on our entire revered family of Dance First members! It’s our honor and privilege to serve such a dynamic and high-vibration community of leaders around the world! Starting out with long-time the pioneering Tamalpa Institute . From the Life/Art Process to the Tamalpa ArtCorps, they’re cultivating Anna and Daria Halprin’s family [...]
This weeks Dance First Member Insight is from Adam Barley, creator of ZeroOne. We begin walking around the room, as we've done so many times before, finding our feet, getting our bearings, noticing each other. We're in Nicosia, Cyprus, and many of the dancers here know each other from other workshops, as well as socially. [...]
This weeks Dance First Member Insight is from Banafsheh Sayyad, creator of Dance of Oneness. Greetings dancers, Empowerment comes from taking a courageous stance not just for ourselves but also on behalf of everything we love. The circle of the self is completed when we extend our embrace, our care, and our protection to [...]
This week's Dance First Member Insight is from Emma Leech, founder of Emma Dance! ~ Stepping out and feeling our way back into a new world, post-pandemic. Sensing, feeling from my body, instinct turned raw and real, switched on and tuned in. The 5 Rhythms Movement practice has given me a place to lean into [...]
This week's Dance First Member Insight is from Melissa Michaels, founder of Golden Bridge! Integration and Emergence! This past weekend, a small group of Golden Bridge movers and shakers stepped onto the dance floor for the first time in 15 months. With both a well-honed orientation towards solitude and a longing for connection, we entered into a [...]
