Biodanza Maryland-Applications and Extensions
Beyond the original and beautiful system of Biodanza, Rolando Toro and his close collaborators developed a wide range of extensions that deepen and expand the possibilities of this work. These extensions emerged from Rolando’s profound curiosity about life and his love for fields such as mythology, anthropology, ritual, poetry, and the exploration of expanded states of consciousness.
You will learn about them from Biodanza Didactic Mirjam Krohne from San Francisco this weekend.
Each extension was created with a specific intention: to explore particular dimensions of human experience while remaining faithful to the core principles of Biodanza—music, movement, vivencia, and human connection. Through these specialized approaches, the richness of Biodanza can reach further into different aspects of personal and collective life.
Some extensions draw inspiration from mythology and symbolic narratives, inviting participants to embody archetypal forces that live within the human psyche. Others incorporate elements of ceremony and ritual, creating spaces of meaning where participants can experience belonging, transformation, and reverence for life. Still others explore themes such as creativity, identity, affectivity, or transcendence, allowing participants to encounter these dimensions in deeper and more focused ways.
Rolando also envisioned Biodanza as a system that could be adapted for diverse populations and social contexts. For this reason, many extensions were designed to support work with specific groups and communities. These may include ethnic and cultural groups seeking to celebrate identity and belonging; social groups working to restore connection and cooperation; educational settings that aim to support emotional development and creativity in children and adolescents; and clinical or therapeutic contexts where movement and affective integration can support healing and well-being.
In this way, the extensions of Biodanza represent a living laboratory—an ongoing exploration of how the system can respond to the needs of humanity in many different environments. They are not separate from Biodanza but rather natural expansions of its original vision, offering pathways to deepen the process and to bring its transformative potential to people from all walks of life.
Through these extensions, the Biodanza experience continues to evolve, inviting us to discover new possibilities of growth, integration, and conscious participation in the dance of life.
A bit of learning and MUCH dancing involved.
Sat and Sunday all day
email Director: info@biodanzausa.com if interested and consult the website
Member
Biodanza USAEvent MemberMichelle Dubreuil is an intuitive space clearer of the body, mind and spirit.
She trained as a life coach with Martha Beck and uses unique techniques that are heart opening and life affirming directing clients to find each their North Star.
She is also a BARE certified life coach which is a program that addresses the issues of young girls and women who want to care for their bodies, look and feel great and who desire to blossom in their personal lives.
Michelle fuses her coaching practice into her movement coaching sessions called Biodanza which is weekly group dance sessions created to help you become more in the body compass and less in the head space. In the Biodanza space, we are set free to feel all the feels and to move organically as we need. The body doesn’t lie and Michelle will help you discover what your body is trying to tell you.
Other energetic modalities assist Michelle in creating a brilliant wellness space. She is a Master Reiki (Usui & Metta™) Practitioner and Teacher, a certified hypnotherapist which is an amazing addition to coaching sessions, a certified QiGong teacher offering 4 different Qigong forms to clients online or in person. Most recently, the study of the mind, body, spirit has further developed as she studied the science of Ayurveda with the Shakti Ayurveda School and is now an Ayurvedic counselor.
Again, movement of all kind is medicine and Michelle can life dance you if you desire!
Michelle has been featured on radio shows and podcasts, and has taught both internationally and nationally in the USA, including at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY.
She loves traveling having lived all around beloved Africa for 14 years, first as a Fulbright scholar in 1995, and is fluent in French having been a teacher in the USA and abroad for 38 years. She grooves on audio books, superb music of all genres and dancing, of course. She loves hanging with her family and dog.
