Dance First Member Spotlight on Dr. Birgitte Tan!
This week's Dance First Insight is from Dr. Birgitte Tan! Tell Us a Story About a Patient or Client Suffering From Grief and How Dance Therapy Helped Penelope (name has been changed) had complicated grief from cumulative grief (grief [...]
Dance First Member Spotlight on Lamara Heartwell!
This week's Dance First Insight is from Lamara Heartwell! When we push our bodies hard without compassion — using, abusing, exploiting, or unconsciously depleting our inner resources — we are mirroring a larger pattern of a dysfunctional relationship [...]
Dance First Member Spotlight on Critical Mass Dance Company & The IN BLOOM Festival!
This week's Dance First Insight is from Critical Mass Dance Company! Trauma-Informed Principles in Action: Working for CMDC Working for Critical Mass Dance Company (CMDC), I've witnessed and experienced trauma-informed principles for myself in a workplace for the [...]
Dance First Member Insight from Kristen Mangione & LÎLA – Dance Alchemy for the Soul!
This week's Dance First Insight is from Kristen Mangione and LILA - Dance Alchemy for the Soul! After two years of isolating in a completely upside-down world, what does it mean to reemerge and dance in a shared [...]
Dance First Member Insight from Adam Barley & ZeroOne!
This week's Dance First Insight is from Adam Barley, the man behind ZeroOne! During my work, stuff comes up. There’s often a strong sense of moving through it in a way that feels like healing, to use the original [...]
Dance First Spotlight on The 5th Annual FAST FORWARD Contemporary Ballet!
This week's Dance First Spotlight is on the 5th Annual FAST FORWARD Contemporary Ballet! Hammer Theatre Center – San Jose, CA Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 7:30pm An evening of original choreography, emboldening dancers and pushing boundaries. Fast Forward provides the [...]
Dance First Spotlight on Stacey Butcher!
This week's Dance First Spotlight is on Stacey Butcher! Wow…what a dancing journey this has been the last few years, dancing with the unknown moment by moment. This is where we apply our practice on the dance floor [...]
Dance First Spotlight on Melissa Michaels of Golden Bridge and Golden Girls Global!
This week's Dance First Spotlight is on Melissa Michaels, Golden Bridge, and Golden Girls Global! The world needs us to mobilize. Did you know that Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, is a badass dancer? Zelensky Dancing! He won Dancing with the [...]
Dance First Spotlight on The Edwardian Ball!
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, [...]