Member Spotlight

Member Spotlight2020-02-25T11:01:48-05:00

Dance First Member Insight from Banafsheh Sayyad, creator of Dance of Oneness

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 [...]

Dance First Memorial Tribute to Anna Halprin courtesy of The Tamalpa Institute

This week's Dance First Member Insight is a tribute to Anna Halprin contributed by The Tamalpa Institute. Anna Halprin, a dancer and choreographer who sought to move beyond what she saw as the constraints of modern dance and whose [...]

Dance First Member Insight from 5Rhythms Dance, Dharma, and Meditation leader Lucia Horan!

This week's Dance First Member Insight is from 5Rhythms Dance, Dharma, and Meditation leader Lucia Horan. Grief Dancer: Resource & Renewal in the time of the Pandemic Many things have been learned during the time of the Pandemic. We have [...]

Dance First Member Insight from Movement Medicine co-founder Ya’Acov Darling Khan!

This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is from global movement leader Ya'Acov Darling Khan, co-founder of Movement Medicine. Greetings dear dancers, My whole life has centered around the great unanswerable questions of our universe. The original iteration of this fascination [...]

Dance First Member Spotlight on Lorca Simons, 5Rhythms Ritual Theatre Innovator and creator of LiveWire and WingSpan!

This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is from UK-based Lorca Simons, creator of the Live Wire & Wingspan interpretations of 5Rhythms Ritual Theatre. "I want to feel that we can touch each other through the screen towards a [...]

Dance First Member Insight from Alexis Mulhauser, founder of Nourish the Essence!

This week's Dance First Member Insight is from Bay Area-based Alexis Mulhauser, Nia Technique, Self-Breema, and Yin Yoga facilitator and founder of Nourish the Essence. "Learning to Teach; Teaching to Learn" Bringing expression to the dancefloor during COVID. [...]

Dance First Member Insight from Maneesha McClure, founder of Dance Alchemy!

This week's Dance First Member Insight is from Sedona-based Maneesha McClure, founder of Dance Alchemy. Dear Dancers, In the mid-'60s, Gabrielle Roth arrived at Esalen and began teaching in Fritz Perls' gestalt workshops. Her teachings focused on getting [...]

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