Member Spotlight

This week’s Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Bay Area-based Open Floor, Somatic Experiencing, & Reiki facilitator Stacey Butcher “A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing ever grows there.“ ~ Olivia Owens I think we can safely [...]

This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Madison, Wisconsin-based Qoya facilitator Sarah Sadie, founder of Studio Sadie! Hello, and Happy Autumn, here in the Northern Hemisphere!  How are you holding up? Myself, I hit the "six-month wall" that [...]

This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Movement Medicine facilitator and producer and Dance Your Prayers founder Carrie 'Zaza' Branovan! Movement Medicine?  I'd never heard of it. Since 2008, I had been exploring conscious dance practices in [...]

This week’s Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Brietta Leader, founder and creator of Wildcore Movement! Cycles of Wellness The cycles of wellness I am inspired to write about today connect us with our physicality, our energy body, and [...]

This week’s Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by mindful partner dance innovator and Cocréa founder Wren LaFeet! Leading a Death Affirming Life I know many of us had high hopes for this year, and though it hasn’t delivered in [...]

This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by UK-based 5Rhythms Dance and Ritual Theatre facilitator Lorca Simons! Dear Dancers,  Since March, I've committed to offering 1:1 online work internationally. With dancers globally, these intimate windows are a healing balm, plugging [...]

This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Europe-based 5Rhythms facilitator Emma Leech, aka Emma Dance! Dear Dancers,  Where to begin? For most of us, the impact of COVD is a surreal reality, hitting like a Sci-Fi movie: a mysterious [...]

This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Alexis Mulhauser, faculty member and facilitator at The Breema Center in Oakland, California Dear Dancers,  I once read a quote from a book about Breema that said, "Ideas are exciting, but this moment is real." When [...]

This week’s Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Lucia Horan, a member of the 5Rhythms family and a teacher of Dharma, Dance, and Meditation. Dear Dancers,  My name is Lucia Horan. I was born and raised at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, [...]