Dance First Member Insight: “Live Wire” Lorca Simons!
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 [...]
Dance First Member Insight: 5Rhythms Facilitator Emma Leech
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 [...]
Dance First Member Insight: Alexis Mulhauser & Breema!
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 [...]
Dance First Member Insight: 5Rhythms’ Lucia Horan!
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, [...]
Dance First Member Insight: Margaret H. Wagner, founder of WRITE IN THE BEAT™.
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Margaret H. Wagner, founder of WRITE IN THE BEAT™, a certified Open Floor and 5Rhythms® movement teacher weaving writing and art-making into her classes. Dear Dancers, What a time we live in – pandemic, politics, and protests [...]
Dance First Member Spotlight:Dancing Mindfulness with Dr. Jamie Marich PhD
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is brought to you by Dr. Jamie Marich Ph.D., founder of Dancing Mindfulness. Dear Dancers, When I was about four years old, I discovered that dancing spontaneously could help me process my emotions. This realization came from growing [...]
Dance First Member Insight:Daria Halprin, co-founder of The Tamalpa Institute!
This week’s Dance First Member Insight is brought to you by Daria Halprin, co-founder of The Tamalpa Institute and lead innovator of The Life/Art Process Dear Dancers, When the pandemic’s full force finally hit me, it became clear that life as we knew it was in [...]
Dance First Member Insight:Living Legacy Honoree Banafsheh Sayyad & Dance of Oneness!
This week’s Dance First Member Insight is brought to you by Banafsheh Sayyad, founder & creator of Dance of Oneness. Dear Dancers, In these dark times, amidst the raging global pandemic and the US’s tragic disintegration into a state of chaos as a result [...]
Dance First Member Spotlight: Jennifer Joy Jiménez & TranscenDance!
This week's Dance First Member Spotlight shines on Jennifer Joy Jiménez, founder & creator of TranscenDance™. ’ve known Jennifer for over a decade and have witnessed her growth and evolution as a transformative movement leader. It’s exciting to share with you the news [...]








