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Weekly Classes
in 5Rhythms Dance: Seattle and Bainbridge Island
Monthly 5Rhythms Dance Night in Seattle
Open Floor Exploration-ongoing study group |
| 5Rhythms® Dance Classes |
In SEATTLE classes are ongoing on Thursday nights; on BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, classes
are on Wednesday mornings (both offered September - June). These classes are for
all dancers from beginner to advanced.
In these
weekly classes, we will be exploring through movement the ongoing practice of 5Rhythms Dance. These 2010 classes will be an exploration of aspects of change through all the rhythms of flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness.
What do we do with change? Do we ignore, deny, move toward, or avoid it? Can we allow each rhythm to give us its teaching by being open and vulnerable, by softening in our bodies? Or do we resist, stiffen, and forget to breathe? These weeks will be devoted to embracing change as it moves us through the dance.
Dancing the movement practice of the 5Rhythms helps us express openness, presence and joy in our
bodies and in our lives, and allows us to experience the transformative
power of dance. No dance experience is needed, just the willingness
to move with and be curious about whatever is present in
your body and be fascinated by your own fluidity. We hope
you will join us on the dance floor!
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Seattle Classes
Regular 5Rhythms classes resume on January 7th, from 7:15 - 9:15 PM.
On January 14th, the class time for the Thursday classes will change to 6:00 - 8:00 PM.
Theme: "Change Gonna Come"
These classes function as a series, however, drop-ins are welcome. |
| Location: |
Dance Underground, 340 15th E. Capitol Hill, Seattle,
WA. Map. |
| Dates: |
Every Thursday night, January 7th - June 2010. No class on holidays. |
| Time: |
7:15-9:15 PM (Beginning January 14th, Ongoing Thursday class time will be changed to 6:00 - 8:00 PM) |
| Cost: |
10 class pass for $135 (one class free)
$15/ Class (drop-in)
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| Register: |
Click here to register |
| Bring your friends and expand our 5Rhythms dancing community! |
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Bainbridge Island Classes
5Rhythms classes resume on January 20th. Theme: "Change Gonna Come"
These classes function as a series, however, drop-ins are welcome. |
| Location: |
Seabold Hall, 14454 Komedal Rd., Bainbridge Island, WA. Map. |
| Dates: |
Wednesday mornings January 20th - June 2010. No class on holidays. |
| Time: |
8:30 - 10:30 AM |
| Cost: |
$15/ Class (drop-in) |
| Register: |
Click here to register |
| Bring your friends and expand our 5Rhythms dancing community! |
| 5Rhythms
Dance Night in Seattle! |
We will follow the 5Rhythms® Wave of flowing, staccato,
chaos, lyrical and stillness as we move to a variety of music
for three hours! This is an open dance night
for self-expression and community gathering, with a potluck at the end. Every body is welcome. See you on the dance floor!
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| Location: |
Dance Underground 340 15th E. Capital Hill, Seattle, WA. |
| Dates: |
Second Friday of every month. There will be a dance on February 12, March 12th, and so on. |
| Time: |
6:30-9:30 PM Friday nights |
| Cost: |
$15/dance (Bring a potluck dish to share) |
| Register: |
No registration required |
Open Floor Exploration (Seattle, WA) 2010
This ongoing group will be an exploration of the Open Floor created by Andrea Juhan. Christine is mentoring with Andrea to be able to practice the Open Floor process. Beginning and ending with the 5Rhythms dance practice, the Open Floor is a form of group meditation that supports openness and trust within a contained, guided and definite structure. The form begins with a group of witnesses sitting together. One person chooses to move out onto the Open Floor and begin his/her turn. He/she begins to move in an unpremeditated way and so the structure begins. At some point, others may come up to support this mover by repeating exactly his move and his words. The process continues and enables each person to explore a sense of their ever-unfolding self and supports each person in being more aware of their own ego structures. The ability to witness each other as well as the self is an essential part of Open Floor. This witnessing and the chance to be seen and heard by others in the group is helpful in allowing and supporting each participant's capacity to change and become more fluid. In the 5Rhythms Moving Meditation Practice, we are doing a spiritual practice to be embodied and mindful on the dance floor. Open Floor supports us to be embodied and mindful people in every aspect of our lives.
I'm excited to be practicing with this ongoing group format in an exploration of the Open Floor. The greatest support for change can come from ongoing groups and I deeply enjoy working in this way.
Format: 45 minutes of dancing, 2.5 hours Open Floor, 45 minutes of dancing. |
| Location: |
Dance Underground, 340 15th E. Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA. |
| Dates: |
All dates are in 2010 (Four hours each):
January 30th, February 20th, March 20th, April 17th, May 8th, June 19th. |
| Time: |
1:30 - 5:30 PM each group. |
| Cost: |
$295 total cost (includes all six sessions). |
| Register: |
Register: Pre-registration and discussion with Christine is required. 5Rhythms experience is necessary. |
| Bring your friends and expand our 5Rhythms dancing community! |
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| Come and join this dancing
community and deepen your experience of the 5Rhythms® Practice.
See you on the dance floor! |
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| " Movement is my medicine, my meditation, my practice. It is what I do no matter how I feel. We are all born to move, To surrender to the beat. Your soul is a dancer. No effort, no judgment. Pure energy in the moment. I call my form of ecstatic dance the wave. It is a moving meditation and a great workout, using 5 basic rhythms that form a map to your innermost being. Moving through the wave is my spiritual practice." |
| — Gabrielle Roth |
I have inherited a belief in community, the promise that a gathering of the spirit can both create and change culture. In the desert, change is nurtured even in stone by wind, by water, through time. |
| —Terry Tempest Williams |
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