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Spring Inner Fling: SEVA RETREAT'S 1st WOMEN'S GATHERING

Fri March 5 at 5:00pm Spring_inner_fling

MARCH 5th & 6th.

WOMEN’S ENRICHMENT SERIES

Leave your busy life behind and imagine….rediscover all the parts that make up the whole of you.
Treat yourself to a massage, energy work, other kinds of spa treatments, and overall pampering. Discover the goddess within.

Enjoy an evening of Journey Dance with Toni Bergins and an entire day of fun-filled activities, singing, dancing, & drumming. Dive in and enjoy the relaxing and informative workshops designed to inspire and rejuvenate. Starting with early morning yoga and going into the evening with dance, and performance.

Walk and explore the magnificent 42 acres of the historic Seva Retreat at the Elkins Estate.

Day Pass also available(see below)

Overnight accomodations (see below)

For more information call 215.205.1292

WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS AT SPRING INNER FLING

Group Motion Workshop

Sat March 6 at 7:00pm Image006_1_

The Group Motion Workshop is a two hour guided dance/movement practice with live music. Improvisational structures inspired by universal patterns found in nature and the human psyche, such as giving and receiving, leading and following, active and passive are introduced for a rich an playful experience of self expression and communication.

The workshop was originated in the early seventies by Brigitta Herrmann and Manfred Fischbeck, in the context of the Group Motion Dance Company. The Group Motion experience offers ways to discover and experience the language of dance, its physical, spiritual, transformative and energizing space.

Facilitors:

Manfred Fischbeck, co-director, facilitator of the GM workshop, co-founder & artistic director of Group Motion Dance Company. He is adjunct associate professor at the University of the Arts and lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania.

Brigitta Herrmann, MA in Somatic Psychology/Dance/Movement Therapy, former student of Mary Wigman. She is the co-director and facilitator of Group Motion workshop, co-founder of Group Motion Dance Company and Ausdruckstanz: Imprints in Motion.

Pricing:
$20 for general admission $15 Students/Seniors $15 Introductory rate for 1st time participants.


Barefoot Boogie

Sat March 20 at 8:00pm Nov_dec_2009_017

Hello fellow dancers!

Come One Come All to Play & Celebrate in Community at the beautiful historic Elkins Estate.

Meet new friends and move your body to great music at your Community Barefoot Boogie. Live drumming courtesy of Barry Bell, Ron Kravitz & friends

Please come, relax & enjoy!

Suggested donation $10


Contact Improv

Sun March 21 at 2:00pm Contact_improv_photo_1

Contact Improvisation is essentially a duet movement form which emerged at Bennington College and Oberlin College about 36 years ago and is now being practiced worldwide. Contact Improv is primarily attributed to the work of Steve Paxton and now can be found in almost every major American city and many countries worldwide.

The appeal of Contact Improv comes from the deep satisfaction of kinesthetically and intuitively listening and moving with another person – discovering how to give and take weight, how to follow the continuity of “energy pathways,” how to fall, how to easily lift someone and how to flow. Over time, the practice of Contact Improv leads to the emergence of an intrinsic movement logic which is organic and a lof of fun.

Instructor: Barry Bell was a Dance Major at Bennington College, Barry studied with Steve Paxton (1972-1974) and has been studying, teaching and performing contact since that time. In addition to his whimsical style, Barry integrates aspects of the Yang form of Tai Chi he has been practicing for more than 30 years.

No prior dance experience is required.

2 hours

$15