As Isadora Duncan so passionately proclaimed about 100 years ago, ‘to live is to dance, to dance is to live’. At the inaugural Byron Spirit Festival there will be ample opportunity to experience an exciting array of contemporary and ancient dance forms with top international teachers.
In addition to a full program of yoga, kirtan, tantra, healing, philosophy, cooking and world music, the Dance workshops offer classes for all levels in 5Rhythms, NIA Dance, Sufi Dance, Conscious Dance, Salsa for Yogis, Hawaiian and Bellydance.
Weekly 5 Rhythms classes in the Byron Shire have been hugely popular for over 6 years. Find out why young and old have taken to this free form of movement expression created by Gabrielle Roth over 30 years ago with passionate dancers Deva Nandan and Geash Bowler. Conscious Dance, a somewhat different approach to bliss through movement, will be lead by Liat Sokal.
The program incorporates two streams of Middle Eastern dance. Get out your veils for Bellydance lead by Palestinian/Lebanese dancer Maha. Tamsin Murray, a student of Sufi Master Adnan Sarhan since 1987, will lead a class in Sufi Meditative Movement, a healing practice that merges breath and chanting with movement to music. This ancient dance discipline creates a physical and psychic harmony in a form of great simplicity and beauty. And lower chakras can move to Polynesian polyrhythms in Iloni’s Hawaiian dance class.
Classes are designed for all levels, and no previous experience is required. Just wear loose, comfortable clothes, and bring an open heart and desire to let your body move, express, dissolve and commune.
17th-19th February 2012.
Please check the website for details. www.spiritfestival.com.au
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