This week's Dance First Member Spotlight is on Melissa Micheals and the Golden Bridge team! Today we are giving love to Melissa Micheals and the Golden Bridge Team! Melissa is a social artist dedicated to promoting collective renewal through the liberation of the creative spirit. She is the founder of Golden Bridge, a not-for-profit [...]
“Some of our finest work comes through service to others” ~ Gordon Hinckley Help us out here. We've been brainstorming some various ways that the Dance First Association could expand and evolve and be a more valuable resource and service for folks in the conscious dance community, both for active movement facilitators and [...]
This weeks Dance First Member Insight is from Brietta Leader, Creator of the WildCore Movement! Judgment The topic of judgment feels extremely relevant in these 'Soulful' times. I have been acutely aware of the self-judgment, the judgment I create about others, and how it affects my energy, triggering my curiosity. I want to share [...]
“A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.” ~ Truman Capote How do you help hold your community together? What's your method of connecting people? Where do you welcome new folks into the mix? "New normal" or [...]
This weeks Dance First Member Insight is from Jennifer Joy Jiménez, founder of Transcendance™! Hello, Fellow Conscious Dancers! If you're like me, you may have had a "before finding conscious dance" story and an "after finding conscious dance" story. Before finding conscious dance, I was a professional modern dancer and a "body abuser." I [...]
“Consciousness is only possible through change; change is only possible through movement.” ~ Aldous Huxley Are you getting enough movement in your day-to-day life? Have the shifts in our society caused a shift in your practice? What kind of adjustments have you made to deal with our evolving reality? Since our world turned [...]
This weeks Dance First Member Insight is from Egypt-based Leslie Zehr, creator of The Alchemy of Dance. Moving through the Pandemic Interesting times. Fortunately for me, the pandemic was not a great struggle—but there are always limits. Being an introvert, I have a high tolerance for being alone. My children and grandchildren all live in [...]
“ Music is life itself ” ~ Louis Armstrong (more notes from a musical memoir...) In which a curious student befriends a family of fans. When the Bus Trip reached its end, we returned to Colorado and settled down. The idea of moving elsewhere never happened and to hear my parents tell it, [...]
This weeks Dance First Member Insight is from Soul Kitchen Dance in Fort Collins, Colorado! Soul Kitchen Dance is a nonprofit, free-form, conscious dance organization promoting health and creating community through the shared love of movement and music. Belongingness and strong community connection are vital human needs that are often lacking in our lives. Soul Kitchen [...]
“ You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.” ~ Jimmy Dean How do you define 'good fortune'? Is it something you can invite into your life at will? What is luck anyway? Mythology and folklore is [...]
