Movement As Medicine w/ Rulan Tangen
Hello Dancing Earth Family -
We are sorry to notify you that Movement as Medicine w/ Rulan Tangen on June 27th has unfortunately been cancelled. Due to family emergency we are not able to hold this event. We are really sorry to miss you, but please know that Dancing Earth is still hosting a number of online events and we hope to see you soon.
Upcoming this Week
Native Hoop Dance Masters Class Series
Thursdays in JULY
This four class series through the month of July will host a rotating lineup of Master's Hoop Dance teachers. Each teacher will be teaching with their personal style and personal philosophy of culture, dance and technique informed by their individual Native culture and teachings. Every class can be taken individually or as a series. HOOPS NOT REQUIRED TO JOIN.
Dancing Earth Summer Institutes:
Movement As Medicine - July 26 - July 30
C5 - Aug 2 - Aug 7
photo by Karla Flores at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, NM
ABOUT THIS CLASS
This class invites people of all ages and abilities to build upon embodied knowledge of the previous classes, this time with a nonstop rhythmic flow based on the weight shift of walking. We start by grounding ourselves by articulating the feet, then try various rhythmic foot patterns, directions, coordinations and level changes. We counterbalance movements of the lower body with the upper body, left with right, forward and backward, past and future, bringing movement to counter isolation and celebrate our collectivity! Playlist includes tracks by Navajo DJ Randy B, Robert Mirabal.
photo by pauloT.
ABOUT DANCING EARTH
Dancing Earth gathers Indigenous collaborators, including: Nations of Blackfoot, Metis, Coushatta, Ixil and Tzeltil Maya, Papanga, Cambiva, Yaqui, Purepecha, Shoshone, Dine, Tsalagi, Hopi, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, and Keresan of North Central and South America. They balance a commitment to share dances with regional, national and international communities at venues as varied as festivals, Universities, elementary-high schools, Native wellness gatherings, youth leadership symposiums, art museums, desert canyons, dried river beds, and symposiums for social-environmental justice. DANCING EARTH inspires creativity and cultural consciousness through community art practice, energetic dance training workshops, site specific rituals and full length eco-productions.
