Women's Ritual Winter Solstice Dance

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Greetings,I am facilitating another Women's Ritual Dance workshop in December, since the November one went so well. I hope you can join me. I added on an extra hour for more time to cover everything. Let me know if you have any questions. We will be doing some candle dances and snacks will be provided.Warmly,NadaWomen's Ritual DanceDances of darkness, dances of lightWinter Solstice CelebrationI invite you to share in my love for traditional Balkan, Greek, Rom, Armenian, and near Eastern dances. Throughout all ages and cultures, traditional circle dances were used to honor the divine, to heal, to affirm connection to the earth and each other, to build community and celebrate rites of passages and life transitions. It is where personal and universal healing can occur. In this workshop we will use the traditional dances as a platform for heightening awareness of body/self, self to community, self to cosmos. We will examine the dances on multiple levels to indulge in these connections. The expressive and improvisational aspects of Dance/Movement Therapy will support further exploration such as sensations, images, feelings, and stories in order to deepen and expand our experience. We will be focusing on dances that explore the darker realm of life as we relate them to our own modern lives then we will delve into dances of lightness and celebration to celebrate the return of the light. The dances are joyful, meditative, mournful, full of beauty, longing, life and celebration. come, join me.This workshop is suitable for women who have some dance experience and are comfortable exploring through improvisational dance. Date: Sunday, December 20th, 2009Time: 11:00-3:00Place: Bridge for Dance, 2726 Broadway # 3, New York, NY 10025- between 104th & 105th - 2 blocks North of 103rd St Stop on the 1-train Fee: $65 by December 13th, $75 after Students: $40About Nada:Nada Khodlova MA ADTR LCAT is a Dance Movement Therapist and Licensed Creative Arts Therapist. Nada has worked in the human services field for the last 17 years in a variety of settings including mental health clinics, nursing homes, day treatment centers, homeless shelters, and school/community based programs. Presently, Nada works at a psychiatric hospital in the South Bronx. Nada has danced with the Duncan Dance Collective, Rina Rinkewich/Return of the Sun, PURE , and the Thais Mazur Dance Company. Recently, Nada has trained with in a 2 year Women’s Ritual Dance intensive program and received a certification. Nada has experienced many gifts of homecoming through these dances. She hopes to honor the wisdom and potency of these dances and to pass this on to others.To Register/Questions: please email Nada at mokosh@... or call at Space is Limited "We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars...the stars form a circle, and in the center we dance." -RumiNada Khodlovamokosh@...