Dance and Movement Workshops
African dance with Aoife
Aoife has been travelling to Africa for the past ten years studying drumming and dancing. She has trained with many Malinke masters including Famoudou Konate and Mamady Keita. Aoife plays and sings with Wassa Wassa drum and dance ensemble. Aoife's workshops are a fun and accessible way explore and delve into the cultural roots of traditional and contemporary West African dance and rhythm. Come explore your wild side!
Aikido
Aikido is a non-violent martial art. For many people outside Aikido, it is a new and surprising idea that physical practice with opponents is important in training yourself to receive opponents peacefully. Teaching Aikido at Earthsong is a new and valuable opportunity to spread the message of Aikido, which is, that even whilst under attack, ones actions can promote harmony and neutralise aggressive behaviour.
"Aikido is not a technique to fight with or defeat the enemy. It is the way to reconcile the world and make human beings one family." Morihei Ueshiba, Founder of Aikido.
Brian Donohoe has been practising Aikido since 1990, and teaching for the last five years. His Aikido is also heavily influenced by his time spent training with Henry Kono (a direct student of Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido), who teaches that the key to Aikido lies in finding balance. . . the balance within yourself, the balance between the aggressor and the object of their aggression, the balance between yin and yang.
Dancing the Rainbow with Leanne Szklarzewicz
Dancing the Rainbow
This movement practice uses the chakra system as a map of exploration. It is an invitation to explore your own soulful creativity through movement, nature-connection, colour and sound. The sessions begin with space to arrive and be fully present through guided meditation and sharing in circle. Then follows guided movement and opportunity to explore how impulses, from a place of deep listening, allow us to move and be moved authentically. To bring the journey to a close there is an invitation to express your experience through the medium of art as a means of reflecting the dance.
Leanne has a background in psychology and education, is a qualified teacher of Dancing the Rainbow and is currently studying a Laban-based approach to Community Dance. Her explorations of movement stem from multi-sensory teaching and learning and is inspired by her own personal healing journey through dance and bodywork. These experiences have weaved together to create in Leanne a sense of curiosity about how embodied movement and creative expression can support a deeper connection with the natural world within and without.
Circus skills with Donal Gannon
Ever dreamt of running away to join the circus? Well, now is your chance.
Juggling; we will be approaching, from many different angles, the challenge of keeping 3 objects in continuous motion with 2 hands. Whether it's buddy juggling, partner passing or another of our methods, there will be something for everyone.
Poi is a performance art in which balls, ribbons, lights or flames suspended from lengths of flexible material are held and swung in circular patterns.
And if that's not enough, we can also work on some staff spinning, contact juggling or devil sticks.
Acrobalance is the art of performing acrobatic manoeuvers while supported by one or more other people. We focus on encouraging teamwork, human contact and developing trust, poise, communications skills (particularly non-verbal) and comfort in and understanding of one's body, all in a fun, safe and friendly atmosphere.
Group Games
Playing together in a safe and open space gives us permission to reunite with our inner child, one of careless enjoyment and free spirit.
At these workshops, we bring a mix of old favourites, like Stuck in the mud, Human knots and Gyap as well as some new ones. Last year we played Shape shifters, Spiral, Moo Cows, Evolution, and Chair chains among others. Who knows what we might be playing this summer!
Donal Gannon graduated from university with an engineering degree, since then he has become a full time student of life. He has been studying and practicing a variety of disciplines, including Yoga, the Alexander technique, Nutrition, the Enneagram, Co-counseling, Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Massage, Shiatsu, Tai-Chi, and Music (especially Drumming).
"I have found that, for me, happiness, and thus health, has come from play. I hope to continue to bring this lighter way of being a human being to a field near you."
Dances of universal peace (D.U.P)
From the beginning of time, sacred movement, song and story have brought people together, at times of seasonal ceremony and celebration, as part of everyday life and life passages, in daily renewal and meditation. D.U.P is part of this timeless tradition of Sacred Dance.
The Dances use simple music, lyrics, and movements to touch the spiritual essence within ourselves and others. No musical or dance experience of any kind is required and everyone is welcomed to join in. Participation, not presentation, is the focus. The movements and songs include themes of peace (both inner and outer), healing (the Earth, individuals, and the global family), and the celebration of life's great mystery. Dancers focus on peace and harmony creating a sense of solidarity and community while celebrating the underlying unity of all the spiritual traditions of the Earth.
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Adult Workshop Program
- Dance and Movement Workshops
- Drumming and Singing Workshops
- Healing Arts and Creativity
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