DANCE REFUGE - day-long spring Open Floor Dance Retreat

Name: DANCE REFUGE - day-long spring Open Floor Dance Retreat
Start: 2024-11-30T10:30:00+11:00
Location: North Warrandyte Family Centre

Schedule

Sat Nov 30 2024 at 10:30 am

UTC+11:00

Location

North Warrandyte Family Centre | Eltham, VI

DANCE REFUGE [summer]
A seasonal day-long Open Floor dance retreat, facilitated by Henry Fowkes.
"The quieter you become, the more you can hear." - Ram Dass
Escape the busy-ness of life and reconnect with yourself and others at this soulful seasonal Open Floor dance retreat. Held in the beautiful lands of Warrandyte, this nourishing day-long workshop offers the space to move, reflect, and plant seeds of intention for the months ahead.
The day is a mixture of a vibrant Open Floor dance workshop and curious creative inquiry. We use Open Floor Movement Practice - a lively, mindful, free-form movement practice - as a resource to connect to our physical bodies, feelings, thoughts, and soulful longings. We also use reflective practices such as writing, art, and sharing with others, to listen to the wisdom of our souls.
These events have run regularly since 2022.
LOGISTICS
Saturday, November 30th
10.30 am - 4.30 pm (arrive from 10.15 am)
North Warrandyte Family Centre
184 Research-Warrandyte Road, North Warrandyte
Early bird: $99 (inc GST) ends one week before.
Full price: $119 (inc GST)
Note: If finances are holding you back from attending, please reach out to discuss further, including potential work exchange.
BOOK HERE
https://www.trybooking.com/CTOLW
For any inquiries, email Henry at [email protected]

WHAT TO EXPECT
As you enter the dance space, the teacher will be playing some music for you to warm up to. This is a time for you to arrive and warm up your body, from the inside out. Take some time to tune into your body, through gentle movement and stretching, your senses, and allow your body to lead the way.
As we move deeper into the workshop, you will be guided to move, include, and explore through dance and self-reflection.
Please turn your phone off, keep talking off the dance floor, and take personal responsibility for your own needs.

WHAT IS OPEN FLOOR MOVEMENT PRACTICE?
"Open Floor is not about learning to dance. It's about dancing to learn." - Sue Rickards
Open Floor Movement Practice is a lively, life-affirming dance inquiry inviting us to track our thoughts, feelings, and habits and turn them into creative fuel. A place where our embodied experience is the main event. Using a foundation of mindfulness and universal movement resources such as breath, grounding, and centering, our aim is to use our movement practice to be fully embodied – physically, emotionally, and mentally. This simply means being at home in our body for the beautiful ride of being alive - present for anything and everything.
Open Floor is a free-form movement space with no dance experience required or steps to follow; an explorative, drug and alcohol-free space to fully express yourself, dance wildly or gently, and connect with yourself and others.
Learn more about Open Floor here
https://www.henryfowkes.co/openfloor

THE FACILITATOR
Henry Fowkes is an internationally accredited teacher of Open Floor Movement Practice, experienced group facilitator and Gestalt Psychotherapist. Henry is often described as energetic, down-to-earth, and warm. He engages groups with his relatable teachings, humour and legendary tunes. His approach is centered around what's alive in the present moment and a deep trust in people's innate resilience.