Thursday, February 24, 2011

"Don't you feel it too?" Winter Sessions

DON'T YOU FEEL IT TOO?
Free Sessions in Dance and Inner-Life Exploration

What: Freeing the spirit through dancing our inner lives. A developing spiritual practice and form of public art called Don't you feel it too? This is the winter/indoor version of the summer/outdoor practice.

Who:
For anyone, any age, expecially daring inner-life explorers--artists and non-artists, yoga practitioners, meditators, other spiritualists, etc.

Where:
Ivy = Studio 206 in the Ivy Building, Mpls. - map
Mac = Macalester College, Old Main 4th Fl., St. Paul - map
Rondo = Rondo Library, St. Paul - map

How to Prepare:
  • Bring a pocket music player, head/earphones, and your most beloved music on a playlist (3-7 songs is good). If you don't have a music player, we'll lend you one.
  • Wear comfortable dancing shoes and clothes.
  • More instructions will be given before we dance.
  • Free. Just show up. Send questions: info@graceminnesota.org
Like yoga, the practice is the individual's and what he or she brings to it. This is not a dance technique or choreography class in the traditional sense. Observing is welcome; participating is more welcome.

Saturday, Jan 15, 10am-12pm (Location: Ivy)
Saturday, Jan 22, 10am-12pm (Ivy)
Tuesday, Jan 25, 5:30-7:30pm (Ivy)
Tuesday, Feb 1, 5:30-7:30pm (Ivy)
Tuesday, Feb 8, 5:30-7:30pm (Ivy)
Tuesday, Feb 15, 5:30-7:30pm (Ivy)
Tuesday, Feb 22, 5:30-7:30pm (Rondo)
Tuesday, Mar 1, 5:30-7:30pm (Ivy)
Tuesday, Mar 8, 5:30-7:30pm (Ivy)
Tuesday, Mar 15, 5:30-7:30pm (Ivy)
Tuesday, Mar 22, 5:30-7:30pm (Ivy)
Tuesday, Mar 29, 5:30-7:30pm (Ivy)

Don’t you feel it too? is experimental public art and a new mind-body practice of liberating the spirit through dancing your inner life in public places. It is purposeful self-embarrassment, dancing where dancing does not usually belong. Don’t you feel it too? uses the body to create unexpected joy, for performers and witnesses, kindly challenging our standardized public lives. It is an aspiring spiritual technology based in “do-it-yourself” public performance.