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5Rhythms®
Dance/Movement Practice Fosters
Creative Expression
Creative expression is key to the 5Rhythms® Dance/Movement Practice. Developed by internationally renowned theater director, author and recording artist Gabrielle Roth, students dance freestyle through five specific energies or beats:
• Flowing, to experience being fluid and letting things in
• Staccato, to focus our passion and clearly express ourselves
• Chaos, to shed what is not needed
• Lyrical, to traverse the earth with a lightness of spirit
• Stillness, to move peacefully in the rhythms of our breath
Each rhythm is a gateway for discovering different aspects of how we are in relationship to ourselves, a partner and a group. While the practice itself is simple, it has the power to catalyze deep healing. Dancing to music from around the world, students tap into their imagination and find the choreography in their own bodies, which changes moment to moment.
Classes are open to everyone, regardless of age, size or physical ability — for people who like to show off or those who can barely show up, survivors of bad backs, bum knees or broken hearts.
Margaret H. Wagner, who teaches the Saturday morning NYC class, completed the 5Rhythms Teacher Training program in 2005 and has been studying the practice since 2000. Ms. Wagner has been part of the core faculty at Omega Institute (Rhinebeck, NY), a faculty assistant at Kripalu (Stockbridge, MA) and a Visiting Reunion Faculty member at her alma mater, Mt. Holyoke College (South Hadley, MA). In addition to teaching in NYC, Margaret offers 5Rhythms® classes in Westport, CT (where she lives and enjoys dancing on the beach).
Saturday morning 5Rhythms® classes are held at Dance Theater Workshop (DTW), 219 West 19th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues, 3rd Floor. Fee: $15 (full-time students with valid ID, $10). Visit 5Rhythms.com for more details.
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