Come play with us!!
Sunday, January 28, 2018
New Beginner's Aerial Silks classes
Aerial Silks classes have begun again!! We're back in Pohara hall, same day, same times... Wednesdays at 1:30, 3:30 and 5pm.
Come play with us!!
Come play with us!!
Sunday, January 7, 2018
Story Bridge Workshop and Performance
Wow.
I'm feeling really Juiced.
Alive. Excited and Exciting. My skin buzzing with possibilities and the tender ecstatic Joy of Connection.
Last night we had 12 people gather together to tell stories. To listen to stories. To watch their stories unfold and find new shapes. and another 15-20 bear witness to them.
It's hard to put into words how a Story Bridge process really works to turn near strangers into a deeply bonded group... clan... community.
Through the process of story sharing and translating those stories through our bodies, we tapped into the archetypes of what it's like to be human on this planet.
The feeling we have when we don't get an award that we think we deserve...
When we're lost and just want to find something familiar...
When we're scared to share our gifts, but find the courage to do so (and it's enthusiastically received!)...
The moment we realize we are going to be a parent and our life will never again be the same...
It's empowering.
And deeply humbling.
And would you believe that the feeling of recognition that we shared, the connection that we felt to each other and to the people who have come before us, who walk with us, and who will come after us, was so palpable, that after the performance the audience not only engaged us in conversation, but jumped up to join us in a bit of improvisational play!!
I'm feeling so much gratitude to all the people who made the Story Bridge Workshop come alive yesterday.
Thank you to Richard Geer at https://www.storybridge.space for developing this form and his intent focus on using stories to create meaningful change in the world. To Creative Communities Tasman for their financial support of this project. To Andy for his enthusiastic persistance that we bring Story Bridge to Takaka and his tautoko the whole way through. For the courageous cast for sharing their stories, their tenderness, their grief and laughter with each other, and turning it all into a celebration. And to the audience who came curious and willing and excited, for the listeners are half of what gives a story meaning.
Thank you.
And may we continue to fall more in love with each other through our stories.
I'm feeling really Juiced.
Alive. Excited and Exciting. My skin buzzing with possibilities and the tender ecstatic Joy of Connection.
Last night we had 12 people gather together to tell stories. To listen to stories. To watch their stories unfold and find new shapes. and another 15-20 bear witness to them.
It's hard to put into words how a Story Bridge process really works to turn near strangers into a deeply bonded group... clan... community.
Through the process of story sharing and translating those stories through our bodies, we tapped into the archetypes of what it's like to be human on this planet.
The feeling we have when we don't get an award that we think we deserve...
When we're lost and just want to find something familiar...
When we're scared to share our gifts, but find the courage to do so (and it's enthusiastically received!)...
The moment we realize we are going to be a parent and our life will never again be the same...
It's empowering.
And deeply humbling.
And would you believe that the feeling of recognition that we shared, the connection that we felt to each other and to the people who have come before us, who walk with us, and who will come after us, was so palpable, that after the performance the audience not only engaged us in conversation, but jumped up to join us in a bit of improvisational play!!
I'm feeling so much gratitude to all the people who made the Story Bridge Workshop come alive yesterday.
Thank you to Richard Geer at https://www.storybridge.space for developing this form and his intent focus on using stories to create meaningful change in the world. To Creative Communities Tasman for their financial support of this project. To Andy for his enthusiastic persistance that we bring Story Bridge to Takaka and his tautoko the whole way through. For the courageous cast for sharing their stories, their tenderness, their grief and laughter with each other, and turning it all into a celebration. And to the audience who came curious and willing and excited, for the listeners are half of what gives a story meaning.
Thank you.
And may we continue to fall more in love with each other through our stories.
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