2022
Moments of Magic: Movement Matters
Talk by Kirstie Simson & Andrea Olsen
19 February
6.30 – 8pm
Siobhan Davies Studios/London & Online
Movement artists Andrea Olsen and Kirstie Simson meet virtually in this public talk to discuss the importance of embodied knowledge for the future we are entering into. How can artistic practices build resilience, grounding, and skills to equip us for meeting life’s challenges and joys?
Experiential practices with integrated discourse have much to offer as we move forward in this time of climate crisis and global interconnectivity.
Andrea and Kirstie will speak from their experience of having been immersed in dedicated movement practices for more than four decades. They will consider how these practices and the moments of epiphany they have engendered have shaped their lives.
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Residency and film creation in Tornio, Finland
With Scotty Hardwig and Eeva-Maria Mutka, Mother’s Lands
Residence house hosted by the City of Tornio Cultural Services
June 16-29, 2022
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8th Annual Evans/Williams
SOMATIC DANCE CONFERENCE & PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL
July 6-10, 2022
HOBART & WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES
GENEVA, NEW YORK
CO-DIRECTORS: Bill Evans (founder) and Cynthia J. Williams (coordinator)
Dedicated to the Memory of Cadence Joy Whittier (1977-2021)
“Embodying Joy: Empowering Students and Ourselves with Somatic Knowledge”
KEYNOTE PRESENTERS: Onye Ozuzu, Andrea Olsen, and Peter DiMuro
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Stay tuned for Somatics Festival II at 33 Hawley, Northampton, MA. Date TBA
2021 and 2020
APE @ HAWLEY and THE SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY DANCE & THOUGHT present
FEET TO THE FLOOR FUNDRAISER & FESTIVAL 2021
SEPTEMBER 30 – OCTOBER 3, 2021 / FUNDED IN PART BY THE ART ANGELS
Chris Aiken, Doug Anderson, Miguel Castillo, Kathy Couch, Rosalyn Driscoll, Angie Hauser, Rachel Jenkins, Shayla-Vie Jenkins, Lauren Horn, Cameron McKinney, Paul Matteson, Andrea Olsen, Kati Payne, Claudia-Lynn Rightmire, Laurie Sanders, Simon Thomas-Train, Anne Woodhul, HATCHERY and MORE!scdtnoho.com/ feet-to-the-floor-fundraiser–festival
Live at: 33 Hawley Street, Northampton in the Workroom/Theater
Featuring classes, workshops, performances and events with a natural historian, poets, dancers, visual artists, teens, and musicians.
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Northampton, MA
Fifth Annual Practicing Presence Festival
Four Days of Adventurous Moving and Making
Register at https://www.scdtnoho.com/practicing-presence-festival-2020.html
(a virtual event!)
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Build-A-Floor Project Honoring Dance artist Nancy Stark Smith
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The Embodiment Conference
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Rhinebeck, NY (Postponed until 2022)
Body and Earth Workshop at the Omega Institute
Link: www.eomega.org/ (Details TBA)
2019-2020
Northampton, MA
Bodies in Motion Festival
Morning Movement class with Andrea Olsen, Music by Peter Jones
Friday, January 11, 2019, 10 a.m.-12
See Festival Schedule:
(http://www.scdtnoho.com/bodies-in-motion-festival.html)
May 24-26, 2019
Practicing Presence Festival
Workshops and Performance of New Works
with Scotty Hardwig, Paul Matteson, Andrea Olsen, Jen Polins, and Peter Schmitz
At 33 Hawley Street and the School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, Northampton, MA
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June 6-9, 2019
Vilnius, Lithuania
Body and Earth: Restoring Easeful Movement
Contact Agniete Laurinaityte for further information: agnietes@yahoo.com
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Holderness, New Hampshire
Body and Earth: Restoring Easeful Movement – A Weekend Introduction
In this introductory workshop, we orient participants to our approaches to embodiment practices and contextualize key topics from our books and immersive trainings. The goal is to encourage easeful movement, refreshing connection to our bodies and to the places we live and love.
Begins Friday at 6 p.m. and ends Sunday at 3 p.m.
$375 plus $50 per night housing ($350 for registration by Feb. 1 with $50 non-refundable deposit).
Click here for more information (PDF file)
To register, contact: kkfrank@earthlink.net
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Holderness, New Hampshire
Body and Earth: In-Depth Training
In this immersive residential workshop, we draw from ten Body and Earth themes that we have investigated and articulated over the last three decades as movement artists, educators, and authors. Modeling collaborative teaching, we both differentiate themes and approaches, and appreciate the overlapping interconnectedness of topics that circulate between science and embodied experience, stimulating creative imagination, artistic forming, and self-care. Our intention is that these practices are useful for daily life as well as profound resources for facilitating others in embodied awareness and experiential learning.
Begins Tuesday at 10 a.m. and ends Sunday at 1 p.m.
$900 plus $50 per day housing ($800 for registration by Feb. 1, 2019 with $100 non-refundable deposit)
Combine both workshops: $1200 plus $50 per day housing ($1100 by Feb. 1 with $150 non-refundable deposit)
See: http://www.resourcesinmovement.com
Body and Earth Training Topics include evolutionary movement, experiential anatomy, body and earth systems, authentic movement, the tonic system, voice and language, the nervous system, creative forming, the Be-ing score, and sustaining mystery.
Both workshops are held at Resources in Movement on beautiful White Oak Pond in Holderness, New Hampshire. Housing is self-catered in Cloverly Cottage, an elegant gathering site for movers and thinkers that has hosted in-depth conversations throughout the past century—including Gregory Bateson, Margaret Mead, and many others—considering how best to honor our global home, including the human body.
Click here for more information (PDF file)
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Northampton, MA
Somatics Festival 2019
Celebrating the Work of Janet Adler, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Nancy Stark Smith and the 45-year Heritage of Contact Quarterly
For information and registration: www.scdtnoho.com
2018-2019
Monterey, CA
Spring Intercultural Arts Series at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies
Supported by the Ron and Jessica Liebowitz Fund for Innovation, with project host Tangut Degfay ‘18
https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/news/arts-and-leadership-series-starts-strong
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June 6-9, 2018
Northhampton, MA
33rd Annual Body-Mind Centering Conference: Resilience
https://www.bodymindcentering.com/bonnies-schedule/2018-body-mind-centering-association-conference/
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June 9, 2018
Middlebury, VT
Middlebury College Reunion Award Ceremony
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United Kingdom
Body and Earth International Retreat 2018: Refreshing Whole Body Intelligence
with Caryn McHose and Andrea Olsen
At The Old Mill Centre, village of Skeeby, on the edge of Yorkshire Dales See http://www.oldmillcentre.co.uk
Hosted by: Susanna Recchia and Fabiano Culora – See http://www.oldmillcentre.co.uk
fabianoculora@me.com; susannarecchia79@gmail.com
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September 14, 15, 2018
Northampton, MA
Historical Footnotes: Dancing Through Northampton’s History
At 33 Hawley Street. 7-8 p.m. music; 8-9:30 performance
A collaborative performance between Historic Northampton and A.P.E.@ Hawley Street, linking contemporary dance works, site-specific films, music, and visual art with Northampton’s rich history. Twelve area artists and their collaborators will offer a range of surprising ecological and cultural perspectives, all with ties to Northampton’s past. Engaging the imagination in multiple forms, this event will celebrate the opening of the Flexible Performing Space at 33 Hawley Street, a project of the Northampton Community Arts Trust.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Northampton Arts Council and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
$15 at the door/$12 in advance at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3596843
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Saturday, September 15, 2018
Northampton, MA
A.P.E. at Hawley & SCDT Presents
Body and Earth: Restoring Easeful Movement
A workshop with Caryn McHose and Andrea Olsen
10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Break 1-2:30); $65.00 ($40 for students)
33 Hawley Street, The Arts Trust’s Building, Northampton, MA
This class is an opportunity to work with perception and movement to foster changes in coordination that evoke easeful, natural movement.
Register with the School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, Northampton, MA @ www.scdtnoho.com
2017-2018
Monterey, California
Communicating in a Changing World, course and workshop with Nükhet Kardam
At the Middlebury Institute of International Studies
Faculty in the Department of Development, Policy, and Practice
Monterey, CA
olsen@middlebury.edu
Embodied Intelligence Lecture and Workshop Series: https://sites.middlebury.edu/embody/
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United Kingdom
Body and Earth International Retreat 2017: Refreshing Whole Body Intelligence
with Caryn McHose and Andrea Olsen
At The Old Mill Centre, village of Skeeby, on the edge of Yorkshire Dales See http://www.oldmillcentre.co.uk
Hosted by: Susanna Recchia and Fabiano Culora – See http://www.oldmillcentre.co.uk
fabianoculora@me.com; susannarecchia79@gmail.com
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Northampton, MA
Practicing Presence Festival
Connecting contemplative and somatic practices with articulate dancing
with Paul Matteson, Andrea Olsen and Caryn McHose, Jennifer Polins, Scotty Hardwig and Peter Schmitz
At STUDIO4, 25 Main Street 4th floor (The School for Contemporary Dance & Thought)
Saturday, 8-9:30 p.m: Performance with Jen Polins, Andrea Olsen, Paul Matteson, Scotty Hardwig and Peter Schmitz
Sunday 2-5: Moving/Writing (Caryn and Andrea)
https://vspotz.com/event/460397164301064
Contact jenscdt@gmail.com for details.
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Maine and Global
Global Water Dances
https://globalwaterdances.org/
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Chicago, Illinois
The JIM (Joy in Moving) Workshop
Hamlin Park Theater, Hamlin Park Fieldhouse, 3034 N. Hoyne, Chicago
The Chicago Moving Company: https://thejim.org/calendar-of-events/
Friday, July 7 7:30 PM: Informal performance with Lisa Gonzales
Saturday, Sunday Workshop: Moving/Writing Registration and information: http://chicagomovingcompany.wixsite.com/cmcdance/the-jim
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San Marcos, Texas
The Fluid Body: A Somatic Journey
32nd Annual Body-Mind Centering Association Conference
Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, USA
July 25/26: Pre-conference with Barbara Dilley
July 26/27: Pre-conference with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
July 27-30: Main Conference.
Sunday, July 30: 3-hour workshop with Andrea Olsen, Featured Presenter
PAST EVENTS
2016
Middlebury College Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California
February-May 2016
Visiting faculty (2016-18)
Co-teaching with Professor Nükhet Kardam: Communicating in a Changing World
Embodied Intelligence Series (see Films)
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Northhampton, MA
Practicing Presence Festival
Connecting contemplative and somatic practices with articulate dancing
The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought presents with Paul Matteson, Andrea Olsen, Jennifer Polins, and Peter Schmitz
SCDT Studios, 25 Main Street 4th floor and the Smith College Crew House, Northhampton, MA
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Lewiston, Maine
Bates Dance Festival
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Middlebury, Vermont
Mindfulness in Performance
Wilson Hall, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont
Panel discussion with Erin Quinn, Andrea Olsen, Nükhet Kardam, and Bob Hanson
As part of the 2016 Clifford Symposium, Fully Present: The Art and Science of Mindful Engagement
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Austin, Texas
Body and Earth: Cultivating Connections
Friday Dec. 9, 7-9 p.m.: Body and Earth book reading
Sat. Dec. 10: Awakening Whole Body Intelligence 1-6 p.m. ($125)
Sun. Dec. 11: Moving/Writing 1-6 p.m. ($125 or both for $195)
Experiential anatomy, Authentic Movement, Writing
Hosted by: Susan Prins and Beverly Bajema
bev@bajema.me
Percentage of proceeds supports the Bates Dance Festival 35th Anniversary!
2015
Microworks Exhibit APE
Window at 126 Main St, Northampton, Massachusettes
December 18th, 2015 5 – 8pm
Display of film by Scotty Hardwig and reception
Exhibit December 17th – January 4th
A display of 100+ artists celebrating A.P.E.’s 38+ year history of exhibitions
413 586-5553
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Riff Talk/ Invisible Histories
25 Main Street, 4th floor, Northampton MA
Friday, November 13, 2015 6-7:30 p.m, Contact Quarterly 40th Anniversary Celebration, 7:30-8 p.m.
with Yoshiko Chuma, Peter Pleyer, Nancy Stark Smith, Aretha Aoki and Andrea Olsen
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Residency at Colby College
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Celebrating 50 Years of Environmental Studies at Middlebury College
Performance of Dancing in Wild Places: Seaweed and Ocean Health
Sunday, Oct 4, 2015, 2 p.m. at Middlebury College Dance Theatre, Middlebury, VT. Free as part of celebration events October 8-10, 2015
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Middlebury College and Smith College
Teaching Body and Earth and Anatomy and Kinesiology: Middlebury College
Scientific Principles in the Teaching of Dance, Graduate Course: Smith College
September-December 2015
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Maine Seaweed Festival
Performance of Dancing in Wild Places: Seaweed and Ocean Health
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Portland, Maine
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Body and Earth Training, Andrea Olsen and Caryn McHose
6-Day Immersion: Deepening the Investigation, Andrea Olsen and Caryn McHose
August 11-16, 2015
Holderness, NH, USA
Begins Tuesday at 10 a.m. and ends Sunday at 1 p.m.
$800 plus housing ($700 for early registration by February 1, 2014 with $100 non-refundable deposit).
See: http://www.resourcesinmovement.com
Contact: Kevin Frank at Resources in Movement
kkfrank@earthlink.net 603-968-9585
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Film Project: Body-Earth.org
With Caryn McHose, filmmaker Scotty Hardwig, and dance artists Susanna Recchia, Eeva-Maria Mutka, and Fabiano Culora
June 14-22, 2015. Pen Pynfarch, Wales and London, England
http://www.body-earth.org
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Body and Earth Advanced Practitioner Retreat at Pen Pynfarch, Wales
5-Day Immersion June 14-19, 2015
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Distinguished Visitor Programme at University of Central Lancashire, Great Britain with Caryn McHose
Lecture: Reimagining our Relationship to the Dancing Body; Somatics workshops for students, faculty, and guests. PScollinson@uclan.ac.uk
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June 8-12, 2015
Embodied Writing Retreat with Mandoline Whittlesey
Aveyron, South of France. June 1-6.
Information and registration: mandolinew@yahoo.com
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2015 BMCA European Conference
Ghent, Belgium. May 27-June 1. Presenting May 31.
http://www.bmcassociation.org/conferences
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Dancing in Wild Places: Seaweed and Ocean Health
Performance: Sunday March 29, 2 p.m. at Kendall Hall Studio 3, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. Free.
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Improvisation Workshop with Peter Schmitz
Class on Saturdays, January 31-February 21, 10-12 a.m. The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought, The Northampton Arts Trust Building, 33Hawley Street, Northampton, MA. 413 695-1799
2014
Lecture and Workshop at the Sophia Institute
January 10-11, 2014
Contact Carolyn Rivers: 843 720-8528
https://www.thesophiainstitute.org/
Friday Night Lecture 6:30-8:30pm “Re-imagining our Relationship with the Natural World”
Saturday Retreat 9:30am-5:00pm “Writing Yourself Home: Embracing Your Authentic Voice”
Sophia Institute, Charleston, SC
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In-Depth January Body and Earth Retreat, with Caryn McHose
Event Rescheduled – Now November 2014 with Olsen
Ecological Retreat Center Sacha Jí, San Pablo del Lago
Imbabura, Ecuador
$1500 ($1,350 for early registration by October 31, 2013)
See: www.sachaji.com
Contact: Alegría for Sachi Ji: alegra.av@gmail.com
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Lecture and Workshop at Wesleyan University
Lecture/Performance: “Moving through Time and Place”
Tuesday, March 4 at 5 p.m.
Place: (TBA), Middletown, CT
As part of the Schumann Lecture Series: Re-Envisioning the Commons
Contact: Nicole Stanton nstanton@wesleyan.edu
Wesleyan University College of the Environment Website http://www.wesleyan.edu/coe/thinktank/theme%202013-2014.html
Workshop: “Body and Earth: Perspectives on Dance as Culture”
Wednesday March 5, 2014 10:30-12:30 & 1:30-3:30
Location: Bessie Schonberg Dance Studio
Workshop for Perspectives on Dance as Culture
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Residency and Lecture at the Monterey Institute of International Studies
Exhibit by Josie Iselin: Seeing the Unseen: The Secret Life of Seaweed
March 8-27
William Cole Tellman Library
425 Van Buren Street
Monterey, CA
Lecture/Performance: Andrea Olsen and Josie Iselin
Thursday, March 27, 12:30-1:30
William Cole Tellman Library
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The Place of Dance Book Celebration at Middlebury April 5-6
Place of Dance Book Celebration Performance
Sunday, April 6, 2 p.m.
Middlebury College Dance Theatre, Middlebury, VT
Dancers Christal Brown, Catherine Cabeen, Andrea Olsen, Peter Schmitz, and Doug LeCours; MC’s Caryn McHose, Alex Draper and Helen Young; lighting designer Jennifer Ponder; musician/author John Elder; and dramaturg Dana Yeaton. Free, but limited seating so come early.
Workshop: “Finding Your Feet” with Caryn McHose and Andrea Olsen
Saturday April 5, 2-4 p.m. Dance Theatre
Preregister: dance@middlebury.edu
Book Photo Exhibition from The Place of Dance
Ten images including faculty, alumni, and current students
February 21-May 8
Davis Family Library, Upper level, Middlebury College
An Ocean Garden: The Secret Life of Seaweed
Book Photo Display by Josie Iselin
April 4-18, 2014
Davis Family Library, Atrium, Middlebury College
Josie Iselin and Andrea Olsen, lecture
Thursday April 10, 12:30-1:20 (books available)
Woodin Colloquium Series in Environmental Studies
Hillcrest, The Orchard Room 103 (free)
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The Place of Dance Book Celebration April 12-13
The Place of Dance – Book Reading
Saturday, April 12, 5 p.m.
WINDOW, 126 Main Street, Northampton, MA.
Contact: 413 586-5553 (free)
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The Place of Dance – Performance
Sunday, April 13, 2 P.M.
Scott Dance Studio, Smith College (off Green Street), Northampton, MA.
Featuring artists from the book: Chris Aiken and Angie Hauser, Lisa Gonzales, Paul Matteson, Peter Schmitz, Nancy Stark Smith and Mike Vargas, and Pamela Vail. Lighting by Kathy Couch. Video installation by Jim Coleman
Free; limited seating—come early!
Contact (to confirm location): 413 586-5553
www.apearts.org
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Landscape, Design, and the Environment
Speakers Series at Smith College
Monday, April 14, 2014
“Designing Space With the Body in Mind”
2:40 pm, Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall
http://www.smith.edu/landscapestudies/speakers.php
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Residency and Lecture at the University of California at Santa Barbara
Public workshop: Remembering Flow: Balancing the Nervous System in Movement
Saturday, May 17, 12-5
$60-95 sliding scale; Registration opens March 1
Department of Theater and Dance
HSSB Ballet Studio, University of California, Santa Barbara
www.ritualandresearch.org
Registration Contact: David@ritualandresearch.org
Plus additional classes and lectures during the residency May 17-21
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29th Annual U.S. Body-Mind Centering Association Conference
June 27-29, 2014
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
Workshop: “Dancing Through the Nervous System”
admin@bmcassociation.org
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Austin, Texas Workshop
July 5, 6
Contact: Susan M. Prins
smprins@gmail.com
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Body and Earth Training and CELEBRATION with Caryn McHose
3-Day Introduction
August 8-10, 2014
Holderness, NH, USA
$350 plus housing ($300 for early registration by February 1, 2014)
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10th Year Body and Earth Anniversary: Deepening the Investigation, with Caryn McHose
August 11-16, 2014 – A retreat for experienced practitioners
Holderness, NH, USA
$800 plus housing ($700 for early registration by February 1, 2014)
See: www.resourcesinmovement.com
Contact: Kevin Frank at Resources in Movement kkfrank@earthlink.net 603-968-9585
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3rd Annual Embodied Writing Retreat, with Mandoline Whittlesey
August 31-September 6, 2014
By the ocean in Brittany, France
www.embodiedwriting.org
Register with: mandolinew@yahoo.com
Information soon on projects and retreats in England, Ireland, and New Zealand, fall 2014
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