3 Mondays, May 5, 12, 19, 2025 | 10 am – 11:30 am PDT
Cost: (includes Eventbrite fees)
$80 With early reg by April 21st, and for grads anytime
$88 after April 21st
“Just as the ancients danced to call upon the spirits in nature, we too can dance to find the spirits within ourselves that have been long buried and forgotten.” Anna Halprin
If you could dance your transformation as a plant or animal, what would that be?
This workshop is open to anyone who is inspired by nature’s creative force as a potent metaphor for aliveness and change.
Like a caterpillar to a butterfly or a seed to a tree, participants will explore a personal “metamorphosis” through the lens of nature, embodied through movement, drawing, and writing.
Participants open their senses, activate creative expression, and honor their unique stories of transformation.
With nature as guide, we initiate the beginning stages with small movements and gradually open up to more expansive stages. What starts to come alive? We pay attention to the middle stage where old structures change, essential for the creation of something new. How do we use the middle stage and its chaotic, yet vital energy to transform us into the next stage? What resource enriches our story?
We use the vibrant tools of the Life-Art Process to give meaning to our work: listening and responding to our physical, emotional, and mental states; somatic and expressive arts; holding space for what emerges without judgment, and opening to new possibilities.
Open to all. No dance or art experience needed. Only a willingness to explore!
To get the most out of this online series, please prepare a comfortable space to move in with access to your online device. Also, have art supplies ready at hand for drawing activities, and paper and pen for journaling and creative writing exercises.
Please note: Tamalpa does not record nor permit the recording of any classes or workshops due to the sensitive and sometimes vulnerable nature of the work, and to protect student privacy.
Workshops are for ages 18+ only and disability access is not provided.
Photo credit: Joy Cosculluela dancing
Joy Cosculluela, RSME, MFA, CMT, (she/her) resides in the ancestral lands of the Ohlone people, otherwise known as the SF Bay Area. Joy is a performing artist, somatic educator, and artistic director of Wayfinding Performance Group, a multicultural ensemble of artists in SF. She was an associate teacher and dancer with Anna Halprin and The Sea Ranch Collective. Joy has collaborated with numerous Bay Area artists and has worked as a guest teacher at SF State, the University of Washington, the Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants, Nature Talks, and the Body-Mind Centering Association. She holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College, is artistic director of Performance Lab SF, and is core faculty at Tamalpa Institute in Kentfield, CA. wayfindingperformance.com
Payment:
You will be directed to an Eventbrite page to register and pay. Upon payment, Eventbrite will send a confirmation email with instructions on how to access your Zoom link. If you encounter any issues regarding your registration or Zoom link please email TI-workshops immediately.
Payment
$80 With early reg by April 21st, and for grads anytime
$88 after April 21st
