Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 1 PM – 7 PM
The Center SF
548 Fillmore St,
San Francisco, California
Join Wren LaFeet and guests for a deep dive into micro
dance technique, subtle listening and the cultivation of non-attached pleasure.
Navigating the intimacy of close embrace with respect and
honoring of boundaries, responding with instantaneous precision and flowing
effortlessly between initiation (lead) and response (follow) will all be
addressed in depth. We'll employ Taoist breathing techniques to harness our
energy, explore how satisfying simplicity of movement can be and relish the
luscious richness available within the pause.
"...the only thing needed for magic to occur is some
form of structure and an open mind." - Gene Keys, Richard Rudd
The container of Cocréa has been crafted to support
transformation. As such it relies on a delicate interplay of trust and
surrender. Whether we're dancing in the polarity of lead and follow, or
switching back and forth between these dynamics, there is always an exchange of
energy taking place. Our job is to listen deeper than we ever have, to
ourselves, to our partner, to the music, to our connection with the earth, and
respond with openness - with the fluidity of water - to the changes in the
structure within which we dance.
This micro workshop will place an emphasis on how we
notice and move with awareness of the saucier sensual energies as they arise
within a dance, and to hold these energies in their highest possible light. Our
sexual energy is the energy of creation; our vital life force. As such, we will
be moving in the realm of the sacred with our dance, and with our touch.
Creating a container imbued with the feeling of safety is
my primary concern so that every body can feel comfortable and excited to be
exploring and inviting more pleasure in their dance with the Sacred Other.
WREN LAFEET
Wren teaches partner dance internationally and primarily
on the west coast of North America as a practice for mindful, authentic living,
enlivening communities with his signature modality, Cocréa. He is a celebrated
TEDx speaker, featured author in "ReInhabiting the Village" - a
comprehensive volume of collected works outlining best practices for building
regenerative community, and ardent proponent of pioneering a new renaissance
through co-created movement, authentic connection and consensual touch. As a
cultural architect, his facilitation aims to aid others to "create
themselves as brave spaces" for others to express and embody joy through
the synthesis of structured social partner dance, conscious movement, authentic
relating, sensuality as spirituality and luscious dance music. Cultivating
partnered movement as a form of dance and sense therapy, his practice focuses
on trusting our bodies with the music and our partner to catalyze elevating the
whole being into higher vibrational states. Dancing professionally off and on
since 1999, teaching since 2008, and partner dancing virtually since he was in
the womb, Wren's work is deeply influenced by nature, relationship, mindfulness
and messing up, and has been praised as "the next evolution of conscious
dance."
Cost: $55 - $85 (sliding scale)
