Sonic Immersion
2025-08-10 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-12 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Come experience a multi-instrumental Sound Bath with composer-performer Sasha Bogdanowitsch. This full body listening experience will draw from Sasha’s extensive instrument collection of original and global winds, strings and percussion and his background of intensive musical studies of the world’s musics from countries such as India, Indonesia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. Sasha will couple this with his unique vocals and electronics to create an ever evolving sonic tapestry that will immerse the listener in resonance and overtones; aiding all in their own sonic journey, relaxation, stress reduction and/ or meditation.

Participants will be free to recline (savasana pose), sit or stand as needed. Some yoga mats and blankets will be available but please bring whatever materials you need to feel warm and relaxed.

The event will last 60 minutes.

Come just for the Sonic Immersion or come early for Shake with Niki, and stay for both.

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Authentic Movement
2025-08-12 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-08-19 18:00 - 19:30
Authentic Movement is a contemplative dance practice where a mover explores the unconscious mind through self-directed, expressive movement while being witnessed with compassion and non-judgment. This relational practice of “seeing and being seen” fosters trust, self-awareness, and a deeper connection to one’s inner experience.

Clown & Voice Retreat
2025-08-14 12:00 - 2025-08-17 18:00
The Clown and Voice Retreat is a 4 day heart-first, deep dive into serious play! Songs, movement, games, improvisation, creative exploration, and much more will fill our days as we explore the ridiculous and wondrous world of the clown, and our capacity for play and resonance through the voice. Wholesome meals, outdoor nature walks, swimming, collective dinners and singing ‘round the campfire make up this restorative and connected weekend of FUN!

Contact Improv Sundays @ WildHeart
2025-08-17 16:00 - 18:30, 2025-10-05 16:00 - 18:30
Contact Improv Sundays @ WildHeart

First and Third Sundays

4:00-6:30pm (2nd and 4th Sundays in Kingston!)

BYO dinner for a studio-floor picnic afterward

CI Lab 4-5pm (with rotating teachers)

Open Jam 5-6:30pm

Register in advance

Or if you prefer to pay cash at the door, send us an email to let us know you’re coming, so we can help you find your way to the studio.

Overnight guests welcome (with advance notice). Let us know if you want to make a longer visit to WildHeart… email contact@wildheartcenter.art

Weeks that we’re not Jamming @ WildHeart, Hudson Valley Contact Improv continues in Kingston. Email Hudsonvalleycontactimprov@gmail.com for more on the Kingston Jam

Location- This workshop will take place in the Barn. If you’re coming to WildHeart for the first time, please visit our Directions page for arrival info. Refund policy No refunds, no transfers

The Moonstone Covenant - a book launch
2025-08-24 15:00 - 19:00

Pop-Up Contemporary Dance Class
2025-08-27 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-09-03 18:00 - 19:30
Mid- level intermediate class
Two Wednesdays;
August 27 + September 3
6- 7:15 pm
In depth warm up, musically driven phrases, somatic approach.
Classes lead by Jerylann Warner
Pay what you can. For questions or to register reach out to jerylannwarner16@gmail.com

Contact Improv Sundays @ WildHeart
2025-09-07 16:00 - 18:30
Contact Improv Sundays @ WildHeart

Facilitator: Nicole Bindler

First and Third Sundays

4:00-6:30pm (2nd and 4th Sundays in Kingston!)

BYO dinner for a studio-floor picnic afterward

CI Lab 4-5pm (with rotating teachers)

Open Jam 5-6:30pm

Register in advance

Class Description:

CI and Attunement: consent as an embodied practice

In this class we will practice our CI communication skills with an emphasis on identifying and going for what we want in our dances while finding common interests with our partners by dialing up our listening. We will cultivate curiosity about our partners, and approach consent as a playful, embodied practice. We will attune to ourselves, our partner, and the ensemble by enlivening our senses and clarifying our perceptual awareness.

Bio:

Nicole Bindler is a dance-maker, writer, activist, and Body-Mind Centering® practitioner and Yoga teacher. She is a Registered Master Somatic Movement Therapist with the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association. Her teaching and performance work has been presented at festivals and intensives on four continents. Conference presentations include The Future of CI Conference, Body-Mind Centering Association Conferences, International Conference on Disability Studies, Arts & Education, Conney Conference on Jewish Arts, Women in Dance Leadership Conference, Jews and Jewishness in the Dance World Conference, Bodily Undoing Symposium, and the Dance Studies Association Conference where she was a conference fellow. Recent projects include curating an evening of Palestinian dance films; co-producing the Consent Culture in CI Symposium at Earthdance; somatic research on the embryology of the genitalia from a non-binary perspective; and a solo dance, The Case for Invagination, in which her scars speak candidly about trauma and desire. Her writing on dance, somatics, and politics has been published in numerous journals, and she will be included in the forthcoming Embryo Book Project. She is collaborating with Kristen Smiarowski and Ben Spatz on a new book, Gathering Sparks: Jewish Arts and Somatics that will be published by punctum books. She is currently enrolled in the Polestar Pilates Teacher Training.

Or if you prefer to pay cash at the door, send us an email to let us know you’re coming, so we can help you find your way to the studio.

Overnight guests welcome (with advance notice). Let us know if you want to make a longer visit to WildHeart… email contact@wildheartcenter.art

Weeks that we’re not Jamming @ WildHeart, Hudson Valley Contact Improv continues in Kingston. Email Hudsonvalleycontactimprov@gmail.com for more on the Kingston Jam

Location- This workshop will take place in the Barn. If you’re coming to WildHeart for the first time, please visit our Directions page for arrival info. Refund policy No refunds, no transfers

An Evening of Acoustic Music with MacS
2025-09-12 19:30 - 21:00
Join The MacS Band for an evening of acoustic live music. Elena, Joe, and Vinny will be performing classic to modern covers of your favorite artists as well as some original compositions.

Joe and Elena P. McLaughlin have been performing locally, and nationally, for more than 30 years in various musical projects and together as a duet. They are both accomplished vocalists and multi-instrumentalists and both teach music.

Vinny Sardo, as well, has been performing in various musical projects for more than 30 years and is also an accomplished vocalist and multi-instrumentalist.

Joe and Elena met Vinny at an outdoor open mic in 2020 during the height of covid where The MacS Band was born. The MacS Band name is an acronym for Mclaughlin and Sardo. The musical chemistry between these three artists is unique and enjoyable.

www.macsband.comwww.facebook.com/MacSBandNJwww.instagram.com/macsbandnj/MacS Band – YouTube

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Performance Location

WildHeart is located on 46+ beautiful acres in the Hudson Valley at 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY. This event will take place in the Barn, the large building at the end of the driveway. You can park in either of the two parking areas on the right side of the driveway before you get to the Barn. There are also a few spots in front of the Barn. More info about directions and transportation options HERE.

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Refund Policy

In advance of 2 weeks – full refund (less processing fee)

Within 2 weeks – no refund(This policy stands even in case of sickness so we encourage participants to plan accordingly)

Advance ticket sales have closed. You can purchase tickets for $10 at the event.

The Body as Threshold: A Practice of Return and Departure
2025-09-13 10:00 - 15:00
This workshop examines the body as a threshold—a space where what is known meets what is waiting to emerge.

We start by returning home—to breath, sensation, and presence—before moving toward movement and creative discovery. Through guided improvisation, structured frameworks, and attentive presence, we explore how form and constraint can unlock freedom, expression, and transformation.

This practice encourages you to deepen your presence, expand creative resources, and discover movement that feels both new and deeply personal. It provides tools to support choreographic inquiry, the creative process, and embodied exploration.

Together, we experience cycles of arrival, departure, and return—each time discovering new territory. This workshop features live music by musician and composer Lisa DeGrace. We invite you to join us; the only requirement is a willingness to begin.

Shake with Niki
2025-09-14 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-10-12 16:30 - 17:30
Shake with Niki (in-person only)

4:30 – 5:30pm Second Sunday of every month, starting November 10th (60-75 mins)

Group Shake – A somatic movement practice during which we will shake to music or sometimes, silence. Shaking, individually but as part of a group to ground us, can be healing as it is a natural way to relieve tension. You may choose to shake standing, seated, lying down or alternating between those depending on what your body needs in the moment. You can choose your own intensity, when to stop or when to keep going as you listen to your own body. While it is important to keep ourselves open to what, if anything, may arise emotionally, please only engage to the degree that you can still care for yourself. This is not a therapeutic space. The practice will start with a demonstration and it will end in silence. Dress comfortably and stay hydrated!

$10-$25

Sonic Immersion with Timothy Hill
2025-09-14 19:00 - 20:00
This sonic immersion will be a soulful, intimate journey with our most primal and organic musical instrument, the human voice. As a pioneer in the art of harmonic singing (aka: overtone, or throat, singing) and a lifelong student of Hindustani vocal music (raga) as well as being a composer in his own right, Timothy has gone deeply into the interior frontiers of expression. He will accompany himself on tanpura, acoustic guitar, and lyre. To conclude, Timothy will offer a song for two to bring our expansive meditative state into a renewed, grounded awareness.

Unboundaried Voice – from Laughter to Lament
2025-09-18 11:00 - 2025-09-21 13:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
We’ll gather to sing, sound, laugh, adventure, dream, research, play, lament and celebrate the Human Voice in all its colors surrounded by woods, lake, earth and sky.

Facilitated by: Myra Lowry

Bread & Puppet Fall Circus Tour
2025-09-21 15:00 - 16:30
The Bread & Puppet Theater presents

Our Domestic Resurrection Revolution in Progress Circus

Sunday, September 21, starting at 3 PM
Ladles and Jellyspoons! The one and only Bread & Puppet Circus is back with Anti-Empire Art that acknowledges our beloved Mother Dirt, who makes us and unmakes us, and who presents urgently needed domestic resurrection services for the victims of this latest genocide. We are joined by Palestinian cranes on their way to Washington to replace the excrement in the White House with organic bird droppings, green frogs who teach the art of hopping over seemingly insurmountable problems, and gaggles of kindergarten butterflies who frolic to their hearts’ desire. Join us for a serious and silly circus: Our Domestic Resurrection Revolution In Progress!
Tickets: $20, no one turned away from lack of funds
Buy Tickets Here: Bread & Puppet on Tour – Bread & Puppet Theater

FAQ
How long is the show? About an hour.

Is the show ok for kids? While there is nothing inappropriate for children in our shows, we do speak on heavy topics. We generally tell parents that if they would allow their children to read a newspaper, the show will be fine for them.

Will there be bread and aioli? Yes, bread with optional garlic aioli. It’s vegan.

Can I be in the show? At some places we are offering a workshop before the show to work folks into the show, but otherwise, the show is not built for volunteer performers.

Will the show be the same as what I saw in Vermont? Or last year? Or back in the 70’s? While the structure of the show is always the same (flags, many short acts, garbage men and washer women, paper mache animals, a brass band, etc), the show is constantly evolving in response to the moment. Some of the puppets were made this year, some were made decades ago.

You say “No one turned away for lack of funds” but do you mean it? Yes. If you need financial assistance with a ticket, please email breadandpuppetreservations@gmail.com and let us know which show (including where) you are looking to attend.
Admission by donation upon arrival for kids 6 and under.

Where can I learn more about B&P? https://breadandpuppet.org/about-bread-and-puppet

BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER
The Bread and Puppet Theater is an internationally celebrated company that champions a visually rich, street-theater brand of performance art filled with music, dance and slapstick. Believing that theater is a basic necessity like bread, the company frequently brings its work to the streets for those who may not otherwise go to the theater. Its shows are political and spectacular, with puppets often on stilts, wearing huge masks with expressive faces, singing, dancing and playing music.
Bread and Puppet is recognized throughout the world and has won distinction at international theater festivals in Italy, Poland, Colombia, and Yugoslavia, beginning with their break-out performances at the 1968 Nancy Festival in France. Notable awards include the Erasmus Prize of Amsterdam, 4 Obies, the Puppeteers of America’s President Award, and the Vermont Governor’s Award.
Founded in 1963 by Peter Schumann on New York City’s Lower East Side, the theater has been based in the North East Kingdom of Vermont since the early 1970s and is one of the oldest, nonprofit, self-supporting theatrical companies in the country.
https://breadandpuppet.org/

Vertical Dance Workshop with Steep Horizon Dance
2025-09-24 18:00 - 2025-09-25 21:00, 2025-10-04 12:00 - 2025-10-05 15:00
An open level workshop for movers who are interested in the challenging and rewarding mode of harness-based vertical dance. Participants will get the chance to fly, skim, glide, swing, and tumble. No prior experience required. Minimum of 4 participants needed to hold the workshop, max of 6 participants allowed. Please register early!

Be the Change: Improvising Towards Justice
2025-09-26 14:00 - 2025-09-29 16:00
This is a space to practice liberation not just as an idea, but as a felt experience—starting in the body, moving through community, and rippling outward into change.

Step into a sanctuary of embodied practice where justice begins in the body. Rooted in the concept of innervism—inner work as a foundation for outer change—we’ll explore how movement can nourish our spirits, deepen connection, and seed the future we long for.

Through contact improvisation, authentic movement, and nature-based practices, we’ll resource our hearts, cultivate resilience, and vision new possibilities. Together, we’ll practice liberation as a living, breathing act—starting from within.

Pop-Up Contemporary Dance Class
2025-10-01 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-10-08 18:00 - 19:30
Mid- level intermediate class
Two Wednesdays;
October 1 + October 8
6:15 – 7:15 pm
In depth warm up, musically driven phrases, somatic approach.
Classes lead by Jerylann Warner
$20 per class. For questions or to register reach out to jerylannwarner16@gmail.com

Authentic Movement Fall Series
2025-10-07 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-10-14 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-10-21 18:00 - 19:30

Somatic Movement Education Program - Muscles Module
2025-10-09 16:00 - 2025-10-21 11:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
MUSCLES 10/09 – 10/21/25 (days off 10/13 & 10/17)Arrivals, orientation and welcome dinner 10/09 – Morning Departures 10/21/25 (day off if you’re staying for Professional Issues and SME Competency)

The muscles establish a tensile three-dimensional grid for the balanced support and movement of the skeletal structure by providing the elastic forces that move the bones through space. They provide the dynamic contents of the outer envelope of flesh encompassing the skeletal structure. Through this system we embody our vitality, express our power, and engage in the dialogue of resistance and resolution.

Contact Improv Sundays @ WildHeart
2025-10-19 16:00 - 18:30 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States

Somatic Movement Education Program - Professional Issues & SME Competency
2025-10-22 16:00 - 2025-10-26 11:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
Professional Issues & SME Competency, 10/22 – 10/24/26 Arrivals and welcome dinner 10/22, Morning Departures 10/26

Completion of other SME courses is a prerequisite for Professional Issues. Time is spent considering what it means to be a professional and how do you transition into this role? This course will cover some of the important issues facing professionals in the somatic field.SME Competency is for those ready to graduate.
