8-Week Winter Movement Series
2025-01-09 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-01-16 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-01-30 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-06 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-13 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-20 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-27 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-03-06 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
The Winter Movement Series offers a rich opportunity to try many different forms of movement, meet new people, and get the body going during the cold months!

All workshops are Open Level, anyone and everyone interested in moving creatively and collaboratively in a supportive environment is welcome to join.

Please read each workshop description to learn more about what will be offered.

All workshops are OPEN TO ALL. If you have knee pads, consider bringing them. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a water bottle.

Register

Dates:

Thursdays 6-8pm (Biodanza: 6-8:30)

Trial week: January 9th, come check it out, by donation!

8-week series: January 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 20, 27, and March 6

Drop-ins welcome.

Cost:

Sliding scale per class: $15-$30

Sliding scale for the whole series: $110-$220

*No one turned away for lack of funds

**We are offering 2 free BIPOC spots for each class. Please reach out to get the code if you are interested in one of these spots.

Register

January 9: Contemporary Dance (Trial week, workshop by donation!)

Neva Cockrell (she/her)

Join Neva for an accessible, welcoming, body-positive dance environment. The workshop will begin with a technique-based warm up with an emphasis on grace, strength, and body awareness. Next, we’ll do a series of exercises to build specific Contemporary Dance skills and an ability to move freely with ease. We’ll then learn a contemporary phrase, practicing full-body movement and musicality. All the while breathing, connecting, and generally having a great time! Neva’s unique style of contemporary dance blends modern techniques and somatic movement, with a touch of both ballet and acrobatics.

January 16: Somatic Movement Exploration

Nikita Patel (she/her)

We will use both language and other parts of the brain-body to create individual movement vocabulary to help make sense of everyday life experiences.

January 23: BIODANZA, THE ART OF VIVENCIA*

Circles, walks, dances, games, archetypal gestures, authentic encounters with oneself, others, the world, music and silence… Biodanza is an invitation to cultivate the «Art of Vivencia», the ability to be completely invested in the moment. It allows us to explore gesture as the vocabulary that creates the songs of our lives and to rekindle our connection to self,

others and the world. Reconnecting with simple movements of everyday living, we’ll weave our dances in passionate blissful dialogues of humanity, in moving poetry, rediscovering the joy and profound grace of being alive… together!

*Biodanza is for everyone, proficient dancers and people

who still think they cannot dance.

**Please note this workshop is from 6-8:30.

January 30: Partnering

Courtney Moreno (she/they)

We will warm up by playing with how the solo body can partner with the floor, walls, and each other, through relating as well as using touch/contact. Partnering phrases will be taught as well as generated through prompts, and lead to a final group dance.

February 6: Collaborative Explorations through Scores: Mutually Authored Improvisation

Lauren Mark 麥心怡 (she/her)

Class will be a combination of suggestions and invitations for shared offerings, following a theme inspired by seasonal elements and movements from Chinese medicine. In January, Lauren will start by suggesting circular and spiraling movement sequences to warm the body, collecting energy through a centripetal, inner-directed energetic focus that mirrors that of winter’s corresponding element – water. Movers will then be invited to collaboratively create scores, a method that takes ideas, images, and metaphors to set up exercises for everyone to explore the theme in motion, together. Lauren is interested in inviting everyone who shows up to dance opportunities for mutual inspiration and individual spontaneity, experimenting with both the familiar and unfamiliar.

February 13: Moving Musically and Theatrically

Jerylann Warner (she/her)

Together we will learn fun phrases that bring lyrics to life! What makes choreography musical and theatrical is typically performative for sure but it also requires cunning acuity and full on expression. Like living room dancing and shower singing.

Expect to learn phrases that are staged, singing is NOT required but welcome. All levels.

February 20 BIODANZA, THE ART OF VIVENCIA*

Circles, walks, dances, games, archetypal gestures, authentic encounters with oneself, others, the world, music and silence… Biodanza is an invitation to cultivate the «Art of Vivencia», the ability to be completely invested in the moment. It allows us to explore gesture as the vocabulary that creates the songs of our lives and to rekindle our connection to self,

others and the world. Reconnecting with simple movements of everyday living, we’ll weave our dances in passionate blissful dialogues of humanity, in moving poetry, rediscovering the joy and profound grace of being alive… together!

*Biodanza is for everyone, proficient dancers and people who still think they cannot dance.

**Please note this workshop is from 6-8:30.

February 27 : Skinner Releasing Technique (getting in to get out to get in)Julie Mayo (she/her)

In Releasing class we will experiment with movement improvisation through the tuning of our perceptions in stillness and spontaneous movement. Supported by the space in and around us, as well as the room as a whole, we will utilize various kinds of music/sound, guided kinesthetic imagery and hands-on partner studies. Through our practice together, we will cultivate letting go of unnecessary tension(s) and, at one’s own pace, allow for new movement possibilities to arise.

Releasing is beneficial to movers at any level, with or without previous dance training, to people recovering from injuries, as well as to professional dancers, actors, musicians and artists of all kinds. This class is OPEN TO ALL.

March 6: BIODANZA, THE ART OF VIVENCIA*

Circles, walks, dances, games, archetypal gestures, authentic encounters with oneself, others, the world, music and silence… Biodanza is an invitation to cultivate the «Art of Vivencia», the ability to be completely invested in the moment. It allows us to explore gesture as the vocabulary that creates the songs of our lives and to rekindle our connection to self,

others and the world. Reconnecting with simple movements of everyday living, we’ll weave our dances in passionate blissful dialogues of humanity, in moving poetry, rediscovering the joy and profound grace of being alive… together!

*Biodanza is for everyone, proficient dancers and people who still think they cannot dance.

**Please note this workshop is from 6-8:30.

Register

Authentic Movement
2025-01-12 13:00 - 15:00
Authentic Movement is a contemplative dance practice rooted in expressive movement therapy, where participants explore the unconscious mind through the moving body. The practice brings focus to the relationship between a mover and a witness, fostering states of compassion, curiosity, and non-judgment. With eyes closed, the mover listens inwardly to impulses, sensations, feelings, and images, allowing their inner experience to guide self-directed movement. The witness cultivates open receptivity, non-judgment, and inner awareness as they hold space for the mover’s expression. In this exploration of “seeing and being seen,” participants deepen their sense of trust and self-awareness through the practice of Authentic Movement.

Sample Schedule:

1-3pm Authentic Movement

Optional – Stay for following events on the same day:

3:30-5pm – SongClub with Debbie Lan

5:30-6:30pm – Shake

7-8pm – Sonic Immersion

Who is this for?

This workshop is for anyone who wants to deepen their relationship to their inner world through movement.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to have prior experience?No, you do not need to have prior experience to participate in Authentic Movement. It can be helpful to have some knowledge of mindfulness, meditation, or somatic practices, however it is not necessary. This session is open to all!

Is this a dance class?Nope! In Authentic Movement participants engage in self-directed movement with no guidance, suggestions, or prompts from a facilitator. The practice is intended to deepen inner connection to the wisdom of the body and allow organic movement to arise naturally.

Testimonials

“Lillian is a very clear and creative, honest and humble facilitator and she has the ability to be there for everyone and take us on endless amounts of different creative journeys that AWAKEN the BODY and MIND in a different way!”

— Josa G

“Lillian has a way of holding you that is so firm yet so gentle. During our session, I was able to step outside of my buzzing mind and quiet enough of my intellectualizing in order to finally hear what my body has been trying to tell me, and what a breakthrough that was! This gifted peace is absolutely priceless and I truly couldn’t have seen myself without her guidance.”

— Jazmin K

“My experience with Lillan has felt extremely authentic. She has a very kind nature and I felt seen and understood not only verbally but while moving together. Lillian has been able to provide a safe container for movement exploration that I felt I really needed to get out of my head and back into my own body.”

— Becky L

About Lillian Kemanis

Lillian Kemanis, is a Registered Somatic Movement Educator & Therapist (RSME/T) with the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA), and holds a master’s degree from University of Central Lancashire in Dance & Somatic Well-being: Connections to the Living Body. Lillian completed her studies under the guidance and supervision of Mary Abrams at Moving Body Resources in New York City.

Lillian offers support to individuals seeking a holistic and alternative approach to navigating life’s challenges. With over 10 years of professional experience in the movement healing arts, Lillian supports her community through personalized 1:1 Somatic Therapy sessions, immersive group workshops, and accessible online education. Her sessions prioritize body awareness as the primary pathway to address underlying emotional, mental, and physical needs, following a “bottom-up” therapeutic approach. Her methods facilitate the development of internal self-awareness and mind-body integration, helping clients restore a deep sense of connection to their vitality.

Lillian blends the therapeutic dimensions of the Expressive Arts with her extensive background as a professional dancer, performer, filmmaker, and choreographer. She integrates somatic techniques such as Authentic Movement, Continuum Movement, Body-Mind Centering, Somatic Parts Work, yoga, and meditation, offering a holistic and immersive experience for her clients. With an embodied psycho-spiritual approach, Lillian addresses the whole person—body, mind, and spirit—to foster deep and transformative healing.

As a facilitator, Lillian aims to provide immersive, creative, and dynamic learning environments for self-exploration. Lillian believes in each individual’s inherent capacity to heal, expand, and evolve. She leads her clients into the depths of their bodies and psyches, empowering them to unearth their hidden gems and embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery.

Instagram: @lilliankemanis

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.

Registration

Program Costs$15-30 Sliding Scale(None turned away for lack of funds)

Refund PolicyIn advance of 1 week – full refund (less processing fee)Within 1 week – no refund(This policy stands even in case of sickness so we encourage participants to plan accordingly)

Covid policyMasking is optional but not required. Please do not attend events if you are feeling sick of any kind, or showing any COVID or flu like symptoms.

BIPOC spotsWe are offering 2 free spots for BIPOC folx. Please email contact@wildheartcenter.art to get the registration code for one of these spots.

Group Shake
2025-01-12 17:30 - 18:30
Group Shake (in-person only)

5.30-6.30pm January 12 (60 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 (with Sonic Immersion $8-20 – Come just for the Shake, or stay on for the Sonic Immersion right after)

Location- This event will take place in the Barn. If you’re coming to WildHeart for the first time, please visit our Directions page for arrival info.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Sonic Immersion
2025-01-12 19:00 - 20:00
with Katie Down

BIPOC pay-what-you-want

*Reach out if money is a barrier

Join us for a deep dive into listening and gentle somatic practices in soundThis sonic immersion experience invites participants to engage in listening with all the senses which can help to facilitate inner journeying and reset. Come join us at WildHeart for a restorative and heart-opening sensory experience.

Eye masks and essential oils are offered. Additional yoga mats and blankets on hand but do bring your own for extra comfort.

Everyone, all bodies, all experience levels are welcome in this class.

REGISTER IN ADVANCE

Vocal Tapestry: Winter Class Series
2025-01-13 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-01-20 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-01-27 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-02-03 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-02-10 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-02-17 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-02-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-03-03 19:00 - 20:30
Connect to your creative spirit. Trust the flow of your imagination through vocal improvisation. Dive into the unique expression of your voice while thrilling your soul in a thriving community. This class series will teach you to tap into your creative essence through the building blocks of improvisation.

Vocal Tapestry is a safe and fun space to weave together principles of spontaneous composition, such as rhythm, melody, and dynamics. Each week, we will play games and learn practices that focus on a specific element of vocal improvisation to develop your awareness, skills, and confidence.

Sign up for the entire 8 week series, or drop in for individual classes.

January 13

January 20

January 27

February 3

February 10

February 17

February 24

March 3

Practice Weekend
2025-01-17 13:00 - 2025-01-19 18:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
Start your New Year in meditation, movement and song with Neva and Raffles! This will be a silent weekend infused with sitting and walking meditation, yoga, singing, and ceremony. All the spaces will be lightly guided and held, though some experience in each of these practices will be helpful. We will meditate alternating sessions of 30 minutes of seated meditation with 10 minutes of walking meditation. There will sometimes be light guidance during meditation and other periods will be fully in silence.

In order to connect with the winter season, we will do some walking and sitting meditation outside! So please bring appropriate clothes and shoes to be comfortable being outside for periods of practice (snow gear).

We will go into silence on Friday evening at the opening ceremony and come out of silence on Sunday morning after the closing ceremony. There will be time to connect and socialize on Friday afternoon and Sunday afternoon.

We will prepare, eat, and clean together dinner on Friday before going into silence, and again together for lunch on Sunday after the closing ceremony. Please bring your own food for Saturday breakfast / lunch / dinner and Sunday breakfast.

Contact Improv Sundays @ WildHeart
2025-01-19 16:00 - 18:30, 2025-02-02 16:00 - 18:30, 2025-02-16 16:00 - 18:30, 2025-03-02 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

8-Week Winter Movement Series
2025-01-23 18:00 - 20:30 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
The Winter Movement Series offers a rich opportunity to try many different forms of movement, meet new people, and get the body going during the cold months!

All workshops are Open Level, anyone and everyone interested in moving creatively and collaboratively in a supportive environment is welcome to join.

Please read each workshop description to learn more about what will be offered.

All workshops are OPEN TO ALL. If you have knee pads, consider bringing them. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a water bottle.

Register

Dates:

Thursdays 6-8pm (Biodanza: 6-8:30)

Trial week: January 9th, come check it out, by donation!

8-week series: January 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 20, 27, and March 6

Drop-ins welcome.

Cost:

Sliding scale per class: $15-$30

Sliding scale for the whole series: $110-$220

*No one turned away for lack of funds

**We are offering 2 free BIPOC spots for each class. Please reach out to get the code if you are interested in one of these spots.

Register

January 9: Contemporary Dance (Trial week, workshop by donation!)

Neva Cockrell (she/her)

Join Neva for an accessible, welcoming, body-positive dance environment. The workshop will begin with a technique-based warm up with an emphasis on grace, strength, and body awareness. Next, we’ll do a series of exercises to build specific Contemporary Dance skills and an ability to move freely with ease. We’ll then learn a contemporary phrase, practicing full-body movement and musicality. All the while breathing, connecting, and generally having a great time! Neva’s unique style of contemporary dance blends modern techniques and somatic movement, with a touch of both ballet and acrobatics.

January 16: Somatic Movement Exploration

Niki Patel (she/her)

We will use both language and other parts of the brain-body to create individual movement vocabulary to help make sense of everyday life experiences.

January 23: BIODANZA, THE ART OF VIVENCIA*

Circles, walks, dances, games, archetypal gestures, authentic encounters with oneself, others, the world, music and silence… Biodanza is an invitation to cultivate the «Art of Vivencia», the ability to be completely invested in the moment. It allows us to explore gesture as the vocabulary that creates the songs of our lives and to rekindle our connection to self,

others and the world. Reconnecting with simple movements of everyday living, we’ll weave our dances in passionate blissful dialogues of humanity, in moving poetry, rediscovering the joy and profound grace of being alive… together!

*Biodanza is for everyone, proficient dancers and people

who still think they cannot dance.

**Please note this workshop is from 6-8:30.

January 30: Partnering

Courtney Moreno (she/they)

We will warm up by playing with how the solo body can partner with the floor, walls, and each other, through relating as well as using touch/contact. Partnering phrases will be taught as well as generated through prompts, and lead to a final group dance.

February 6: CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER Collaborative Explorations through Scores: Mutually Authored Improvisation

Lauren Mark 麥心怡 (she/her)

Class will be a combination of suggestions and invitations for shared offerings, following a theme inspired by seasonal elements and movements from Chinese medicine. In January, Lauren will start by suggesting circular and spiraling movement sequences to warm the body, collecting energy through a centripetal, inner-directed energetic focus that mirrors that of winter’s corresponding element – water. Movers will then be invited to collaboratively create scores, a method that takes ideas, images, and metaphors to set up exercises for everyone to explore the theme in motion, together. Lauren is interested in inviting everyone who shows up to dance opportunities for mutual inspiration and individual spontaneity, experimenting with both the familiar and unfamiliar.

February 13: Moving Musically and Theatrically

Jerylann Warner (she/her)

Together we will learn fun phrases that bring lyrics to life! What makes choreography musical and theatrical is typically performative for sure but it also requires cunning acuity and full on expression. Like living room dancing and shower singing.

Expect to learn phrases that are staged, singing is NOT required but welcome. All levels.

February 20 BIODANZA, THE ART OF VIVENCIA*

Circles, walks, dances, games, archetypal gestures, authentic encounters with oneself, others, the world, music and silence… Biodanza is an invitation to cultivate the «Art of Vivencia», the ability to be completely invested in the moment. It allows us to explore gesture as the vocabulary that creates the songs of our lives and to rekindle our connection to self,

others and the world. Reconnecting with simple movements of everyday living, we’ll weave our dances in passionate blissful dialogues of humanity, in moving poetry, rediscovering the joy and profound grace of being alive… together!

*Biodanza is for everyone, proficient dancers and people

who still think they cannot dance.

**Please note this workshop is from 6-8:30.

February 27: Skinner Releasing Technique (getting in to get out to get in)Julie Mayo (she/her)In Releasing class we will experiment with movement improvisation through the tuning of our perceptions in stillness and spontaneous movement. Supported by the space in and around us, as well as the room as a whole, we will utilize various kinds of music/sound, guided kinesthetic imagery and hands-on partner studies. Through our practice together, we will cultivate letting go of unnecessary tension(s) and, at one’s own pace, allow for new movement possibilities to arise.

Releasing is beneficial to movers at any level, with or without previous dance training, to people recovering from injuries, as well as to professional dancers, actors, musicians and artists of all kinds. This class is OPEN TO ALL.

March 6: BIODANZA, THE ART OF VIVENCIA*

Circles, walks, dances, games, archetypal gestures, authentic encounters with oneself, others, the world, music and silence… Biodanza is an invitation to cultivate the «Art of Vivencia», the ability to be completely invested in the moment. It allows us to explore gesture as the vocabulary that creates the songs of our lives and to rekindle our connection to self,

others and the world. Reconnecting with simple movements of everyday living, we’ll weave our dances in passionate blissful dialogues of humanity, in moving poetry, rediscovering the joy and profound grace of being alive… together!

*Biodanza is for everyone, proficient dancers and people

who still think they cannot dance.

**Please note this workshop is from 6-8:30.

***Pre-registration required. Registration closes March 5th. We need a minimum of 6 people to run the class.

Register

Tonights Dance Class CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
2025-02-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
The Winter Movement Series offers a rich opportunity to try many different forms of movement, meet new people, and get the body going during the cold months!

All workshops are Open Level, anyone and everyone interested in moving creatively and collaboratively in a supportive environment is welcome to join.

Please read each workshop description to learn more about what will be offered.

All workshops are OPEN TO ALL. If you have knee pads, consider bringing them. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a water bottle.

Register

Dates:

Thursdays 6-8pm (Biodanza: 6-8:30)

Trial week: January 9th, come check it out, by donation!

8-week series: January 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 20, 27, and March 6

Drop-ins welcome.

Cost:

Sliding scale per class: $15-$30

Sliding scale for the whole series: $110-$220

*No one turned away for lack of funds

**We are offering 2 free BIPOC spots for each class. Please reach out to get the code if you are interested in one of these spots.

Register

January 9: Contemporary Dance (Trial week, workshop by donation!)

Neva Cockrell (she/her)

Join Neva for an accessible, welcoming, body-positive dance environment. The workshop will begin with a technique-based warm up with an emphasis on grace, strength, and body awareness. Next, we’ll do a series of exercises to build specific Contemporary Dance skills and an ability to move freely with ease. We’ll then learn a contemporary phrase, practicing full-body movement and musicality. All the while breathing, connecting, and generally having a great time! Neva’s unique style of contemporary dance blends modern techniques and somatic movement, with a touch of both ballet and acrobatics.

January 16: Somatic Movement Exploration

Niki Patel (she/her)

We will use both language and other parts of the brain-body to create individual movement vocabulary to help make sense of everyday life experiences.

January 23: BIODANZA, THE ART OF VIVENCIA*

Circles, walks, dances, games, archetypal gestures, authentic encounters with oneself, others, the world, music and silence… Biodanza is an invitation to cultivate the «Art of Vivencia», the ability to be completely invested in the moment. It allows us to explore gesture as the vocabulary that creates the songs of our lives and to rekindle our connection to self,

others and the world. Reconnecting with simple movements of everyday living, we’ll weave our dances in passionate blissful dialogues of humanity, in moving poetry, rediscovering the joy and profound grace of being alive… together!

*Biodanza is for everyone, proficient dancers and people

who still think they cannot dance.

**Please note this workshop is from 6-8:30.

January 30: Partnering

Courtney Moreno (she/they)

We will warm up by playing with how the solo body can partner with the floor, walls, and each other, through relating as well as using touch/contact. Partnering phrases will be taught as well as generated through prompts, and lead to a final group dance.

February 6: Collaborative Explorations through Scores: Mutually Authored Improvisation

Lauren Mark 麥心怡 (she/her)

Class will be a combination of suggestions and invitations for shared offerings, following a theme inspired by seasonal elements and movements from Chinese medicine. In January, Lauren will start by suggesting circular and spiraling movement sequences to warm the body, collecting energy through a centripetal, inner-directed energetic focus that mirrors that of winter’s corresponding element – water. Movers will then be invited to collaboratively create scores, a method that takes ideas, images, and metaphors to set up exercises for everyone to explore the theme in motion, together. Lauren is interested in inviting everyone who shows up to dance opportunities for mutual inspiration and individual spontaneity, experimenting with both the familiar and unfamiliar.

February 13: Moving Musically and Theatrically

Jerylann Warner (she/her)

Together we will learn fun phrases that bring lyrics to life! What makes choreography musical and theatrical is typically performative for sure but it also requires cunning acuity and full on expression. Like living room dancing and shower singing.

Expect to learn phrases that are staged, singing is NOT required but welcome. All levels.

February 20 BIODANZA, THE ART OF VIVENCIA*

Circles, walks, dances, games, archetypal gestures, authentic encounters with oneself, others, the world, music and silence… Biodanza is an invitation to cultivate the «Art of Vivencia», the ability to be completely invested in the moment. It allows us to explore gesture as the vocabulary that creates the songs of our lives and to rekindle our connection to self,

others and the world. Reconnecting with simple movements of everyday living, we’ll weave our dances in passionate blissful dialogues of humanity, in moving poetry, rediscovering the joy and profound grace of being alive… together!

*Biodanza is for everyone, proficient dancers and people

who still think they cannot dance.

**Please note this workshop is from 6-8:30.

February 27

Teacher and Class TBA soon!

March 6: BIODANZA, THE ART OF VIVENCIA*

Circles, walks, dances, games, archetypal gestures, authentic encounters with oneself, others, the world, music and silence… Biodanza is an invitation to cultivate the «Art of Vivencia», the ability to be completely invested in the moment. It allows us to explore gesture as the vocabulary that creates the songs of our lives and to rekindle our connection to self,

others and the world. Reconnecting with simple movements of everyday living, we’ll weave our dances in passionate blissful dialogues of humanity, in moving poetry, rediscovering the joy and profound grace of being alive… together!

*Biodanza is for everyone, proficient dancers and people

who still think they cannot dance.

**Please note this workshop is from 6-8:30.

Register

Group Shake
2025-02-09 17:30 - 18:30
Group Shake (in-person only)

5-6.30pm January 12 (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 (with Sonic Immersion $8-20 – Come just for the Shake, or stay on for the Sonic Immersion right after)

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

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.

Sonic Immersion
2025-02-09 19:00 - 20:00
with Sasha Bogdanowitsch

Registration deadline January 20th

BIPOC pay-what-you-want

*Reach out if money is a barrier

Come experience a multi-instrumental Sound Bath with composer-performer and Loom Ensemble co-founder, 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 live looping 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 provided but please bring whatever materials you need to feel warm and relaxed.

Everyone, all bodies, all experience levels are welcome in this class.

REGISTER IN ADVANCE

CANCELLED: tonight's Winter Movement Series
2025-02-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
The Winter Movement Series offers a rich opportunity to try many different forms of movement, meet new people, and get the body going during the cold months!

All workshops are Open Level, anyone and everyone interested in moving creatively and collaboratively in a supportive environment is welcome to join.

Please read each workshop description to learn more about what will be offered.

All workshops are OPEN TO ALL. If you have knee pads, consider bringing them. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a water bottle.

Register

Dates:

Thursdays 6-8pm (Biodanza: 6-8:30)

Trial week: January 9th, come check it out, by donation!

8-week series: January 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 20, 27, and March 6

Drop-ins welcome.

Cost:

Sliding scale per class: $15-$30

Sliding scale for the whole series: $110-$220

*No one turned away for lack of funds

**We are offering 2 free BIPOC spots for each class. Please reach out to get the code if you are interested in one of these spots.

Register

January 9: Contemporary Dance (Trial week, workshop by donation!)

Neva Cockrell (she/her)

Join Neva for an accessible, welcoming, body-positive dance environment. The workshop will begin with a technique-based warm up with an emphasis on grace, strength, and body awareness. Next, we’ll do a series of exercises to build specific Contemporary Dance skills and an ability to move freely with ease. We’ll then learn a contemporary phrase, practicing full-body movement and musicality. All the while breathing, connecting, and generally having a great time! Neva’s unique style of contemporary dance blends modern techniques and somatic movement, with a touch of both ballet and acrobatics.

January 16: Somatic Movement Exploration

Niki Patel (she/her)

We will use both language and other parts of the brain-body to create individual movement vocabulary to help make sense of everyday life experiences.

January 23: BIODANZA, THE ART OF VIVENCIA*

Circles, walks, dances, games, archetypal gestures, authentic encounters with oneself, others, the world, music and silence… Biodanza is an invitation to cultivate the «Art of Vivencia», the ability to be completely invested in the moment. It allows us to explore gesture as the vocabulary that creates the songs of our lives and to rekindle our connection to self,

others and the world. Reconnecting with simple movements of everyday living, we’ll weave our dances in passionate blissful dialogues of humanity, in moving poetry, rediscovering the joy and profound grace of being alive… together!

*Biodanza is for everyone, proficient dancers and people

who still think they cannot dance.

**Please note this workshop is from 6-8:30.

January 30: Partnering

Courtney Moreno (she/they)

We will warm up by playing with how the solo body can partner with the floor, walls, and each other, through relating as well as using touch/contact. Partnering phrases will be taught as well as generated through prompts, and lead to a final group dance.

February 6: Collaborative Explorations through Scores: Mutually Authored Improvisation

Lauren Mark 麥心怡 (she/her)

Class will be a combination of suggestions and invitations for shared offerings, following a theme inspired by seasonal elements and movements from Chinese medicine. In January, Lauren will start by suggesting circular and spiraling movement sequences to warm the body, collecting energy through a centripetal, inner-directed energetic focus that mirrors that of winter’s corresponding element – water. Movers will then be invited to collaboratively create scores, a method that takes ideas, images, and metaphors to set up exercises for everyone to explore the theme in motion, together. Lauren is interested in inviting everyone who shows up to dance opportunities for mutual inspiration and individual spontaneity, experimenting with both the familiar and unfamiliar.

February 13: Moving Musically and Theatrically

Jerylann Warner (she/her)

Together we will learn fun phrases that bring lyrics to life! What makes choreography musical and theatrical is typically performative for sure but it also requires cunning acuity and full on expression. Like living room dancing and shower singing.

Expect to learn phrases that are staged, singing is NOT required but welcome. All levels.

CANCELLED February 20 BIODANZA, THE ART OF VIVENCIA*

Circles, walks, dances, games, archetypal gestures, authentic encounters with oneself, others, the world, music and silence… Biodanza is an invitation to cultivate the «Art of Vivencia», the ability to be completely invested in the moment. It allows us to explore gesture as the vocabulary that creates the songs of our lives and to rekindle our connection to self,

others and the world. Reconnecting with simple movements of everyday living, we’ll weave our dances in passionate blissful dialogues of humanity, in moving poetry, rediscovering the joy and profound grace of being alive… together!

*Biodanza is for everyone, proficient dancers and people

who still think they cannot dance.

**Please note this workshop is from 6-8:30.

February 27

Teacher and Class TBA soon!

March 6: BIODANZA, THE ART OF VIVENCIA*

Circles, walks, dances, games, archetypal gestures, authentic encounters with oneself, others, the world, music and silence… Biodanza is an invitation to cultivate the «Art of Vivencia», the ability to be completely invested in the moment. It allows us to explore gesture as the vocabulary that creates the songs of our lives and to rekindle our connection to self,

others and the world. Reconnecting with simple movements of everyday living, we’ll weave our dances in passionate blissful dialogues of humanity, in moving poetry, rediscovering the joy and profound grace of being alive… together!

*Biodanza is for everyone, proficient dancers and people

who still think they cannot dance.

**Please note this workshop is from 6-8:30.

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CANCELED Tonight's Class: 8-Week Winter Movement Series
2025-03-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
