Loom Song Performance & Workshop
2024-11-16 15:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
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Workshop

At this 3 hour workshop session, explore the creative process with Loom Song through voice, rhythm, and movement-based practices for vocal composition and improvisation, drawing from their backgrounds in folk, world music, music theater and contemporary music.

Best suited for confident singers: no advanced expertise required, but please come expecting “mid-level nerdery”, as we engage with some of the musical complexity that enlivens our music.

Performance

Loom Song is a vocal trio exploring the boundaries of the human voice and the intersections between composition and improvisation. Sasha, Onome and Raffles are Loom Song, who collectively come from a wide variety of musical backgrounds consisting of contemporary music, world music, folk, jazz, choral music, and music theater; all which figure prominently in forming their unique sound and approach to singing. Loom Song’s current repertoire consists of compositions by its members, new improvisational structures, and original arrangements of folk, jazz, classical and world music. The concert is more than an hour of vocal pyrotechnics, and brain-bending complexity, infused with warm, invitational opportunities to join in and sing along.

Schedule & Cost

$35 3-6pm Workshop6-7:30pm Potluck Dinner$25 7:30-9pm Concert$50 combo price for the whole shebangNo one turned away! Please do not be deterred by $$$ — please come and offer any contribution you feel moved to offer.

Artist Bios

Sasha Bogdanowitsch is a composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and educator, whose work includes music for theater, dance and film, interdisciplinary performance, concert music and original songs. His compositional output is heavily influenced by his studies of world, folk, early and contemporary music. Sasha has performed worldwide and throughout the New York area in venues such as: Carnegie Hall, Whitney Museum, Symphony Space, BAM and Roulette. ‘’…winning authenticity.” NY Timeswww.timbretree.comhttps://sashabogdanowitsch.bandcamp.com/

Onome is a vocalist, improviser, and interdisciplinary sound artist who leads experiences at the intersection of voice, creativity, and mindfulness – for a wide variety of audiences internationally at colleges, corporations, concerts, cultural centers, and retreats. She has partnered with numerous organizations as an artist-in-residence, teacher, and mentor, including the United Nations, Carnegie Hall, Música do Círculo, Grace Episcopal Church, and Bobby McFerrin’s CircleSongs retreat.www.onome.org

Raffles is a singer, dancer and theater maker, born and raised in NYC.Co-Director of Loom Ensemble (2010) and Co-Founder of WildHeart (2022)Internationally, they’ve performed with the English National Opera in London; Loom Ensemble’s annual performance season in Dubai, three summers with Theater Slava in Stockholm, and with the Art Monastery Project at dozens of venues in Italy, Belgium, Sweden and Berlin. NYC highlights include Lincoln Center with Urban Research Theatre, New York Philharmonic with Constellation Chor, BAM with Meredith Monk, and La MaMa with Loom. www.raphaelsacks.com

Loom Ensemble Devising Intensive
2024-11-22 18:00 - 2024-11-24 18:00
We are in-process for Loom Ensemble’s next show, and are welcoming new collaborators into the creative process! This fall, winter and spring, we’ll gather about once a month for either a long weekend or full-week intensives. In these creative work periods, we welcome performers (dancers, actors, musicians), writers, composers, designers, dramaturgs — we’ll be approaching the material from all angles.

5Rhythms ~ a Dancing Map to Ecstasy!
2024-12-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
Facilitated by Michael Gabriel, certified 5Rhythms facilitator

Come…

Here is a sacred space for you – solo & in connection with other amazing dancing souls – to let go, to move, to be moved. All of you is welcome.

For this 5Rhythms moving medicine journey, my prayer is that this practice can support us to live more and more FULLY ALIVE, connected with our Soul Bliss, realizing our True Life Purpose.

Come…

Bring yourself, however you are. Let’s do the heroic (and truly humble) act of “getting out of the way”. What’s it like to Be Danced?

Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms® is a dynamic movement practice rooted in the principle: “if you put the psyche in motion it will heal itself” (~G.Roth).

The 5Rhythms ignites Creativity, Connection, and Community.

Come do the dance only you can do!“Movement is my medicine, my meditation, and my metaphor.” ~G. Roth

All are welcome. No prior dance or 5Rhythms experience necessary. Come as you are!

Children are welcome if accompanied by their adult.

Refund policy-

In 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)

BIPOC spots-

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

Michael Gabriel has been deeply practicing 5Rhythms for over 15 years and leading it since 2017–in NYC, Costa Rica, Big Island Hawai’i… & the Hudson Valley!

From Michael: “The 5Rhythms practice has helped me to meet myself with love, to bring embodied presence, awareness and clear, loving action into my life. I’m dedicated to bring my love of the dance and offer these 5R journeys as sacred space for us to meet ourselves together and dance!!!”

https://www.5rhythms.com/teachers/Michael+Gabriel-Griffithhttps://.5rhythms.com/You can watch a 20 sec Instagram reel of Michael dancing with a friend and colleague (and Michael is doing the voice over): https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvKsaT2teeh/

Vocal Tapestry: Winter Class Series
2025-01-06 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

8-Week Winter Movement Series
2025-01-09 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

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

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.

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.

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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, 2025-03-09 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.

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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.

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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.

Register

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

Somatic Movement Education Program - Nervous System Module
2025-03-07 16:00 - 2025-03-17 11:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
NERVOUS SYSTEM 3/7 – 3/17/25 (days off 3/11 & 3/12)Arrivals, orientation and welcome dinner 3/7/25. Morning Departures 3/17 (day off if you’re staying for Endocrine)

Experience first occurs on the cellular level. The nervous system is the recording system of the body. It records our experiences and organizes them into patterns. It can then recall the experience and modify it by integrating it with patterns of other systems and previous experiences. The nervous system is the last to know, but, once knowing, it becomes a major control center of psychophysical processes. It can initiate the learning of new experience through creativity and play. The nervous system underlies alertness, thought, and precision of coordination and establishes the perceptual base from which we view and interact with our internal and external worlds.

5pm (just for today)- Contact Improv Sundays @ WildHeart
2025-03-16 17:00 - 19:30
Contact Improv Sundays @ WildHeart

First and Third Sundays

5:00-7:30pm (2nd and 4th Sundays in Kingston!) – Later timing only for today

BYO dinner for a studio-floor picnic afterward

CI Lab 5-6pm (with rotating teachers)

Open Jam 6-7:30pm

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.

Somatic Movement Education Program - Endocrine System Module
2025-03-18 16:00 - 2025-03-25 11:00 | Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY, 05156, United States
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM 3/19 – 3/24/25 (days off 3/21)Arrivals, orientation and welcome dinner 3/18 – morning Departures 3/25/25

The endocrine glands are the major chemical governing system of the body and are closely aligned with the nervous system. Their secretions pass directly into the blood stream and their balance or imbalance influences all of the cells in the body. The glands are the keystone between the organs and the nervous system and between the nervous system and the fluids. They create crystalline psychophysical states through which we are able to experience and understand the universal aspect of self. This is the system of internal stillness, surges or explosions of chaos/balance and the crystallization of energy into archetypal experiences. The endocrine glands underlie intuition and the perceiving and understanding of the Universal Mind.

Vocal Tapestry: Spring Class Series
2025-03-31 18:00 - 19:30

Rise & Shine with Niki
2025-04-01 08:30 - 09:30
Rise & Shine with Niki (in-person or online)8.30-9.30am Tuesday mornings (50 mins)Rise & Shine – Kickstart your day with this class by working with your body & breath. A physical practice that focuses on strength, flexibility, breath and balance through static or linked poses, mandala flows, and challenging ‘peak pose’ flows to bring you into your bodies and onto your mats, leaving you blissfully energized and ready for your day. We will use Hatha & Vinyasa yoga to help improve internal and external stability. While some knowledge of basic yoga asanas can be helpful, it doesn’t matter where you are on your yoga journey, by attending regularly you will benefit from advancing your yoga practice and challenging yourself daily. Join in-person or online. A link to the online class will be sent once you register.$15-25 (BIPOC – pay what you can)

Yin-Restore with Niki
2025-04-02 18:00 - 19:30
Yin-Restore with Niki (in-person or online)

6-7.30pm Tuesday evenings starting November 5th (90 mins)

A Yin/ Restorative practice that uses props & longer holding poses to stimulate the ‘relaxation response’. I aim to hold space for folks and guide them to play with their edge, release control and let gravity do the work. Join in-person or online. A link to the online class will be sent once you register.

$15-25 (BIPOC – pay what you can)

Deep Listening Series
2025-04-03 18:00 - 19:30

Canceled - Prenatal Yoga and Strength
2025-04-07 10:30 - 11:30
Perhaps most importantly, this hour-long class is a time for you to be with your body and your baby during your pregnancy – which can be a busy and full time!

Class will begin and end with quiet, guided time to connect to yourself and the baby. We’ll take time to gently warm up and cool down as this is essential during pregnancy to help prevent injury and create a sense of wellbeing in the body. We’ll do many postures that encourage the body to softly open and relax, easing aches and postural pains. In the middle of class we will make our way through a series of movements from Yoga Asana practice, Ballet Barre, and classic Strength Training to help to strengthen and stabilize the body. Pregnant bodies tend toward looseness as they prepare for birth, so adding strength and stability into the mix is highly beneficial. During this portion, Neva will always offer options to increase or decrease the workload. While exercising during pregnancy (when cleared by a midwife or doctor to do so) can be an important piece of maintaining a healthy body and mind, overexercising can take away precious energy. Neva will encourage each person to work at their own pace, approach their body with kindness and care, and tailor each session to their unique needs. There will also be a time during each class specifically focused on the pelvis and the pelvic floor. This intimate work is vitally important during pregnancy, birth, and post-partum. Having familiarity and comfort working with the pelvis in a supportive way can truly change a birther’s experience of the whole process of bringing new life into the world.

Class will include a variety of props to help offer a well supported practice. Ideally, each session will leave participants feeling calmer, stronger, and more connected to themselves and their baby.

Neva has over 15 years of teaching experience with a combination of ballet barre, yoga, meditation, contemporary dance, acrobatics, and somatics. She has many years of teaching pre- and post-natal embodiment, including training new instructors how to do so. She is the mother of a 3-year-old named Dion and during this series will be in the second trimester with baby #2.

Sonic Immersion
2025-04-13 18:00 - 19:00
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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Somatic Communication: Relational Intelligence in Contact Improvisation
2025-04-16 16:00 - 2025-04-20 16:00

Cancelled - Yin-Restore with Niki
2025-04-16 18:00 - 19:30

Research Training in Somatic Communication within Ensemble Practices
2025-04-21 09:00 - 2025-04-24 17:00

Canceled: Yin-Restore with Niki
2025-04-23 18:00 - 19:30
