Note: Adult classes are described first; children’s classes are below.

Dance Improv 101! ~ Dancing Our Inner landscapes.  

Tuesday Nov 15-Dec 20th 5:30-7pm at the Yurt (1957 Arden Road) in Courtenay.  Solo, partner and group movement explorations to get your authentic spirit – inner child/inner guru reawakened and turned on!

call me if you have questions 250-703-0842

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 Beginners Contact Improvisation Dance ~ learn the basics

Guided explorations in improvisational dance that focus on present moment awareness and easeful, fluid movement. Joy, play, Freeedom!  Thursday mornings in December 2011 10:30am-noon. At the Yurt: 1957 Arden Road in Courtenay.  Time and day may change in the new year.
Fun, safe, easy, playful, connected, sporty, flowy, non-sexual, men and women. Simple, organic movement will be encouraged. No experience needed.

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Shake Your Buddha : Chakra Dance!  

Chakra Dance is a joyous and rejuvenating movement experience that uses easy to follow dance and yoga like movement. This is a great class for anyone who loves to dance but is intimidated by choreography. Dancers will be guided to explore and move from the seven different energy centers called chakras. Some dances are guided and some are left for students to completely let loose and improvise to. Guidance is given to explore in deep and playful solo, partner and group improvisations. Each class begins with a thorough warm up, flows and builds to higher energy movement and ends with a peaceful relaxation. The dance is done to beautiful and varied music. Expect to feel energized and smiling when you leave

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Brain Compatible Modern Dance

Open to all, this is a body and brain class that will offer some basic technique in alignment, body connections, creative explorations in groups and partners, and warm ups using Brain dance.  This is a feel great, whole body and brain movement warm up, technique and creative class that helps to calm, strengthen and revitalize neural pathways in the brain, calm the nervous system and increase the feel good hormone in the brain called seratonin.  Guaranteed fun.

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Sugar Blues 101

An interactive and educational discussion/class that will give you incite into why you may have cravings and issues with sugar and overeating.  Find some healthy food and non-food alternatives to your sugar habit so that yo can let go of those bad “sugary blues”.  In ‘Sugar Blues 101′ we will de-construct your cravings,  focus on your specific health goals and find real solutions to any issues you may be struggling with related to sugar consumption.  We will try out conscious eating and talk about how that feels.  We will learn from each other, laugh a little and focus on what we want, what feels good and how to make it happen.   Dessert will definitely be provided!

Jade de Trey is a certified Holistic Health Counselor with specialization in nutrition, conscious eating and expressive dance.  Jade believes that a true holistic approach to life incorporates things that nourish you other than food, including things like honest and open relationships, a spiritual practice you feel connected to, a career that inspires you, and physical activity that makes you want to move and feed your soul and your hunger for living.

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Energy Medicine for Women

Come join us in this expressive and healing series of classes focusing on self love, passion, energy balancing and wealth of spirit!  Let go of the day, let go of distress and move into power and play.  We will learn some chi-gong exercises and energy medicine techniques to balance and restore, try out E.F.T. (emotional freedom technique), be guided in chakra balancing visualizations and get ourselves dancing as if no one is watching.  This is a safe, grounding and empowering series.  If you are sensitive like I am then there are times in life when you get tired and fatigued from over stimulation, busyness, too many people, overwork… the list goes on.  These classes will give you a satisfying body, mind and spirit tune up,  remind you of how to get grounded and feel strong, de-stressed and re-energized.  Dare to be your true beautiful self!

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Children’s Classes:

Mom and Baby dance

Moving with your child to a wide variety of music you will learn how dance enhances baby’s neurological, emotional and physical development.  Classes are based on the fundamental patterns of human development. Each class explores dance elements and concepts through multi-sensory experiences, encourages tummy time and promotes physical, social, emotional and cognitive development.  Lots of fun for baby and caregiver!

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Creative Dance and Drama for Caregivers and tots 2.5-3 years (40 minute duration)

Fun, expressive dance and theatre for caregivers and tots!  Move, play, learn, be graceful and be silly with your child in this friendly and dynamic dance class.  Children will explore moving from their different body parts, gain confidence and body awareness while interacting with you and the other children.  Play follow the leader, creatively express yourselves, listen to rhythms, be inspired by varied world music, and have fun together while getting some joyful exercise.

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Children’s Creative Dance and Drama for (4-6 years)

This class will focus on body awareness, simple stretching, creative and expressive movement, guided imagery, and lots of fun! We will use props (silk scarves, hats and instruments).  Drama will be incorporated by using the voice in exploratory ways, playing with characters and expressing dramatic states of emotions and expressions through the body.  Children will have fun, learn focus and listening skills, interact with one another creatively and non-competitively and learn basics of body awareness.  They will gain confidence and grace in thier bodies and get to share and “show off” what they are learning.  Both boys and girls will enjoy this very creative, fun and inspiring class.

Children’s Creative Dance and Drama for (7-10 years)

This class will focus on body awareness, simple stretching, creative and expressive whole body movement, theatre sports and lots of fun!  Drama will be incorporated by using the voice in exploratory ways, playing with characters and expressing dramatic states of emotions and expressions through the body – as well we will play fun theatre games to get you rolling on the floor with laughter!  Children will learn focus and listening skills, interact with one another creatively and non-competitively and learn basics of body awareness, following diverse forms of movement as well as being leaders for each other in self created movement and theatre.  They will gain confidence and grace in thier bodies and get to share and “show off” what they are learning.  Both boys and girls will enjoy this very creative, fun and inspiring class.

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Theatre improvisation (Teen – Youth 11-16 years)

Have fun and express you mind and body in this highly funny, creative, on-the-spot improvisational theatre class. Body warm-ups, vocal expression, movement improvisation and plenty of creative theatre games build your confidence and self-esteem in a supportive, encouraging group environment.  We will incorporate a body based theatre style called action theatre, typical theatre improv games that you may have seen on the show “Whose line is it anyway?”  and through improvisational movement activities.  Come on out for some non-threatening, non-competitive FUN!  No experience needed, all are welcome.