Dancemeditation

 

Unveiling the Heart: Dancemeditation with Dunya

March 9-11 in Baton Rouge

Friday 7 -9:30pm Intimate Sufi Evening

Performance & Participation Zils & Veils & Dancemeditation with Shamsi, Kryss & Dunya

Sa & Su 12-6pm Workshop with Dunya

Agame Yoga & Meditation Center

635 S Acadian Thruway, Baton Rouge, LA 70806

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Come! Explore an ancient art. Restore your fragmented self. Revel in your sensual body. Refresh your soul. Dancemeditation™, combines naturally resonant movement forms from mystical (Sufi) dance roots with continual breath awareness to connect our body’s inner and outer space, and ignite our intuition.

To open the meditative state, Dunya begins each day with breathing and slow movement to a rich tapestry of music. She’ll then introduce her signature work, techniques that increase awareness of embodied present-ness and cultivate our ability to observe ourself and others without judgment.

Rocking Array

Spinal Spiral & Wave

Pelvic Root Motion

Iconic Veil

The movement process is interspersed with periods of rest to allow integration. Throughout the weekend, time for reflective writing and conversation mingle with explanations from Dunya.

If you are looking for a deeper experience of dance or bellydance, or a meaningful, mystical movement connection, or if you simply need joy and revitalization, come journey with Dunya.

Note: Bring a silk veil (3 ½ to 4 yards of 45” wide lightweight silk) and a journal.

Workshop Fee:

Weekend  $150 by February 24, 2012 /$180 after

Single day  $90 by February 24, 2012 /$110 after

Friday only     $20 by February 24, 2012 /$25 at the door

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Hotel and Restaurant accommodations:

Within 1-2 miles of Agame:

Radisson Hotel Baton Rouge

2445 South Acadian Thruway, Baton Rouge, LA 1.2 mi S

(225) 236-4000

www.radisson.com

Courtyard by Marriott Acadian Center

2421 South Acadian Thruway, Baton Rouge, LA 1.3 mi S

(225) 924-6400

www.marriott.com

Within 2-5 miles of Agame:

Best Western Plus Richmond Inn & Suites Hotel-Baton Rouge

5668 Hilton, Baton Rouge, LA 1.8 mi SE

(225) 924-6500

www.book.bestwestern.com

Hampton Inn Baton Rouge at I-10 & College Drive

4646 Constitution Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 1.7 mi SE

(225) 926-9990

www.hamptoncollegedrive.com

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Registration http://shamsidances.com/111111/dancemeditation/

Info:shamsi@shamsidances.com – 225.229.3755

Dunya

Dunya Dianne McPherson is a dancer, choreographer, author, and Sufi Master Teacher. As Founder and Principal Teacher of Dancemeditation™, she specializes in techniques that open the wonderment of deep, subtle, peaceful self-perception. Dunya is the Spiritual Guide of the Dancemeditation Sufis.

She holds a BFA in dance from the Juilliard School, MA in Writing from Lesley University, was an Artist Scholar at Columbia University, and trained extensively in yoga with Shri Dharma Mittra. Significant study with Master Dance Teachers whose work has influenced hers includes: Elena Lentini, Anahid Sofian, Janet Panetta and Alfredo Corvino. After 1001 days training in Sufism with Sufi Master Adnan Sarhan, Dunya received teaching permission. Her new memoir, Skin of Glass: Finding Spirit in the Flesh, chronicles her journey of dance & mysticsim.

Dunya’s extensive teaching credits include:

Department Chair: Victorian College of the Arts, Australia * Faculty: Kripalu Center * Master Classes & Residencies: Princeton University, Swarthmore College, Amherst College, Oberlin College, Mt. Holyoke College, University of Texas, New York University, Hunter College , Barnard College, Montclair State College, Mark Morris Dance Center, New York Open Center * Master Teacher: Mystic Festival in Netherlands * Director & Spiritual Guide: Dervish Society of America

A National Endowment for the Arts Choreography Fellow, her choreographic commissions include Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Dance Uptown, High School of Performing Arts, Barnard College, Victorian College of the Arts, Santa Fe Performing Arts. She is the recipient of Massachusettes Arts Council grants, CETA Artists Grant, Texas Arts Council grants. Vitae

She has performed widely as both concert dancer and as a Middle Eastern dancer. Her whirling veil dance is featured in the film Dances of Ecstasy. She directed the film/dance work, Shafi, for NOLA’s 2007 Dramarama Festival.

Dunya and her Dancemeditation work are widely referenced and profiled in books and journalism including: Conscious Dancer, Dancer, Contact Quarterly, Attitude, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Austin American Statesman, Austin Chronicle, Innerchange Magazine, Spirit of Change Magazine, NYSpirit Magazine, XS Magazine Miami, Cape Cod Times, Whole Life Times LA, Body & Soul, and many others