MCDC Conscious Dance 5 29: Deb Marois

OPEN FLOOR DANCE WITH DEB MAROIS! Join MCDC this Wednesday May 29 for dance with Deb Marois from Sacramento! Her facilitation offers a mix of soul-stirring music along with guidance to invite exploration. Discovering 5Rhythms in 2006 led to workshops with Gabrielle Roth, the California-based founders of Open Floor and many other movement teachers. Deb was part of the first Open Floor trainings and now blends her proficiency as a community builder and group facilitator with her love of conscious dance to offer a unique, interdisciplinary dance experience. The Maui Conscious Dance Collective dances at the Makawao Union Church Community Hall every Wednesday from 5:30 - 7:20pm, and one Saturday every month from 6:30 - 9:30pm. WHAT TO EXPECT AT OUR BAREFOOT DANCES? An MCDC dance consists of two waves, each offering a wide and stimulating variety of musical styles and rhythms. We start the dance with music that facilitates gentle movement, inviting you to connect with yourself and truly arrive in your body. Our waves then steadily build into a crescendo so we can share our hearts and "sweat our prayers," as Gabrielle Roth, the mother of conscious dance, called it. We end the dance in chanting unity and peace. Please get details and updates on our dances by signing up for MCDC's weekly emails or checking our FB page. MCDC'S 7 CONSCIOUS DANCING AGREEMENTS: 1. SAFETY: We dance in a way that is physically safe for all. Please keep feet below the waist when lifting other dancers. We only allow children and dogs on the dance floor when they are held in arms. 2. CONSENT: We encourage you to savor your solo dances, especially in the beginning of the dance. We also invite you to dance with others and ask that you do so with consent. Please use eye contact and other body language (hands, feet) to confirm that the other dancer is up for connecting. Many usually are! 3. SILENCE: Dancing is our chosen language and we thank you for your sacred silence on the dance floor. We also apply this intention to our facilitators, who are asked to use words sparingly and connect instead mainly through music, movement and spirit. 4. RESPECT: Illegal substances and alcohol are not allowed anywhere on the Makawao Union Church property. Please leave the property the way you found it or better, and be aware of the Church board meetings that happen every Wednesday night while we dance. We love our landlords! 5. JOY: Please be aware that moments of spontaneous singing, circling, clapping and other expressions of joy may happen during our dances. 6. ANNOUNCEMENTS after dance are only for those of non-profit and communal concern. Please let us know in advance if you would like to make such an announcement. 7. SUPPORT: If you experience any difficulties on the dance floor, please find an MCDC team member and we will do our best to support you. ABOUT THE MAUI CONSCIOUS DANCE COLLECTIVE: Founded by volunteers in 2014, MCDC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing the conscious dance community on Maui. We host facilitators from a wide variety of conscious dance forms.