Roots & Reverence - Honoring the teachings of Steve Paxton & Nancy Stark-Smith

𝗥𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀 & 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘅𝘁𝗼𝗻 & 𝗡𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗦𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗥𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 A One Day Workshop w/ Moti Zemelman & Taina Lyons WHEN: MAY 11, 10am-5pm + Evening Option 7-9:30pm WHERE: Wildheart, 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY INFO: https://www.wildheartcenter.art/event/roots-and-reverence-honoring-our-ci-lineage-through-ritual-and-practice/ REGISTRATION: https://www.wildheartcenter.art/product/roots-and-reverence-honoring-our-ci-lineage-through-ritual-and-practice/ COST: Full Day Sliding Scale: $100-200 Workshop only: $85-185 Underscore only: $15-30 Option to stay overnight at WildHeart before or after (+$75/night) Workshop Schedule: 10-12:30pm Class Session 1 12:30 -2pm BYO Lunch 2-5pm Class Session 2 5-7pm Dinner (provided) 7-9:30pm Underscore Practice Founders and finders of Contact Improvisation, Steve Paxton and Nancy Stark Smith have now both passed into the ancestor realm. In this daylong exploration, we will honor their teachings and explore the ways their movement lineages continue to live through us. We’ll share video footage and writings of these master teachers, and explore some of their teachings such as the Small Dance, Paxton puzzles, aikido principles, Nancy’s Underscore and more… together we will also co-create an ancestor altar and a ritual to honor them. Shared dinner will be provided. Please bring your own lunch. Option to stay overnight at WildHeart before or after – come early or stay late ($75/night) Who Is It For? For mixed-level Contact Improvisation dancers Taina Lyons I am a somatic ritualist, movement artist, and holistic counselor. I teach Contact Improvisation and hold spaces for grief, rites of passage, ancestral & nature connection, and consent. My capacity for intuitive guidance supports students’ growth and discovery through dance and reflection. I center gentle inquiries into purpose, healing, and connection and invite you to deepen in your awareness of self and other. Along with Moti Zemelman I co-founded Consentient Beings, offering trainings in consent, movement, and relating practices for groups and organizations. Moti Zemelman As your co-host and teacher I bring 35 years of CI experience to share. Based in Massachusetts, I’ve taught and performed across USA, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Europe and Israel. My teachings emphasize the importance of cultivating a deep and embodied sense of presence, as well as developing a compassionate non-judgmental relationship with oneself. My workshops and classes offer a space for individuals to explore movement and embodiment in a supportive and non-competitive environment, and are open to people of all ages, backgrounds, and levels of experience. Over the last 15 years in my desire to integrate communication and intimacy skills in teaching and life I have studied Non-violent communication, Tantra, Butoh, Byron Katie’s “The Work” and Betty Martin’s “Wheel of Consent”. I have been both a teacher and a board member at Earthdance Retreat Center in Plainfield, MA where I co-directed the Touch&Play Festival for 6 years. I am a featured dancer in Sanford Lewis’ documentary film about CI “An Intimate Dance.” I also design and moderate the international Contact Improv resource website www.contactimprov.com.