Happy Spring Embodydancers!

With the return of the Sun,
we welcome re-birth and
celebrate new life.
By moving through the transformative changes occurring,
individually and collectively,
new beginnings are taking shape.

As we all continue to move forward, Embodydance Santa Fe is experiencing a tremendous transformation, having reached our 10th year anniversary this past month! In numerological terms, nine is symbolic of completion, and 10 is actually looked at as a one—an initial step up the next spiral on the helix of evolution.

During this past year, as Creative Director I have focused on mid-wifing our organization into autonomy, with a structure that is in complete alignment with the intention of our vision as “community-owned and operated.” We truly are pioneers in a new wave of creation, and I am proud to say we are becoming a group that is empowered from the inside-out…just like our dance.

Our Executive Committee is now up and running and will soon appoint a General Manager to help out with the work at hand. Until then, I’d appreciate your taking a few moments to review the following items for discussion and action over the next few weeks.

Since this is such a special landmark year, we will be celebrating the event with a big anniversary party May 15th. Our annual parties are always sensational, but this year we want go somewhat beyond stellar! But Embodydance needs you, the community, to help make it the success it should be to honor our journey together. As such, I'm putting a call out for volunteers!!!!!
We need a key anniversary event organizer and a couple folks for creating/decorating a special space for the event…including an elaborate main altar.
Alec is organizing the all non-facilitator team of DJ's; if you are interested in joining the DJ team please contact him directly.
One of our newer dancers (Rick) will be catering the food. But we need volunteers and could use someone to help set up the tables and pick up the pre-ordered cake at Whole Foods.
We are looking for a seasoned Embodydancer to help produce proceedings of a special acknowledgement ceremony—with the young Scott acting as MC for the entire event. This is going to be a lot of fun.
These are just a few of the roles we need to fulfill. Please contact me if you would like to be a part of this extraordinary event, in any capacity—please let me know ASAP.
We invite your donations of goods or services for our big raffle to be held during the party. This is a great way to weave community as people delightfully discover what it is you do through your services or via the gifts your provide. Remember these are tax-deductible and receipts are available upon request.
I am writing the history of Embodydance. With this in mind, we are looking for submissions of stories/recollections (any length) about our community or dance that you'd like to put in our Embodydance anniversary book. These can be humorous, inspiring, corny or poignant—our team wants to read what you have. We are also looking for any photographs you may have taken over the past 10 years. The more the better! Be aware that this keepsake will be made available on a limited-edition basis. At this point we are planning on printing only 100 copies of the book.
There is a proposal being considered for filming an Embodydance Legacy Video to document our unique community. We invite you to partcipate in this by being interviewed and/or showcasing our collective magic during taping which is tentatively scheduled for a special Sunday dance in April. Details to follow.

I highly encourage you to take advantage of the opportunity to attend the upcoming workshops of two stellar 5Rhythms® teachers, Sara Pagano in early April and Adam Barley in late May. They are internationally acclaimed and offer an incredible chance to deepen your understanding and experience of the dance practice Embodydance is based on. Find details on our home webpage.

Finally, our Tuesday night dance has changed time and location. We now begin at 7:15 and dance till 9:15pm at the fabulous new StudioNia!!!

StudioNia Santa Fe is at 851 W. San Mateo. Parking is in Ironstone Gardens (the same lot we parked at for Charisma). You can’t miss StudioNia with its glass walls and sheer orange and blue curtains facing the street. We are really happy with this new beautiful space. Come check it out!

Heartfelt thanks and blessings to each and every one of you. Please feel free to call or email me directly with any questions that you may have.

In the Dance,
Tracy Collins, Creative Director
Embodydance Santa Fe | 505-310-3137 | tracy@embodydancesantafe.org