EARTH BODY winter workshop
Eco-somatic movement with Rulan Tangen of Dancing Earth
A winter series
Seven Tuesdays: December 8, 15, 22, 29 and January 12, 19, 26
5:00 to 6:00 pm · The Sound Temple ( private home in downtown SFE, address made available when you register )
Sliding scale, pay what you can (suggested $25 and up). Nobody is turned away.
Movement for All : EARTH BODY
Join Creatrix and Dreamvisioner Rulan Tangen for a special in-person winter series of Earth Body, a movement practice that moves connects earth as body and body as earth . We integrate imagination, memory, and intuition of land, sky, and water to our own experience. We begin slowly with accessible movements, then build heat and rhythm. Joy and the pleasure of the senses are at the center of our collective embodiment.
Rooted in love and inclusivity, this multidisciplinary, multi-sensory, and multi-dimensional offering invites you to reconnect with yourself, generate empathy, and build deeper connections with others, including more-than-human beings. Rediscover your place in the intricate tapestry of earth and cosmos as the ecological body.
Bring a friend! Let’s experience wellness, creativity, and movement in circle, building strong and vibrant communities. We especially invite those who have joined or shown interest in our online movement sessions this past year. We invite your courage, creativity, compassion, and care.
Who it’s for
This series is designed for people with movement/ physical practice, at a moderate intermediate level. Every movement comes with options, so you can work at your own capacity. Chairs, mats, and lying down are all welcome, so if you’re recovering, injured, or less mobile, you can still take part fully and benefit.
Accessibility
“As a survivor and supporter, I especially welcome those with cancer, chronic illness, or Covid, including all caretakers, to participate even lying down and listening. Movements can be modified to lying in bed and listening. Imagining is a powerful movement.” — Rulan Tangen
Please arrive on time
We begin promptly at 5:00 pm. The Sound Temple is in the private home of an AAPI elder, so please allow a few minutes to park, enter the house respectfully, and make your way to the space, ready to start. Address and directions will be sent with your registration.
How each class flows
5 min: Welcome, intention, orientation, and invitation to share
50 min: Earth Body, movement for all, with every practice adaptable to your capacity
5 min: Group reflection circle on what was joyful, what was challenging, and what transformed
Series themes
The series moves through various elements of the ecological and mytho-poetic body, across the seven weeks including : Mycelium, Fire Horse , Winter Constellations, Tree of Life …
Join us for one or all
Come to the full series of seven to immerse yourself, or drop in for whichever sessions suit your schedule. Space is limited, so please consider your reservation a commitment.
LOCATION is in downtown Santa Fe at a Sound Temple in private home, address available upon registration .
NOTE RE : ALLERGIES : the space has antique rugs and incense has been used in the space so please be aware if you has aathsma or allergies this may not be the space for you .
What to bring and wear
Layers of clothing for warmth and comfort that you can move in
Bare feet or socks
A blanket or yoga mat (optional; the space has some)
A water bottle
A notebook and pen (optional)
Open-mindedness, imagination, intuition, and your full being
Cost and giving
Sliding scale, pay what you can, suggested $25 and up. Nobody is turned away for lack of funds. If you’re able to be generous, please consider doubling your donation to sponsor someone who cannot pay.
And. any general donations to Dancing Earth’s support leadership training, ecological movement practices, summer immersion, and international cultural exchange programs, including upcoming visions for creative work with artists and community groups. Even if you can’t attend, please consider a donation to support Dancing Earth’s inter-cultural, inter-generational, inter-disciplinary, and inclusive creations. With gratitude, we welcome you into our circle.
About Dancing Earth
Dancing Earth Creations makes contemporary dance and related arts through global Indigenous and intercultural relationships, centered in ecological and cultural diversity for creativity, health, and wellness.
“We gather as individual artists to create experimental yet elemental dances that reflect our rich cultural heritage as contemporary global peoples. We strive to embody the unique essences of cultural perspectives by creation and renewal of artistic and cultural movement rituals. Ancient and futuristic, our dances are an elemental language of bone and blood memory in motion.” — Rulan Tangen, Founding Director
More about Rulan · About Dancing Earth
Honoring the land
These sessions are held on Tewa homelands. To support Tewa matriarch-led work, please visit Tewa Women United.
