Anne's Improv Theater and Movement class is a safe, structured and inclusive class consisting of numerous exercises and "games," derived from her extensive background in Modern Dance and experimental theater and dance. We will create whimsical characters through simple movement and vocal experiments and play with giving the characters different emotions. Then we will do very short "scenes, "in different locations or "worlds," both fantasy and realistic.

Jewish anarchist mysticism weaves elusively through the worlds of art, politics, and religion, informing all three with the concept of do’ikayt, or “hereness.” This talk will bring together threads of the Jewish roots of the Dada and Surrealist movements as they burst into queerness with the work of Claude Cahun, William S. Burroughs and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, and examine in particular the Cut-Up method as employed by those artists across media before examining an application of the same method to…

To help us prepare for the days ahead, this ritual is an opportunity to ground in the thing that nobody can take away from us, no matter how bad things get: the gift of being a creature. If the language of “magic” works well for you, we can use that; if you’d prefer to consider this an exercise in psychological and somatic processing using tools drawn from the work of Eugene Gendlin, Starhawk, Halko Weiss, and Bessel Van Der Kolk, that’s…

Long before "Talk Therapy, " Humans expressed themselves by dancing, singing, drawing and community rituals and poets expressed feelings through a non linear format of writing called poetry. We will discover and share feelings in this way, using Movement, writing, drawing and performing. The emphasis is on staying grounded in our senses and exploring, not on creating a finished  "product." Anne is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and has an MFA in Dance. She has been an Improviser in Dance…

Due to funding concerns - this intensive will be postponed until Summer 2023.  We hope you'll check back in with us! ..... Are you on an antiracism journey and looking to deepen your exploration? This interactive workshop series will provide participants with embodied experience to bring somatic awareness, and share transformational practices to address racialized trauma to begin healing. As a three-day multiracial group series with morning and afternoon sessions, the workshop combines somatic awareness, somatic dialogue, and somatic witnessing…

Anne's Improv Theater and Movement class is a safe, structured and inclusive class consisting of numerous exercises and "games," derived from her extensive background in Modern Dance and experimental theater and dance. We will create whimsical characters through simple movement and vocal experiments and play with giving the characters different emotions. Then we will do very short "scenes, "in different locations or "worlds," both fantasy and realistic.

The Viewpoints Workshop, besides being a format for improvising, can also be seen as a form of embodied Mindfulness, as the participants will be mindfully focusing on different points of their awareness in the moment. Engaging in The Viewpoints requires each individual to be mindful within themselves but also mindful of the group composition they are creating together in the moment. Sometimes The Viewpoints is called “instant choreography.” Since engaging in The Viewpoints requires each participant to be fully present,…

Join Larry for another mushroom foray Labor Day weekend! Mycologist Larry Millman will introduce you to the fascinating world of fungi (i.e., mushrooms) in a two part program.  Part 1 will be a whiteboard presentation where you’ll learn about (among other things) the close connection between morels and lichens, while part 2 will be a walk where you’ll experience the variety of fungal species on the premises of World Fellowship.  Please note that ecology, not edibility, will be the focus…