I haven’t posted recently. It’s felt good and necessary and life giving to sign off. A lot has happened…A lot demands my attention and energy and physical presence. Beautiful things, challenging things, heartbreaking things, as with the world these days.
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There are so many moments when I feel at my edge, my capacity strained, my imagination weary, my desire to rise up and keep going diminished.
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And each time I’m up against the wall, I am resourced by spiritual practice and creative training. They feel one and the same these days. Working with what is, sourcing the fullness of self and everything beyond the self, dissolving unnecessary dualities, and opening to the creative possibility of meeting each moment.
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So I’m grateful for communities that train and explore our creative and human potential. And I’m excited to be a part of the Free Your Inner Artist Summit. I had the opportunity to share about perfectionism and creative practice. Super vulnerable and hopefully helpful.
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This summit is a game-changer! From a Zen priest poet and a conscious DJ, to an ephemeral earth artist and a wild-clay potter, a punk rock meditation teacher and a contemplative perfume designer —two dozen creativity experts are coming together to share hands-on techniques and powerful wisdom to free your creative spirit. Don’t miss out—it’s FREE! 🎶🎭
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Link in my bio!
Amanda and I are so excited to share a new duet in the upcoming Somebody’s Friend Movement and Music Festival this weekend!! How lucky are we to celebrate the power of art making with so many amazing dance companies, artists, movers and shakers. This is not to be missed!
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True to our work, our duet titled “Just on the other side of giving up,” will explore the tender and absurd dimensions of relationship…this time amidst exhaustion, adaptation and the frenetic rollercoaster of trying to hold it all together.
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I will also be performing in an equally wonderful and ridiculous quartet with @newbreeddancecompany 😍
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Somebody’s Friend Movement and Music Festival is a 4-day Fest coming to you May 18-21!
This celebration of the Denver/Front Range Dance Community brings together more than 45 dance companies and artists for a weekend long event! Get ready to eat, drink, listen, and DANCE!
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More information at the link in my bio!
@somebodys_friend_fest@amanda_leise
I’m just loving the gathering of powerful and potent movers and feelers. Such rich, heartfelt community and embodied inquiry happening in the space. I feel honored to get to know all these amazing humans and collectively tend to our broken hearts and big questions through dance. Come play!
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FLUX contemporary movement practice happens Tuesdays, 10-1130 @_michantli_ and Fridays, 10-1130 @gracestudiosschoolofdance
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Music: Flying by Garth Stevenson 🙏🏼❤️
ALSO!!! ONE NIGHT ONlY!!!
Don't miss this unforgettable night, showcasing a wildly entertaining Halloween Cabaret, featuring The Sanderson Sisters Band and tons of exciting guest artists! The show will be followed by an epic Dance Party featuring the legendary DJ A-L. Dress up, drink, and party with us on this sexy, spooky evening, complete with fun treats, food truck, and prizes!
You’ll find me here living my dream as the Queen Vampire and Amanda will be living her dream as a pregnant tap dancing Ghostbuster!! 😂
Serious money back guarantee!
Doors open: 7:00pm
Show starts: 7:30pm
Dance Party: 8:30pm-12:00am
Tickets at the link in my bio!
CULTIVATE Creative Practice is back!!!
Right now, in this moment of your life, what is a truth that whispers to you, wanting and needing to be expressed? And right now, how is this truth, with its raw vitality, in service to your unfolding self, your interconnected relationships, your community and the greater web of life?
My bestie Brooke & I warmly invite you to explore this with us in our upcoming workshop series:
CULTIVATE: Creative Practice and the Vitality of Emergence (ONLINE via Zoom)
Mondays, 10am - 12pm MT
12 live workshops:
Oct 24 & 31, Nov 7, 14 & 28, Dec 12 & 19, Jan 9, 23, & 30, Feb 6 & 13
This online series will enliven our creative presence, exploration and manifestation in community through facilitated discussion, teachings, movement, meditation, writing, visual art, and online parallel play with our own projects in relation to the vitality of emergence.
Each gathering will include 1) a check-in and generative inquiry around the nature of emergence, 2) ample time and space for parallel play free from oppressive models of success, pressure to produce, harmful critique or excessive judgement, and 3) lightly facilitated conversation and reflection about our creative practice.
Come invest in and benefit from held space, support, inspiration, and community presence for your weekly creative work-play time!
DM me with questions or to register! 🌏✨
A beautiful day for some weird and slightly creepy 3D images of our cute and super healthy baby!! So in awe. Rock on @amanda_leise for being such a rockstar mama. I love our growing family so much. 😍🥹
Double toe announcement! ☺️
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Friday FLUX contemporary movement practice has moved to Grace Studios in Broomfield!! So, my Longmont, Boulder and DENVER peeps, come play!
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Starting tomorrow, 10-1130am, we will be movin’ and groovin’ as we do and I’d love to see you there.
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P.S. Tuesday’s class is still gathering at @_michantli_ ❤️🙏🏼
FLUX contemporary movement practice is happening Tuesdays at @_michantli_ and Fridays at @dancedimensionslongmont ! Both classes are 10-1130am!
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FLUX has offered me such a rich laboratory of exploration. I feel super grateful to have the time, space, resources and community to practice this art of being human through movement and breath.
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Come ride the waves of gravity and the flow of paradox and juxtaposition. Free the spine and take refuge in the boundless territory of the imagination.
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We move slow and allow each moment to unfold from our deepest impulses and pure possibility.
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Thanks to all you amazing humans that come each week. You make each day awesome!
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Music by Black Sea Dahu
Amanda and I are thrilled to be performing our latest duet, Will you marry me…still?, THIS THURSDAY 9/29, alongside the amazing vertical dance company BANDALOOP and there latest work LOOM:FIELD. The performances will take place on the DU campus at 430pm, with interactive loom demonstrations, screen printing and food trucks snacks beginning at 330pm!
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All events are FREE and it is set to be an incredible site-specific experience. For more info, see the link in my bio!
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Special thanks and so much gratitude to Marisa Hollingsworth with @presentingdenver , Melecio Estrella with @bandalooping and Helen Estrella for this opportunity!
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📷 Martha Wirth Photography
So honored and so excited to be choreographing and performing in this year’s Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop faculty Interweave Dance Theatre and student show!! Get your tickets now!! These shows are an amazing gathering of badass local dance companies and BJDW faculty and student creations. TONIGHT 6pm. Saturday 2pm and student show, Saturday 6pm! CU Boulder Irey theatre. Link in bio. 🙌🏼❤️👯♀️
