Dance

What is Biodanza?
Biodanza is a class in which we move through guided dances with the focus on the enjoyment of being in the present moment. Rolando Toro, an anthropologist and psychologist in Chile, developed Biodanza. He was interested in discovering how we bring more balanced vitality into our life. A class includes high-energy exercises and opportunities to relax deeply.
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The Five Rhythms Movement Meditation is a dynamic, healing art and dance practice developed by Gabrielle Roth from New York in 1960's.

The 5 Rhythms in Name are flowing staccato chaos lyrical and stillness. These rhythms are energy in motion that we learn to embody through dance and movement. Each one has a different feel and dynamic, drawing out expression from the body in an authentic and organic way. Music relates to each rhythm to guide and catalyze you into deep movement meditation.

Set to open on the weekend of 10th & 11th September in Richmond. Biodanza has been blossoming around the world since 1976 and now has over 100,000 participants, 150 schools in 54 countries and over 2,5000 certified facilitators.
The system has an ever growing number of devotees in the UK.

Rolando Toro Araneda, the Chilean creator of Biodanza often expressed the wish to see the whole world dancing as a way to create happiness.

I was born and brought up with my brother in a working class and mostly male household in the 1950s: 3 males and my mum. I probably picked up some early messages that dance is soppy and definitely sissy. My first experience of dance was country-dance at primary school and I made my first terrible discovery, I could forget an instruction about how to do a step between the time it entered my ears to the moment it reached my feet.

Have you ever felt you are not reaching your full potential, or even that life is sometimes just about getting through each day? Then Biodanza can offer the sparkle or magic to bring more life into your life.

Biodanza is danced-based personal development. It was created by Argentinean Anthropologist Rolando Torro. Whilst it is supported by scientific study and research at it's heart is a warm and optimistic message of love and life.

Is your energy ready to move?

This year's Bodyworks Spring Intensive weekend combines Deep Bodywork, Authentic Movement and Dance of Awareness. "We will give our bodies some serious - and playful - attention using breath, touch and focusing techniques" says Brighton-based body psychotherapist Tim Brown.

New regular dance classes in Raqs Sharqi are being established for ladies in Hove and Seaford. This traditional Egyptian dance encourages body awareness, good posture, improves stamina, co-ordination and flexibility and often benefits a woman's self-image and self confidence.

In the 1920's a new movement in dance emerged called Contemporary Dance. There was a move away from the strict formality of Classical Ballet to explore radically different physical forms and philosophies.

Tonbridge, United Kingdom, 6th October 2009 - the Fun & Fitness Dancercise website, www.dancerciseclasses.co.uk, has just been launched, packed full of useful exercise facts, tips and information about Lynn Wanders' Dancercise classes which she runs in Tonbridge, Sevenoaks and Leigh.

Lynn Wanders has always enjoyed exercise and in particular dance but it has only been through her t