Contemplative Dance Workshops

Enhance your practice. Learn ways of supporting others in theirs. Discover ways to integrate elements of Contemplative Dance / Authentic Movement (such as: witnessing, listening, active imagination, and the dynamics of projection) into your life and professional work. Prepare to participate in and create peer groups. Begin study toward facilitating individuals and groups. Explore a new theme each weekend.

Six Weekends at Genesis Spiritual Life Center, Westfield, MA plus Week II at Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. In addition, each participant will receive a private session with each faculty member once during the year. Each weekend begins on Friday at 3pm and concludes on Sunday at 1:30pm. The 6th weekend is a day longer: Friday, 3pm thru Monday, 4pm. Plan to arrive by 2pm each Friday to be ready by 3pm.

Continuing Education Credits
140 CEUs available for 6 weekends plus 37 CEUs availabl for Week II

Year-Long Program I - 2011 - 2012 Dates & Themes
November 4 - 6, 2011	The Wisdom of the Body	Fri. 3pm – Sun, 1:30pm
December 2 - 4, 2011	Active Imagination and Creativity	Fri, 3pm – Sun, 1:30pm
January 13-15 (16), 2012	World Dance and Ritual	Fri, 3pm – Sun, 1:30pm
February 24-26, 2012	Shadow	Fri, 3pm – Sun, 1:30pm
March 23-25, 2012	Rites of Passage	Fri, 3pm – Sun, 1:30pm
Apr 20-22, 2012	Inner and Outer Ecology	Fri, 3pm – Sun afternoon
Summer 2012	Week II, Hampshire College	Sun, 12pm - Fri, 1pm

Prerequisites for participation in Year I:
(Year II requires completion of Year I.)

Completion of our Week I or the equivalent.
Knowledge and experience of psychological dynamics; study, training, personal experience in psychotherapy, reading, other workshops. We feel it is important for all participants to have some degree of knowledge about this area. We include consideration of psychological dynamics in the programs, but feel people should also have other study/experience in it.
We designed the programs for professional individuals, especially those interested in bringing their discoveries from the year into their work and lives. Our participants are mature, and come with training/examined practice in their particular fields. They have engaged with the world and have life experience.
We require each participant to be able and willing to manage her/his inner material. This work can be quite stimulating, or challenging, to one's soul/psyche/body (which is one reason people practice it!), but this will not be a therapy group per se. Personal issues might well arise, and we will as a group create a safe space for each person's work to evolve, but we will not be your therapists. Our main focus will be on the witnessing and responding processes. We encourage participants to arrange for whatever supports they might need outside of the programs.
Commitment to the entire program.

FeesYear I 2011-2012

YLP I 2011-12 FEES	Staying at Genesis	Commuting to Genesis
Tuition for the 6 weekends	$2,900	$2,900
Six weekends room + meals at Genesis	$800	$0
Commuters: six weekends. Suppers and dinners at Genesis (4 meals/weekend)	$0	$335
Subtotal for the six weekends	$3,700	$3,235

Tuition Week II for YLP I participants	$500	$500
Room (no meals) at Hampshire, Week II	TBA (approx $170)	$0
Total all	$4,200 + Room at HC	$3,735

We offer financial aid—scholarships, work-study positions, and payment plans. Please inquire.

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Please contact us with any questions. After receiving your application materials we will arrange an interview with you.

Year-Long Program II Information

For information contact:Contemplative Dance, 24 O'Neil Road, Haydenville, MA 01039
Phone: 413-268-3294 - Email: cdance-at-contemplativedance.org