West African Dance Workshop

Saturday, December 9| 3:30 pm - 5 pm ~ Baba Fred Simpson and Deollo Johnson
Cost: $20 for the event
Held at High Frequency Loft, not at the park

West African Dance encompasses many different dance styles from many different ethnic groups out of western Africa. This workshop will consist of a warm-up utilizing West African dance techniques, then move into exploring a specific dance style, all accompanied by live drumming. All levels are welcome!

Baba Fred’s bio: Drummer, teacher, and drum maker Fred Simpson was drumming his mother’s pots and pans at one-and-a-half years of age. He started drumming professionally at UC-Santa Cruz and in the decades since then has performed, taught, and lectured in New York City, at the Kennedy Center, San Francisco Ethnic Dance, and many more venues.

Deollo’s bio: Dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer Deollo Johnson has been dancing most of his life. He’s done West African dance for decades, performing professionally in many venues and teaching internationally, including at Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) and the Creative Dance Institute in Thailand.

West African Dance Workshop

Saturday, November 11 | 3:30 pm - 5 pm ~ Baba Fred Simpson and Deollo Johnson
Cost: $20 for the event
Held at High Frequency Loft

West African Dance encompasses many different dance styles from many different ethnic groups out of western Africa. This workshop will consist of a warm-up utilizing West African dance techniques, then move into exploring a specific dance style, all accompanied by live drumming. All levels are welcome!

Baba Fred’s bio: Drummer, teacher, and drum maker Fred Simpson was drumming his mother’s pots and pans at one-and-a-half years of age. He started drumming professionally at UC-Santa Cruz and in the decades since then has performed, taught, and lectured in New York City, at the Kennedy Center, San Francisco Ethnic Dance, and many more venues.

Deollo’s bio: Dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer Deollo Johnson has been dancing most of his life. He’s done West African dance for decades, performing professionally in many venues and teaching internationally, including at Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) and the Creative Dance Institute in Thailand.

West African Dance Workshop

Saturday, July 8 | 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm ~ Fred Simpson and Deollo Johnson
Cost: $20 for the event
Held outside at Fred Baca Park - Pot Luck after dance

Rain location High Frequency Loft

West African Dance encompasses many different dance styles from many different ethnic groups out of Western Africa. This workshop will consist of a warm-up utilizing West African dance techniques, then move into exploring a specific dance style, all accompanied by live drumming. All levels are welcome!

Fred’s bio: Drummer, teacher, and drum maker Fred Simpson was drumming his mother’s pots and pans at one-and-a-half years of age. He started drumming professionally at UC-Santa Cruz and in the decades since then has performed, taught, and lectured in New York City, at the Kennedy Center, San Francisco Ethnic Dance, and many more venues.

Deollo’s bio: Dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer Deollo Johnson has been dancing most of his life. He’s done West African dance for decades, performing professionally in many venues and teaching internationally, including at Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) and the Creative Dance Institute in Thailand.

Salsa Dance Workshop

Saturday, April 22 | 4 pm - 5:30 pm ~ Deollo Johnson
Pre-Register: $15
Drop-In: $20

All levels are welcome!

Send pre-registration payments to PayPal: www.paypal.me/dejo8 or Venmo @Deollo-Johnson

Deollo’s bio: Dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer Deollo Johnson has been dancing most of his life. He’s done West African dance for decades, performing professionally in many venues and teaching internationally, including at Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) and the Creative Dance Institute in Thailand.

Salsa Dance Workshop

Saturday, March 4 | 4 pm - 5:30 pm ~ Deollo Johnson
Pre-Register: $15
Drop-In: $20

All levels are welcome!

Send pre-registration payments to PayPal: www.paypal.me/dejo8 or Venmo @Deollo-Johnson

Deollo’s bio: Dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer Deollo Johnson has been dancing most of his life. He’s done West African dance for decades, performing professionally in many venues and teaching internationally, including at Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) and the Creative Dance Institute in Thailand.

Goddess Embodiment 4 Week Group Course

When/Where/What’s Up

Saturday’s in April 4pm-6pm @ The High Frequency Loft, Cost $111 (payment plans available)

What You Get:

• movement, art, experiences, and healing to awaken and deepen connection to the goddess within 

• weekly journaling project

• online group to share and chat with as we move through and past the course, so life connections women’s circle

• cacao ceremony

• guest speakers

Starts Saturday April 6th:

Week One: 

Invoking Inner Goddess

with prenatal psychologist Kathryn Terry

Week Two: 

Women’s Body Wisdom

with Ayurvedic healer Tovia Weitman

Week Three: 

Role of Women in the Golden Age

video lecture with Devi Ma

Week Four: 

Ovulation Awareness

with midwife Madrona

How to Register/More Information:

email Willow: embody.goddess@gmail.com

call or text: 575.770.2604

Movement & Performance Theatre: Somatic & Embodiment Training for Actors, Change Agents, Movers & Shakers with Visudha de los Santos

Movement & Performance Theatre

Somatic & Embodiment Training for Actors, Change Agents, & Mover and Shakers! 

October 14th, 2017, 12 – 6 p.m.- High Frequency Loft

A fun, exploratory & experiential, introductory movement course to harness your innate bodily wisdom and shift your bodily consciousness. Through accessing your body-state, sensory-motor perception, and intentionally directed action you can become the embodiment of any persona you desire. 

You will breathe, sense, move and touch in an effort to recover your own wisdom and creativity. Recognizing that the mind moves and shapes the body, we will forge connections between the mind and body. You will access and construct knowledge in the body (thus increasing your body vocabulary and gestures); and deepen your ability to act and respond in the world.  You will move in new ways; transform your experience of your self; generate greater stage presence; and strengthen your performance skills all from a place of greater authenticity and ease.

About The Teacher:

Visudha de los Santos – Musician, dancer, director and artist is trained in expressive arts and somatic psychology; the 5Rhythms movement meditation practice; and vibrational sound.  Creator of the GongJourney, & the School of Mystery in Motion, she is an international awareness and transformation coach and teacher.  Known for her presence, clarity and passion for life, she will rock your world!

www.visudhadelossantos.com

Please wear layers of clothes that you can sweat in.

Please be fed but not overly full – it would be a good day for brunch!

Please bring: 3-5 accessories/props, water bottle, & a snack.

Be ready to move, be moved, play and create.

$60 Presale Tickets available online at www.highfrequencyloft.com

$75-$100 sliding scale at the door