EMBODIED WAVES, 5Rhythms® dance/ movement by the ocean

EMBODIED WAVES, at the Jersey Shore Arts Center Ballroom
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, May - June • 7:30-9PM

"Energy moves in waves. Waves move in patterns. Patterns move in rhythms. A human being is just that, energy, waves, patterns, rhythms. Nothing more. Nothing less. A dance.” - Gabrielle Roth

Tune the ebb and flow of your creative edge in the dance. Guided by soundscape and somatic explorations, this is a community space to explore the simplicity and depth of 5Rhythms practice, nurturing connection and fluidity in the body. The invitation is to keep curious, trusting the movement that arises through the Waves.
Awaken and discover. Body, heart, mind, soul, and spirit.

Facilitated by accredited 5Rhythms teacher Megan Kelley

All bodies (ages 15+) are welcome!
Open to beginners and all levels of experience.
No prior dance or 5Rhythms required.

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$20/ $15, students/ elders
$25 supporter
Pre-registration required

Dates
May 2, May 16, June 6, June 20
July 18, July 25, Aug 1, Aug 8, Aug 15

Location & Arrival
JERSEY SHORE ARTS CENTER
2nd Floor Ballroom
66 S Main St, Ocean Grove, NJ 07756

Please plan to arrive early. Music goes on at 7:15 to stretch and settle.
No entry after 8pm.

Structure
30 minute Warm-up, short talk and demo, 1hr Waves practice with somatic invitations

Guidelines
This is a disciplined and dedicated space focused on personal and collective embodiment and creativity.
No live cell phones or recording in the space please.
No chatting on the dance floor.
Everyone is expected to fully participate at the level that is available to them. Listen to your own body, adapt, pause, modify as needed.
This is a substance-free/ sober event.

Prepare
Wear clothing you can freely move/ sweat in.
Bring plenty of water, refills available at the bathroom sink.
We dance in bare feet or soft sole dance shoes. No street shoes. No socks.
Come unscented.
Bring earplugs if you are sound sensitive.

Respect and Responsibility
Together we create a safe, multidimensional space to go deep, explore edges and change. Keep attuned to your own integrity and how you are impacting others. Get consent before making physical contact. Give and accept boundaries. Listen for verbal and non-verbal cues. Honor the sanctity of the space by not expecting/ making romantic or sexual advances. Always make amends when needed.

Please stay home if feeling unwell. Masks are optional.

About 5Rhythms
Created by Gabrielle Roth and practiced by tens of thousands worldwide, 5Rhythms is a philosophy, perspective, performance art and dynamic movement practice rooted in the principle that if you put the psyche in motion it will heal itself. Movement is both the medicine and the metaphor, reaching across all languages, cultures and age groups to transform suffering into art, art into awareness, and awareness into action.

Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a safe space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking part of ourselves that yearns to be free.

Creativity. Connection. Community.

New to 5Rhythms? Learn why we dance at 5Rhythms.com: https://www.5rhythms.com/gabrielle-roths-5rhythms/why-we-dance-them/

About the Waves™ Map
Waves are the foundation and fundamentals of the 5Rhythms practice. The rhythms of Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical, Stillness® are guiding us into an embodied state of being. The focus of the Waves level is experiencing the body as a fluid entity, with the outcome that we discover our feet and release the breath.

About Megan
Megan Kelley is an artist, accredited 5Rhythms® teacher and expressive arts psychotherapist living and working in Trenton, NJ. Megan danced her first 5Rhythms Waves in 2013, completed the 2017 5Rhythms Sweat SpaceHolder orientation, and graduated the 5Rhythms Teacher Training in 2021. Megan honors the guidance of past mentors along the dancing path, certified 5Rhythms teachers Rebekah Zhuraw (Philadelphia), Mati Vargas-Gibson (Dallas) & Joanne Winstanley (Victoria, BC) along with current mentor in archetypal somatics, Melissa Meader.