You are invited to dance in community- traditional Balkan, Greek, Rom, Armenian,  Near Eastern, and Modern sacred circle dances. Throughout all ages and cultures, traditional circle dances were used to honor the divine, to heal, to affirm connection to the earth and each other, to build community and celebrate rites of passages and life transitions. The danced patterns illuminate the web of these connections. It is where personal and universal healing can occur. We will use the traditional dance …

Welcome to West Coast Swing New York. WCSNY is a website dedicated to the West Coast Swing community in NY and the tristate area. Our goal is to bring new dancers in to grow the community and to keep the dance alive. Our team organizes events and teaches the dance. We also support National and international dance events. West Coast Swing (WCS) is a partner dance derived from Lindy Hop. It is characterized by a distinctive elastic look that results from its basic extension-compression techniq …

Open to all, no training or facilities in movement or dance are required On our life-journey we often experience moments of fear and paralysis, times when obstacles seem to get in the way of our progress. Self Awareness Through Movement allows us to open ourselves to bring growth into our lives, dissolve creative blocks, and re-connect with our life force. Self-Awareness Through Movement is a unique methodology that uses movement/dance as well as voice as a direct way to reach back to our earlie …

The OPEN MUSIC CIRCLE  ("CIRCLE" or "Circle") is a gathering place for acoustic improv musicians, vocalists and dancers and others, and an opportunity for all to create together. The CIRCLE has met regularly since 2004. Musicians, singers and dancers of all backgrounds and traditions and others are invited to explore new territory, expand their skills, and deepen their performance abilities. We meet in weekly in two New York City locations on alternate Sundays for a total of four times each mont …

… Sometimes the leader also offers guidance with Martine Batchelor's 'Instructions for Listening Meditation". Finally, after a period of silence, participants are invited to share and discuss their experiences. For upcoming presentations see www.tibethouse.us.  We have presented this program also at the Shambhala Center, the Interdependence Project, and the Jewish Community Center,  all in New York City. Roshi Joan Halifax, Abbot of Upaya Zen Center, describes Music and Meditation as "a wonder …

… Some past/upcoming events  * Sing Alongs - Greenwich Village Caroling Walk, Handel's Messiah * Dancing - Contra Dance, Barn Dance * Performance - The Moth, Fringe Festival, Public Theater, BAM, The Secret City * Improv /Comedy - Whiplash, ASSSSCAT 3000 (at UCB Theatre) * Movies - The Muppets, Harold & Kumar, Midnight in Paris, RiverFlicks, Tribeca Film Festival * Museums - New Museum, Morgan Museum, Museum of Moving Image, Brooklyn Museum * Outdoors - Ice Skating in Central Park, Manhattan Wonde …