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Living Arts Dancewaves

We have weekly and monthly dancewaves along with special events around the Triangle.

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Dances take place monthly along with regular workshops.

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The monthly Living Arts Dancewave + Community Drum

The monthly Living Arts Dancewave + Community Drum Circle in Hillsborough River Park, begins again!!!
This season runs from March - November (every last Friday of the month)
Welcoming the Spring Season, together, in Nature! 🌱
Join the Living Arts Collective next Friday March 31st 6pm for the Living Arts Dancewave + Community Drum Circle + Family ART area + Food by Vegan Flava in Hillsborough River Park!
In collaboration with the Hillsborough Arts Council.
All ages are welcome, especially elders and children. Whatever your experience or comfort level is with dancing, drumming and art, this is your opportunity to move, dance, be in nature, relax and create as you wish within an intergenerational community space.
*Please note: We have a goal for this event to be FREE to the public to encourage accessibility for all. Since our supplemental funding recently changed, Please donate to the Artists Fund as you are able. Thank you!
Drum | Dance | Paint & Play | Connection in Nature | All Ages | Family Friendly
Flow of the Event:
6:00 - 7:00 PM Community Drumming
7:30 - 9:00 PM: Living Arts Dancewave
+ Family Art Area
+ Nourishing Food by Vegan Flava Cafe!
River Park: 228 S Churton St, Hillsborough, NC 27278 In collaboration with Hillsborough Arts Council and Drumming for Wellness NC!
what to bring? A drum, chair and a friend.
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Celebrating Spring Equinox 🌱with community. M

Celebrating Spring Equinox 🌱with community.
May this Spring be a time of renewal. Just as we “Spring Clean” our homes, it is also a time to cleanse our bodies. Letting go of the heavy, slowness of winter, Spring brings a bright vibrancy or buoyancy to our lives. We want to get out there and Emerge and Begin in this new cycle, like our plant and tree friends put out their tender new leaves, a vibrant green.
Sunday (tomorrow) we have a full day of emergence and community care. Here is the flow of the day:
- LAC Song Circle (10:10am)*
- Practice Space w/ Aubrü
- Living Artś Danćewavé (11:33am)
- Lunch
- Afro-Cuban Dance with Vladimir Espinosa @batajazz (3-4:30pm) in collab with @africaunpluggedmusic
*We will orient the song circle around the equinox bringing songs that are themed around spring/new beginnings. Loosely, of course, so that people can still feel free to bring whatever songs they are feeling in the moment.

See you this evening at the Living Room Open Mic a

See you this evening at the Living Room Open Mic at LAC *downstairs lobby
Event 7-10pm
Doors open 6:45pm
*Given the fact, we just got back from Miami, common coop and homebucha will not be serving this time. ***You are welcome to bring your own snacks or even better, bring food share ;-)***
We will have soup 🍲

Today (this sunday) 2/12/23 🌱🍃 Lïvïng Arts

Today (this sunday) 2/12/23 🌱🍃
Lïvïng Arts Dancëwave:
• 10:10am Heart Medicine Song Circle
• 11:11am Practice Space
• 11:33 am Dancewave Opening Circle  DJ: Laura
Location: 410 West Geer St Durham, NC  
LAC Song Circle co-facilitated by LAC crü
• Practice Space ~ Drop in and warm up at 11:11AM.
Additional Indoor Dance Space Offerings:
• Seasonal Altar: Embracing the OUSIA wheel of nature's cycles. You are invited to bring an offering to the shared altar co-built.
• CARE TO SHARE Table: You are invited to bring something of value that you may no longer need and and take home something that you’d enjoy.
ABOUT THE DANCEWAVE: Living Arts Dancewaves strives to create an inclusive space for people to move freely and express themselves creatively. Participants may experience the euphoria of music, rhythm, and connection with themselves, others, and their environment.
Over the course of 90 minutes, live and/ or curated music is woven together in a wave format- starting slow, building to a peak, and then returning to silence.
Dancewaves are a versatile activity that is inclusive of all ages, physical bodies, cultural backgrounds, identities, and dance abilities. We strive to create a space that is welcoming to all.
We are an intentional, radically-inclusive, LGBTQ+, multiracial, and multicultural community for healing and wellness through movement.

Afro-Cuban dance with Vladimir Espinosa. Don't mi

Afro-Cuban dance with Vladimir Espinosa. Don't miss out on this great experience with an amazing teacher! See more about Vladimir below.
Sunday, Mar 19 · 3–4:30 PM!!!!
Price: 12/students and seniors in advance. $15 at the door regular tix are $15 in advance $20 at the door.
Tickets link in bio
Location: 410 West Geer St. Durham, NC 27701
Vladimir Espinosa is a musician, actor, and choreographer born in Havana, Cuba, in 1964. He is currently an instructor of Latin Percussion, Afro-Cuban Dance, and Musician-accompanist in residence at Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia. His specialties include Latin and Afro-Cuban music, contemporary Latin and Afro-Cuban Folkloric Dance, and traditional African Diaspora rhythms. Vladimir graduated from the ENA (School National of Arts, Cuba) in 1985. He also studied with the National Folkloric de Cuba with Regino Jimenes and Pelladito; both having taught at the ENA. After graduating, Vladimir began teaching at the Arts School in Jiguani, Granma, Cuba and at the Casa De Cultural in Havana and many more..Vladimir has also performed Afro-Cuban traditional rhythms and dance with Las Manos Del Sol (US) and the Roanoke Ballet Theatre (US).
As a performer, he has traveled extensively though out the US, Europe, and Central and South America. In 1994, he moved to Ecuador and played with many groups, such as Pueblo Nuevo (Ecuador), Havana Express (Cuba), Savuka Son (Ecuador), and Koral y Esmeralda (Ecuador). He also toured the East Coast with Havana Express, and conducted workshops in a variety of high schools and universities. Currently, he is the Musical Director of the traditional Afro-Cuban group Las Manos del Sol and produces workshops in elementary and high schools as well as universities and performs in festivals, theaters, and museums. He also plays with Los Gatos and is currently touring in the US. Vladimir's most recent work includes a musical collaboration with Michel Ferre (pianist from Cuba and ex-member of Havana Express), where he recorded an acoustic Latin Jazz CD. Vladimir has also been a teacher and instructor for the American Dance Festival (Durham, NC) since 2005. (See full bio on website)

Refreshing energy emerging with Spring. Gratitude

Refreshing energy emerging with Spring. Gratitude for clear water flowing ♓️
Living Arts Dancewave @ LAC, Sunday, Mar 5th DJ Juni (@_juniper_rain_ )
10:10am Heart Medicine Song Circle
11:11am Practice Space
11:33 am Opening Circle  
Location: 410 West Geer St Durham, NC
💦May we protect these waters. Participate & support the work of @7directionsofservice & @walking_water_collective
📸 @danceyourmind

Living Arts Collective heads to Miami next weekend

Living Arts Collective heads to Miami next weekend for the @virginiakeygrassroots!!
We are bringing the Living Arts Dancewave DJ @xylem_phloem111 live accompaniment and facilitated by @danceyourmind, @bruroze & crü! Double Dutch with Shirley and Joyce!!
We are also collaboratively hosting the restorative Living Arts Tea Tent 🫖 in the Healing Arts Area.
(@granddaddylongleg , @bradstackhouse , @booozel , @danceyourmind , @bruroze , @paura, and crü)
You’re invited! ☀️🌊🦆
Check out our website to learn more or visit Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance online to learn more

Tomorrow (Sunday 2/26) 💫 Lïvïng Arts Dancëwa

Tomorrow (Sunday 2/26) 💫
Lïvïng Arts Dancëwave:
• 10:10am Heart Medicine Song Circle
• 11:11am Practice Space w/ Aubrü
• 11:33 am Dancewave Opening Circle  DJ: Gino!
Location: 410 West Geer St Durham, NC  
LAC Song Circle co-facilitated by LAC crü
• Practice Space with Aubrey & Brü
Drop in at 11:11AM. This is a lightly facilitated flow where we build the skills to unleash imagination within free-form movement, as we develop improvisation skills to enrich our individual and collective Dancewave experience. We will deepen our engagement with listening to the body, building awareness and trust through specific somatic and improvisational practice accompanied w/ live music. This is open to all levels and abilities, designed to support one’s journey on their embodied practice. Highly encouraged for those new to the Dancewave!
You are also welcome to arrive early and enjoy your own ritual and routine in the shared space.
Additional Indoor Dance Space Offerings:
• Seasonal Altar: Embracing the OUSIA wheel of nature's cycles. You are invited to bring an offering to the shared altar co-built.
• CARE TO SHARE Table: You are invited to bring something of value that you may no longer need and and take home something that you’d enjoy.
ABOUT THE DANCEWAVE: Living Arts Dancewaves strives to create an inclusive space for people to move freely and express themselves creatively. Participants may experience the euphoria of music, rhythm, and connection with themselves, others, and their environment.
Over the course of 90 minutes, live and/ or curated music is woven together in a wave format- starting slow, building to a peak, and then returning to silence.
Dancewaves are a versatile activity that is inclusive of all ages, physical bodies, cultural backgrounds, identities, and dance abilities. We strive to create a space that is welcoming to all.
We are an intentional, radically-inclusive, LGBTQ+, multiracial, and multicultural community for healing and wellness through movement.

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