DESCRIPTION

“Treasure. Investigating the moving body as we make our way through the waves, what richness does each rhythm reveal? 

We turn over the earth to find our roots, perhaps finding a spark of connection beyond ourselves.We move into the waters of chaos, dissolving, rearranging, then emerging in lyrical, set free and perhaps inspired. Stillness might offer us a tincture of peace to fortify the spirit and bless us with a feeling of connection to all things. 

These are my words but what will your travels reveal? 

What treasures live in the map of your body? 

Looking forward to returning to South London with a backpack filled with music and poetry.”

ABOUT LIZ

I'm an artist/dj/cleaner/mother/friend/restless spirit.

I am grateful for this practice that holds us together as we fall apart, over and over and over. 

I value tenderness, humour and time to create. 

I find all this and more when moving through the waves of our practice, on and off the dance floor.  

I'll be travelling from my rural home in the north of Yorkshire, bringing the wide open skies and empty space of the moorlands as my offering to us all for our dances of gratitude, celebration and appreciation. 

I am delighted to be invited and I look forward to being with all the different shapes of you. 

ABOUT THE 5RHYTHMS

Created by Gabrielle Roth and practiced by tens of thousands worldwide, 5Rhythms is a philosophy, perspective, performance art and a 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, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free.

Creativity. Connection. Community.

https://www.5rhythms.com

THE VENUE

St John’s is a huge stunning gothic revival church, with great acoustics, mixed wood and tiled floor. There’s plenty of space to dance so you can avoid the tiled areas if you wish. 

GETTING HERE

Crystal Palace is the closest train station, around 7 minutes away on foot. The 410 bus route passes by. There is a free car park at the church and plentiful onstreet parking available nearby. We will be using the front entrance, facing Auckland Road. If you arrive early please wait in the vestibule whilst we are setting up inside. 

TIMES

7:30pm Doors open

7:45pm Doors close

7:30-9:15pm DANCE

9:30pm Leaving time

DOOR PRICE - CASH ONLY PLEASE

Community: £20*

Regular: £18

Low income: £15

Concession: £12

*Funds bursary places for those experiencing difficulties

ADVANCE PAYMENT

Electronic payment is very welcome, via PayPal dance@thiswayup.info (Friends and Family option please). Or message for bank transfer details. We offer a 10-25% discount on block booking - please do get in touch for more info.

DANCE SPACE ETIQUETTE

We come together to practice 5Rhythms.

We are drug- and alcohol-free.

We are adults responsible for our own wellbeing.

We are aware of and respect each others’ bodies and boundaries.

We touch only with mutual consent.

We embrace diversity.

We dance barefoot, in grippy socks or soft dance shoes.

We avoid synthetic perfumes.

We turn our phones off.

We do not take photos/video or use Shazam.

We communicate using movement not words.

We participate, we do not spectate.

We take the journey together and stay until the end.

SOUTH LONDON DANCE COMMUNITY

This dance forms part of an ongoing series. Please join our Facebook group for regular updates: https://www.facebook.com/groups/southlondondancecommunity

And our WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/H8DcvvBgAdPDLO3Be5mLdV

COVER IMAGE 

Painting by Liz Collier