As the seasons begin to turn, I’d like to give you a glimpse of three of my very special family events this summer … and then also give a few hints about what’s on the menu this fall!
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Adventures in Oz!
What an amazing journey I had with 8 of my grandnieces/nephews coming up with the Adventures in Oz – our mashup of The Wizard of Oz and Wicked … whose cast members happen to meet up with another surprisingly green character – Kermit the Frog! I have lots of other adventures coming up that I’d love to share with you below… you’ll find an online series, as well as live offerings in Philadelphia & Seattle. Hope we can dance our way into the fall together!
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Dancing Into the Woods
What do Little Red Riding Hood, Jack & the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, and Cinderella, have in common? They all come together for adventures in one musical entitled: Into the Woods! As you may have guessed, after my Bali trip earlier this summer, I headed to my family vacation in Michigan with all my grandnieces/nephews. We have a tradition of creating a video production each year, and despite our best efforts to go in a direction of simplicity, we ended up being totally enthralled with the intersection of beloved fairy tale characters all engaging in a complex & playful romp in the woods!
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Balinese Beauty
Blessings of summer! I hope you are having a refreshing and restorative season! I mentioned in my last missive that I was heading on pilgrimage to the magical island of Bali (in Indonesia.) What an amazing adventure in dance, spirit, and artistry! How blessed that my friend, Agnotti Cowie organized this immersion trip through InterPlay so we could create our own beauty as well as join in the dance, music, mask-making, & shadow puppetry of Bali.
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The Dancing Trinity
Happy Summer! I wanted to share that a couple weeks ago was Trinity Sunday, At my parish, Dcn. Steve Wodzanowski With Steve’s invitation, this was the perfect opportunity to bring Trinity to life in a joyous embodied way. I was able to invite two of my dancing friends from our Thea Bowman production to be part of a dancing trio with me. At Abbey of the Arts we have just completed the launch of our new Prayer Cycle!
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Dancing with Peter Pan
Aaargh and shiver me timbers! It’s been a whole summer since I’ve written to you! And during this season you can see that I had a powerful encounter with Captain Hook! As you may remember, it is part of my family tradition to create video productions with my grandnieces/nephews during our summer stay in Michigan together. This year brought forth the story of Peter Pan! What an amazing adventure to enter this story with 7 of my family little ones from 3-13 years old. Not only that, but seven of our adults also jumped in as pirates, plus a brother as videographer and sister as co-director. Woohoo!
I hope you, too, have had a chance to enter some revelry in the sweet gifts of summer! Please take a look at some of the adventures I have planned for the coming year … it would be so good to share some dancing time with you!
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