The weekend of June 25-27 will be a magical time as the moon reaches fullness and we celebrate the Summer Solstice. Open your hands and heart as eyes connect and souls merge in the power of dance. This special time of gathering with guest dance leader Narayan will surely be a powerful experience for all.
| FRIDAY, JUNE 25 | |
|---|---|
| 7:00 - 10:00 PM | Dance Circle |
| SATURDAY, JUNE 26 | |
| 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Dance Circle |
| 12:30 - 4:30 PM | Break |
| 4:30 - 5:30 PM | Dinner |
| 5:30 - 9:30 PM | Dance Circle |
| SUNDAY, JUNE 27 | |
| 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Dance Circle |
All workshops will be held at the Fort Wayne Dance Collective Studios, 437 E. Berry St. Fort Wayne, IN 46802.
Full Weekend of Events:
- $100
Individual workshop fee
- $30
To register:
- Email us at info@fwdc.org
- Call (260) 424-6574, OR
- Complete the form below to reserve your spot. We will follow up shortly to collect payment.
Eric Narayan Waldman
Eric Narayan Waldman is a Senior Mentor in the MTG of the Dances of Universal Peace and a member of the Ruhaniat Society as well as founder of the Oneness Project, a Dance organization which promotes and enhances communities of people who “eat, dance and pray together.” Narayan’s style ranges from the sublime to the outrageous, but is always effective and inspiring. He has facilitated many events throughout the world including New Zealand, Alaska, Mexico, Guatemala, Italy and Russia, around themes as varied as “Surrendering to the One Within” to “On Being Streaky People”. (The Sunday school teacher asked, “If Good people are blue and Bad people are red what color would you be? Little Mary said, “Reverend, I’d be streaky!”) Engaging, humorous and charismatic, Narayan carries the joy of singing and dancing in praise of the Present, reminding anyone who’s listening that it’s useless to be anywhere else.
Related Links
- Dances of Universal Peace at the Fort Wayne Dance Collective
- A Firsthand Account of Dances of Universal Peace by Liz Monnier
We get a lot of people asking what the “collective” part of our name stands for. Sometimes it is confused, and people say “Fort Wayne Dance Collection”. Sometimes it’s “collecting”. And when they think “collective”, they think of something like the Borg Collective from Star Trek (well, I did, anyway).
The collective part of FWDC refers to a couple different parts. First, our management structure is in a collective style. Rather than a traditional nonprofit where there is an Executive Director and sub directors under her, all three of our directors reports directly to the board. And if there is a decision that would otherwise be made by an executive director, our three directors make it collectively, by consensus. There is only one other collective-style management nonprofit in town: the Center for Nonviolence. Our two organizations were founded around the same time, and have close ties, as many of the same people were involved in our inceptions.
There is also another element to the “collective” in our organization, and it’s in the way we teach and create art. The DC Dance Collective says it best at their FAQ page:
A Collective, like a traditional dance school, offers a full range of classes for dancers of all ages and all levels. The difference between a collective and a traditional dance school is that a collective provides support for the artists and their individual talents, rather than stringently setting rules and defining curriculums. A collective allows the instructors the freedom to relay their expertise to students in whatever way they see fit. Furthermore, a collective strives to include as many different dance styles from as many different cultures as possible. Students benefit by being able to choose from a wide range of classes taught by experienced instructors with differing styles and philosophies, which allows them to compare and contrast those styles and philosophies, and thereby form their own opinions, and grow as artists and individuals.
There you have it. We at the FWDC pride ourselves on the individual cultivation of a dancer, not as a cog in the choreography machine, but as a whole and innate creative individual. We have a focus on creative expression, democratic collaboration, and improvisation.
We hope you can come and be part of the collective! Our summer class schedule is up, and it’ll be starting at the end of June!
