March 2008, New Moon  The Moving News Welcome Back! February was so bizzy that I didn't have a chance to send out the FULL COLD MOON news. So, here we are at New Moon and it's already March. I hope you all made it through Cabin Fever. In between buzzing here and there in the snow, sleet and rain, I was fantasizing about laying on a lovely-large-hot-dry-canyon rock in the Sonoran Desert! Aaaahhhh!! Maybe later, another day. For now, there is a lot here I want to share with you. So...take your time going through this...take a peek first at all the "rooms" below.....and thank you for letting me know... you are out there reading, listening and enjoying the show...i mean.....news. (couldn't fight the rhyme) It was exciting and sometimes shocking to bump into some of you and have you mention the newsletter, in CyberWorld it sometimes feels as though it's just me and the screen...it's nice to be surprised.....to know you are also out there...... reaching out of the knot, to connect, creature to creature.... Injoy....... Recent Performances Review of MoCA show worth mentioning...... This past month I had the joy and honor of performing at the Dance Flurry Festival in Saratoga Springs again and with a soul path mentor, teacher and confidante....Dianne Walker...at Mass MoCA in North Adams. The Dance Flurry was wonderful and crazy. So many dancers, so many dances, so much music...wow. I performed with musical conversationalists and friends, Mike Fahn on valve trombone and Brian Bender, on piano as part of the Percussive Dance Festival. I was falling in love with the other percussive forms such as Sean Nos, a traditional old style irish step performed by Kieran Jordan and with the QUEBECOIS STEP DANCING of Papillon. In my piece, we experimented with some musical (and movement) ideas and given that the floor didn't sound as good as I would have liked, we were able to really create an engaging atomosphere with the taps and the tones shared. Click on the TICKETS button to be sent to YouTube to view a video of this performance. There is a glitch at the end of the video that we need to iron out, so stay tuned for the fixed version. Let me know what you think of it! Overall, It did feel really great to be there. Mike and I taught a Rhythm Tap workshop the next day that was very well received and we had a blast. The photo to the right above is from the TAPDANZ INC. performance of DIANNE WALKER & FRIENDS. from FEB 23 at Mass Moca in the Hunter Center. What a blessing and a challenge to be a part of this production. Dianne is truly a soul sister and a gifted teacher. It's not about the steps anymore... (Even though i really needed some help with the BS Chorus.....thank you CLAUDIA!!!)..it so much about the soul. life. lessons go deeper than the sole. I shared the stage with some amazing, devoted dancers......all living this path as well. The lessons from this will continue for quite some time. I appeared onstage with Mike Fahn, Aimee Gelinas and Marafanyi Percussion. Quite an eclectic mix. We experimented with some thematic and musical ideas, though this time the commuications were a bit skewed hypnotic.....such is the risk one takes when they take such risks....let's just say The Trickster was in The House. Stay tuned for a video of this to come out soon. ...click on the link below the photo to be sent to a review about the show, a review which failed to include me ...as my piece included unlisted musicians and so on.....but as you'll see the support came through and the writer apologized to me for the lack of space and insight to mention my work. What a ride it's been in representing myself, my vision and the muse at large. Best to enjoy it as much as possible. I am learning. Click on Listen to hear a track from collaborator Mike Fahn's new beautiful CD, East&West Hoop Revolution email me to join us in Hooping MASS HOOPS ....the pioneers of hooping in the Berkshires have shown themselves... we are meeting bi-weekly on late Sunday mornings (so far) to hoop together. There has already been some hooping talent surfacing and some peaceful hooping love exchanged... Last time we hooped to Brian Bender's CD EYN VELT, click on listen to hear one of the tracks. Next meeting is this Sunday the 9th at 10-11am at The Lenox Community Center, 65 Walker St. in downtown Lenox. Contact me for more info if you are interested...click on the photo link. remember, I sell Hoops, so if you want one....call me up. and be on the lookout, there is young-woman named Colleen that will be my assistant with all the hooping hype in the coming seasons....a master in the making.....a promising outlook. Free Gyrotonic Info sessions and Demos click here for more info on Gyrotonic feelin' stiff? a good cure for cabin fever is...Gyrotonic! I am hosting a few Free Demos and Info Sessions at the Gyrotonic studio in Lenox with Ming Lash, another certified instructor and movement therapist. Anyone who is interested in learning more about this super stretching, strengthening, grace-giving...system...please register to come to one of these: Saturday March 22 10-11am. Monday March 24th 5:30-6:30 Please call the studio to let us know that you are coming.....413-637-0106 Kinesphere Studio is located at 17 Franklin St in downtown Lenox. Wading Silver Swimmers Website in the Silver depths..... here is a picture from a Silver Swimmers USA gig in CT....... we are resting up for a full performance season beginning this Spring. ..if you are interested in including the Swimmers in any of your celebrations or have ideas for festivals we can be a part of (that we may not know about) please get in touch....as for Swimmer news.... swimmer Lita just got back from a winter stint in Nicaragua studying permaculture and enjoying the ylang-ylang! .........keep moving in tune to the deepest depths of your being.... Rhythm Tap Workshops with Live Music More of Aimee on the net Tomorrow! Sunday 12-3p in North Adams at NORTHERN BERKSHIRES CREATIVE ARTS with percussionist/vocalist Aimee Gelinas, from Gaia Roots and Sifer.  Aimee is devoted to the beat and to the passionate expression of it, a wonderful partner in creation. {We got snowed out last weekend, so we had to reschedule for Sunday..as the short notice.} A long-time collaborator, Aimee, will be joining me in this tap workshop with her live musical accompaniment and conversation. For all ages and levels of tap enthusiast. We will start with some projected videos and then warm-ups, grooves, moves, patterns and improv. contact NBCA to register...hurrry!!!! 15 State Street, Bldg. 1 Heritage State Park North Adams, MA 01247 ph. 413-663-8338 rdewitt@nbcreativearts.org Stay tuned also for another rhythm tap workshop at BERKSHIRE PULSE in Housatonic, where I will be joined by multi-instrumentalist and composer, Nana Simopoulos. Nana plays sitar, bizouki, didgeridoo, and shares a multitude of electronica creations. Click on Listen to hear her song, Siva's Moon Dance from her CD Daughters of the Sun. Nana is a vast resource of experience, wisdom and creative energy. ...onward into Spring.... Stay At Topia Inn Yes, pay here. as the price of our dependence on foreign fossil fuel goes up, our biodiversity goes down, and the deserts within the great depths of the ocean s p r e a d and the temperatures shift.....as we spin slowly into Spring. so, stay in tune, stay in touch. the reoccuring themes? MOVEMENT, Balance, Communication. general closing info on my human-doings: ....working on Miracle Pusher, planning a few long distance excursions that I will tell you about later, living at the lovely ever-surreal eco TOPIA INN, studying new "steps" with Pam Raff at Mt. Holyoke College and soon in Boston, jamming with Boston dancers when I can, connecting to Northampton again weekly, working with my CATA tap crews, preparing the Pittsfield tap crew in the creation of a new rhythm piece, waiting to here back about a grant for new shoes and tech. support, building visions for the AS MEDICINE SHOW, going back into the studio with Rose for Sole Force, prepping to learn a mystical qigong form with healing artist Dawn Meltzer....and of course finding time to chill with kindred spirits, loving friends, and family. I am sure there is something I am forgetting to tell you...but that's okay..i'll wrap up the rambling...........oh yeah...i sleep and like to cook too. ;-} shine on, Stefanie* Creatures of Habitat · PO Box 3094 · Pittsfield · MA · 01202 subscribe    •     unsubscribe    •     send to a friend    •     preferences    •     report spam