Dancing Our Inner and Outer Landscapes
Dancing Our Inner and Outer Landscapes
"We often forget that we are nature. Nature is not something separate from us.
So when we say we have lost our connection to nature,
we've lost connection to ourselves." -- Andy Goldsworthy
At Coast Miwok Land/ Pt. Reyes, CA
Participants: Andreas, Madrone, Dani, Matloub, Anni, Lisa, Tanja, Shelley
Photos: Joy Cosculluela
Participants: Andreas, Madrone, Dani, Matloub, Anni, Lisa, Tanja, Shelley
Photos: Joy Cosculluela
At Ramaytush Ohlone Land/ Redwood City, Ca (King's Grove)
Participants: Sue, Paul, Shelley, Beth, Tanja, Andreas, Matloub, Paul
Photos: Joy Cosculluela
Participants: Sue, Paul, Shelley, Beth, Tanja, Andreas, Matloub, Paul
Photos: Joy Cosculluela
Studio Practice: movement, art, images, and objects
Symbols and embodied responses to:
Re-membering & Re-imagining our ancestral bodies
Symbols and embodied responses to:
Re-membering & Re-imagining our ancestral bodies
Supporting our internal, inter-personal, elemental bodies:
Becoming rock, root, flower, fruit, shell
Attending to our Eco-system
Playing with and expressing spatial relationships
through solo and collaborative practice
Opening to the unknown, listening and responding to what's emerging in between
What students say:
"What if you stepped into the middle of the stage and had no idea what to do next? Joy's coaching is to bring it back to the question: Why do you want to perform? What is the essence that you want to bring forward that is hidden now? Joy's classes gives that space to express ideas and personal stories in an improvised way, bringing to the foreground what is most present to the individual and also to the group dynamic." --- Tanja
"A facilitator/ teacher/ performer/ choreographer/ guide of the expressive arts. Coming from her personal and collective experience, drawn from her commitment to the creative process, Joy has a beautiful way of helping one search for what needs to be seen/ shown in life. Using thought, movement, expressive arts activities to help us find what's potent, our creative body resources, our themes." --- Paul
"Joy has a deep commitment to the somatic approach of creating. It is reflected in her guidance during warm-ups, movement scores, and in the shape each meeting takes. When we came together in discussion, whether it was to share thoughts, feelings, concerns or insights, I was impressed with her skill to listen and receive with sensitivity and then to respond in an embodied and heartfelt way." --- Anne Marie
"Joy's passion, curiosity, mindfulness, and intuition inspired me to explore in new ways, both supportive and revelatory. Joy's powerful presence in the creative process pulls forth meaning and movement, many layers deeper than one thought possible, a gift to experience." --- Andrea