Dance Camp

Be part of a very special weekend out on Taungurung Country, 1.5 hrs out of Melbourne.

Dance Camps are a, intimate space for you to slow down, listen to your body and the body of the land. Connect with yourself and connect with Country.

This weekend is an invitation to explore what decolonising your own dance and own body feels like. 

Jem will be offering Wayapa & Deep Listening Practices. As well as circling us up to talk about how our connection to body and place has been colonised and how we can restore balance.

Jem Stone is a First Nations Woman, Educator and Wellness Practitioner who is passionately integrating traditional wisdom into education and wellness spaces through connection and decolonised learning methods. Working in the wellness industry for over twenty years, Jem arrived in healing spaces through her own personal healing journey and continues to walk her healing path and dedicates much of her time learning from Elders and other cultural teachers. Wayapa® Wuurrk is first internationally accredited Aboriginal wellness modality, an earth connection practice that is based on ancient Indigenous wisdom that focuses on taking care of the Earth as the starting point for creating Earth Mind Body Spirit well-being. Wayapa translates to ‘Connection’, Wuurrk translates to “Earth”.

Rivka will be offering Ecosomatic Movement and Dance that brings us into deeper relationship with the body/nature connection

At 19, Rivka Honeybee Worth was thrown into facilitating community dance for young people with disabilities and in her 50's, She continues to enjoy supporting a broad diversity of people to move and express freely in their bodies. "My teaching has moved thousands of different people in health, justice, education, arts, remote and environmental settings. Dance floors range from inner city halls, leafy forest beds, community gymnasiums to red desert earth. My qualifications include three decades of community dance leadership, including BA Dance Uni SA, Certified 5Rhythms® teacher & Certified The 360 Emergence facilitator, Somatic Movement Educator, (BMC) Certified The Work that Reconnects Facilitator & Futuring Trainer. I have worked extensively in Community Dance, Community Cultural Development, Improvisation Practice, Somatic Practice and as a professional Choreographer, Artistic Director and Production Manager. I specialise in Ecosomatics and in Ceremonial Dance, where sacred connection and transformation are individually and collectively embodied. I focus on cultivating a symbiotic relationship with Nature through Eco Soma™, Ecosomatic practice."

2 Nights camping outdoors, bush loo, bush shower. Bring your own camping equipment, tent, bedding etc

If camping is not for you, you can book your own accommodation nearby and travel in and out of the workshop

Wholesome catering is provided. We ask you to assist with washing dishes and collecting water

Arrive 4pm Fri 2 May

Depart 4pm 4 May