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Take advantage of the following Free Events:

Free Beginners Classes - Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th June 10.30 - 12 and 1.30-3pm at Te Whaea

Never danced tango before? Well, this is your chance to try it out for free, drag your friends along or come on your own, have a go, and hang around for the lunch-time milonga where you can try out your moves, and check out what the other dancers are doing. 

Free Lunch-time Milongas - Friday 26th, Saturday 27th and Sunday 228th June 12 - 1.30pm at Te Whaea

A great opportunity for beginners to try out what they have learnt in the classes, and to see more experienced dancers in action.

Feldenkrais Classes 

Give yourself a chance to recharge between workshops and learn to find more comfort, ease and responsiveness in your dancing. Elevate your movement awareness, find more internal support, and improve your self-organisation while moving in a deeply nourishing and restorative way.

Friday 26 June | 10.30am:

From your Feet to your Axis
What does it mean to use the ground for better movement control and energy?
Explore different ways of using your feet on the ground and allowing the ground forces to travel up into your axis of movement in the most efficient way. Clarify the concept of “projection” of your free leg/foot while using the power of the standing leg.

Saturday 27 June | 1:30pm:

From your Pelvis to your Torso / Dissociation
Your pelvis is the powerhouse of your movement. Clarify the relationship between the movement of your pelvis, your spine and your chest. Understand the dynamics of “dissociation” and how it can be created from your pelvis or from your chest. Find an easier, sequential motion all the way through your spine.

Sunday 28 June | 1:30pm:

Wrap-around / Embrace
Your embrace comes through all of you.  In this lesson, you'll explore connections between your shoulder blades, spine, ribs, neck, head, and arms to help you embrace more fully and sensitively.  You physically connect with your partner through your upper body, so awareness of this whole area, and how it relates to your feet, is key to the quality of your embrace - and therefore your dance.

  1. To secure your spot, please REGISTER for the class you’d love to take in advance. You don’t need to pay when you register.

  2. If you hold a full Festival Pass, all three Feldenkrais classes are FREE

  3. If you don’t have the Festival Pass, but have registered for the class, the fee is $15/class, taken at the door.

  4. If you don’t have the Festival Pass and haven’t registered, the fee is $20/class, taken at the door

  5. Mats are provided; please wear comfortable clothing for ease of movement, and possibly layers to adjust to the temperature in the room.

Taoist Tai Chi™ - Friday 26th June and Saturday 27th June at lunchtime

“Have A Go’ Sessions"
Take Control of your health and gain resilience with Taoist Tai ChiTM practice.
Cultivate stillness, strength, flexibility and balance

These sessions will run on Friday and Saturday lunchtime in the back room

website: taoisttaichi.org