Hello,
In this Post you’ll find more information about the InspirationNation Project
Website and
Blog and the MoveSpiration
Event
My goal in creating all of this, is to share my biggest inspirations in Dance and Movement of the past few years with you.
In a fit of inspiration and joy, because I received confirmation of
both of my ‘GrandMasters’ for the Event a few days ago, I believe I have
finished the complete concept for
MoveSpiration in one go.
All that on one coffee :)
Speaking of which, this is a bit of a longer update, so do be sure to grab a coffee (or tea) and read with me..
Cheers!
WHAT am I doing?
As said above, the goal of creating this concept/weekend/website/event (aka
InspirationNation)
is to be able to share with you my biggest discoveries, deepest
learnings and greatest inspirations of the past few years, in life,
dance and movement.
Next to having a place to share with you my favorite
forest walking pictures, movement and dance related
blogs, articles, and
books, I wanted to create something that gives you the EXPERIENCE of movement change and deepening your dancing.
In short, the things I want to share in this weekend (
26-27th of August 2017)
are those that have been helping me get the most out of my dance
practice in the past year, and they have me so motivated I am able to
churn out pages of information like there is no tomorrow.
All of this comes together with the recent news that my favorite
dance space, Studio Sarossy in Würselen, is staying open for at least
one more year, so it feels like NOW is the time to create something
special.
I am pouring all of this in the practical shape of a short (2-day)
Movement and Dance intensive, featuring guest classes/workshops from my 2 absolute favorite teachers and Masters in life,
Constanze Janssen and
Master Chae,
to hopefully give you a ‘feel’ for how much a change of movement
patterns, being ‘in the presence of Great’ and concentrated bouts of
short, focused practice can do.
It is my wish that taking part in this
MoveSpiration weekend will leave you with inspiration, joy of movement, and a buttload of ideas for dances for years to come.
WHY am I doing this?
As some of you might know, the
past few years
(and 2013-2015 especially) have been quite difficult ones for me, as I
had been gradually struggling more and more with an old (pre-dance)
pelvis injury, which messed with my general body alignment and had me
stuck in all kinds of chronic neck-, back- , hip- and shoulder pain.
This made it much more difficult to dance, teach, and find daily
motivation, and the daily struggles sapped my confidence as a dancer and
instructor.
Going on a conscious queeste to educate and ‘help myself’, as well as being lucky enough to ‘roll into’ Monika Volkmars
Dance Stronger program test group last summer (2015) kicked off a chain of hope-giving transformations and discoveries.
In those few weeks I learned tools and simple exercises which helped me
improve my ‘body map’, and I was able to reset/optimize some of my basic
movement patterns, which in turn freed up all kinds of lost ranges of
movement, and it rendered me
pain-free, even to this day. Just by breathing, moving, and thinking differently. I was amazed it could be this simple.
All of this freed me mentally (and physically) to carefully try out
different dance and movement arts (amongst others: started taking
modern/floor barre classes with
Constanze and, after years of dreaming of it, an actual Martial Arts class (with a resident Korean Grand Master in
TaeKwanDo no less :))
While I started to feel better about dance and life in general, I
also got outside of the appartment more often, and in doing so I
discovered two beautiful little mini-
forests, right here in the middle of
Eschweiler and in
Würselen
(the town of the studio) where I can run, bike, hop, or walk, and I
occasionally take my cameraphone with me to share the gorgeous views.
WHY include Martial Arts?
Because Master Chae is totally awesome. I have learned so, so much
from him in such a short time. Martial Arts gives you a way to discover
movement practise outside of the pressures of dance, and it can make
SUCH a difference.
Also, this blog post sums up my feelings on mixing martial arts and dance:
http://movespiration.blogspot.de/2016/10/beauty-of-martial-arts.html
What does this all MEAN?
Right now, I am feeling so inspired and thankful, that I feel I HAVE
to share all I have learned and discovered with as many dancers as
possible, aka with you.
So.. Long story short. It is time for some
MoveSpiration.
MoveSpiration, is it for YOU?
Yes, yes it is. If you are a dancer, and/or a human, and open to
movement exploration you will, hopefully, get something out of this.
So, where is the actual EVENT INFO? And where can I SIGN UP? :)
I have created a special ‘
Pre-Enrollment‘
page, where you can read all about the teachers (more details will be
added in the coming days), the concept, the timings, and even the full
day plannings.
The price for the full weekend (10+ hours of classes) will be 185 Euros
To give you the chance to reserve a spot at MoveSpiration without having
to pay right away, you can pre-sign up now via this page and pay later
(either the full amount in January 2017, or 85 Euros in January and the
rest at a later date)
This also gives you a chance to use a
Khalida Dance Gift Voucher for the enrollment, should you happen to get one for Christmas/your birthday/a special occasion by that date.
It also gives ME the chance to see whether we can have the event take
place, as we will need a minimum of about 5 participants to officially
make it happen.
So.. here you go:
www.inspirationnation.de/pre-enroll
WHAT NOW?
I will be awaiting your questions, and maybe biting my nails, for the rest of the coming days/weeks :)
Please feel free to ask me ANYTHING about this event, I will use the
answers/info to complete the website. After January 1st all
pre-enrollments will be changed to actual enrollments, and you will
receive the payment information email (like for other ‘normal’
events that I host)
Please also feel free to forward this email to anyone you think might be up for sharing the experience with you/me/us.
The more participants, the bigger the inspirational stream!
Thank you for reading all of this, and thank you again for your interest!
Big huge (giant oak tree) hugs,
xxx Kim/Khalida
www.inspirationnation.de
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| The Oak, my Friend. |
PS: A ‘normal’ Khalida Dance newsletter update with details on all
Dance Events for the coming weeks/months will be sent out soon – you can sign up for it via
This Link (MailChimp)
Weblinks (ALL the weblinks :))
MoveSpiration Pre-Enrollment page:
inspirationnation.de/pre-enrollment
MoveSpiration FB Event page:
facebook.com/events/1220700034671424
InspirationNation Forest Pictures:
www.inspirationnation.de/forest
MoveSpiration Blog:
movespiration.blogspot.com
InspirationNation FB page:
facebook.com/movespirationnation
InspirationNation Instagram account:
instagram.com/inspi_nation
Follow InspirationNation on Twitter:
twitter.com/Inspi_Nation
Cheers for now,
Team MoveSpiration <3
www.inspirationnation.de
