wild goose chase dance/the landing and New York Dance Therapy NYDanceTherapy.com hosted the first Authentic Movement Retreat at the landing with seven women from the New England/New York area. After two choreographic residencies at the landing, this is the first retreat and – what a ride. As Nancy described it: a roller coaster ride to lightness!

I do love this photo. You can see all of us and – reflected in the window to the left – the space where we engaged in practice.

For those of you who are not familiar with Authentic Movement, here is a description from Suzanne:

Based on the principles of Freudian free association and Jungian active imagination, Authentic Movement is the ritual of tending to, responding from, and acting on one’s genuine movement impulses. It is a powerful way of bringing unconscious psychological material into known consciousness in the presence of a witness, allowing one to truly be in the present moment. This process of moving in the presence of another offers opportunities for a greater understanding of one’s own creative potential while directly addressing a basic human conflict between the desire and fear of being seen.