Today was our 99th Reconnect class of 2020. In Reconnect, we believe you get a gold star just for showing up – we all deserve huge gold stars for making it through this year, and our dancers get another one for continuing to dance and stay connected to each other. I do Kaiut Yoga three […]
ADAPT with Art as Action & awaken your creative spirit
Throughout the pandemic, Art as Action has continued to create & collaborate, gathering online to delve deeper into our 2020 theme: “ADAPT.” The dates for our planned show have come & gone – but we still want to share our ongoing creative explorations with you! Become a subscriber today & receive exclusive new Art as Action creations directly in your […]
dance keeps us together
Celebrate our Reconnect Dancers from Home Join us to celebrate the Reconnect with your Body program and the remarkable dancers who are its heart and soul. This annual event is a way for friends and family to experience Reconnect firsthand – this year, that means dancing with each other over Zoom from the safety of […]
what remains true (a letter from Sarah)
After I was injured in 2009, I barely danced for two years. I didn’t even want to watch a dance performance. I felt so heartbroken, so betrayed by my body. The only path forward I could see was for dance – the love of my life – to cease to exist (which was pretty difficult […]
Dance as meditation
Inhale the music; exhale the worry Inhale positivity; exhale stress Inhale gratitude; exhale anxiety Inhale the cha cha; exhale tension Inhale the musical brilliance of Dave Brubeck; exhale the politics and politicians Inhale community; exhale negativity Inhale heartwarming connection; exhale fear Inhale dance One thing that’s keeping me going right now is the Reconnect with […]
taking care of our community
To ensure the safety of our dancers and do our part for community health and well-being, Art as Action will be suspending in-person Reconnect with your Body classes until we feel it is safe to return. In times of turbulence where anxiety and fear are impossible to escape, dance provides us with an outlet to express […]
join our movement
Thank you to everyone who attended the moving project! It was an amazing weekend of performances – so many moving moments on stage and off. Every performer needs an audience – witnesses to our stories and supporters of our creations. We are so grateful you took time out of your life to come to our show and allow yourself […]
how do you move through the world?
Last Sunday we did a full show run through, and our lighting designer Jenna saw the show for the first time. After the final bow, she described the experience as “it warms the soul.” Our past two shows, liturgy for turbulent times (2017) and (in)VISIBLE (2018) asked a lot of audiences – they were full of heavier topics like loss, spirituality and […]
celebrating 8 years of Reconnect with your Body
September is always an exciting month in Artivist-land. The Artivist Process and rehearsals start ramping up as we move toward our November show. Parkinson Association of the Rockies has its annual e3 Conference, which we present at every year. This year, we’ve been invited to perform at the Dancing with the Broomfield Stars event on September 26. […]
how movement becomes visual art becomes representation
Our physically integrative dance company has a brand new logo! Calling it a “logo” feels insufficient – it is truly a work of art, created lovingly by California artist Kathryn Bishop. Kathryn’s greatest inspiration for her abstract, minimalist figures is movement – the process of creating this piece was a beautiful collaborative dance between Kathryn and, me, […]