Yoga with Anthony

Today when I went to Barbara Benagh's yoga class at Down Under Yoga, Anthony was tagging along. A good friend of mine asked him if he was taking class too and he looked at me and said, "Yes!" He insisted on waiting for Barbara to see if it was OK for him to join in and when she gave him the OK, he settled onto a mat between Carolyn and I and there started his yoga journey.

It was a wonderful , blissful experience taking yoga with Antony and although the class was a deep, internally based class, he stuck it out and I could tell he felt so much.

No he may not go every time, but maybe he will...it is addicting and I know he enjoyed Barbara's teaching.

After class, he said to me that yoga was kind of like starting a church. If you felt you wanted to teach people about the type of yoga that you liked, that you could open your own studio and then people could come to you and you could tech them how to feel yoga the way you wanted them to feel it.

It was a very enlightening  and spiritual thing for him to say. He gets it!

Summer Youth Dance Classes with Eve Agush

1. Southshore Ballet Theatre: Flamenco and Yoga
2. Carol Schneider Sereda's Children's Dance Theater: Tap (I will also be teaching children's tap and yoga here in the fall).
3. Northeast School of  Ballet: Flamenco

Sunday Musings

1. The best thing about kid's yoga is that it helps children create a space inside themselves where they can go to by with themselves.
2. Children's learn better through rich details often not given in adult classes.
3. Sometimes I think my mouth is a better flamenco dancer than I am because of my infinite ability to describe movement and sensation, but last night in my dream, my body did everything my mouth can do and more.
4. A good way to teach children to stay in their spots while dancing (and to not move closer to/farther from the mirror) is to tell them, "Watch yourself and make sure you are not getting larger/or smaller".
5. Besitos are a little flamenco sugar!
6. There are so many deep seated connections between the flamenco body and the yoga body.

Free Fun Fridays 2011 Schedule

Free Fun Fridays 2011 Schedule

The Highland Street Foundation will be offering its Free Fun Fridays program again this year. Starting July 1st four different cultural attractions across Massachusetts will provide free admission each Friday throughout the summer. In all 36 diffrent attractions will be open for free this summer! Visit www.highlandstreet.org for more information.

Friday July 1^st

Museum of Fine Arts            

465 Huntington Ave – Boston

Buttonwood Park Zoo

425 Hawthorn Street – New Bedford

Edward Gorey House

8 Strawberry Lane – Yarmouth Port

Heritage Museums & Gardens

67 Grove Street-Sandwich

Friday July 8^th

Plimoth Plantation                

137 Warren Ave – Plymouth 

Worcester Art Museum

55 Salisbury Street – Worcester

Cape Cod Museum of Art

60 Hope Lane – Dennis

New England Historic Genealogical Society

101 Newbury Street – Boston

Friday July 15^th

Museum of Science              

1 Science Park – Boston

Higgins Armory Museum

100 Barber Avenue # 11- Worcester

Discovery Museums                          

177 Main Street – Acton

Garden in the Woods

180 Hemenway Road – Framingham

Friday July 22^rd

Franklin Park Zoo                 

1 Franklin Park Rd – Dorchester

The Sports Museum

TD Garden – 100 Legends Way – Boston

Norman Rockwell Museum

9 Route 183-Stockbridge

Peabody Essex Museum       

161 Essex St – Salem

Friday July 29^th

Boston Children’s Museum

308 Congress St – Boston         

American Textile Museum

491 Dutton Street – Lowell

New Bedford Whaling Museum

18 Johnny Cake Hill – New Bedford

Shakespeare on the Common

Boston Common- Boston

Friday August 5^th

Institute of Contemporary Art 

100 Northern Ave – Boston

Cape Cod Children’s Museum

577 Great Neck Road South – Mashpee

Springfield Museums

21 Edwards Street-Springfield

Concord Museum

53 Cambridge Turnpike – Concord

Friday August 12^th

JFK Presidential Library & Museum

Columbia Point – Boston

Arnold Arboretum

125 Arborway-Jamaica Plain

Tanglewood (BSO)

297 West Street-Lenox

Stone Zoo

149 Pond Street – Stoneham

Friday August 19^th

Boston Harbor Island Alliance 

Free ferry transportation to the Harbor Islands

408 Atlantic Ave – Boston

Children’s Museum in Easton

9 Sullivan Avenue-Easton

USS Constitution Museum

22 Charlestown Navy Yard – Charlestown

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

1000 West Columbus Ave – Springfield

Friday August 26^th

Old Sturbridge Village                                                                                                 

1 Old Sturbridge Village Rd – Sturbridge

New Repertory Theatre

321 Arsenal Street-Watertown

Berkshire Museum

39 South Street – Pittsfield

EcoTarium

222 Harrington Way – Worcester

Dos Breves: Two Short Sessions Celebrating the Music of Spain

                    DOS BREVES

   Two Short Sessions Celebrating the Music of Spain

 Presented by the Boston Arts Consort, Linda Papatopoli, Director

                The Kaji Aso Studio, 40 St. Stephen Street, Boston

Breves No. 1, Friday, July 1, 6PM:   FOR GUITAR AND PIANO   Solo music and duets especially arranged by the performers exploring the relationship between Spanish guitar and piano composition.  Tom Rohde, guitar & Linda Papatopoli, piano.

Breves No 2,  Friday,  August 5^th,  6PM:   DANZA   Spain’s classical music and flamenco and the influence of the Americas will be highlighted with flamenco artists Eva Lorca & Roberto Rios, clarinetist Liz Leehey & pianist Linda Papatopoli.

OMAYRA AMAYA Flamenco Dance Workshop AUGUST 22-28 2011 BOSTON MA

Registration is now open! Discounted early registration rates are available now until Aug 1.

To register, go to http://www.flamencoboston.com/workshops

CLASS SCHEDULE
The full schedule is here for technique (all levels) and choreography (intermediate/advanced) workshops.

Monday to Friday
Aug 22-26
technique 6 - 7:30 pm
choreography 7:30 - 9 pm

Saturday and Sunday
Aug 27-28
technique 11:00am - 12:30pm
choreography 12:30 - 2pm

LOCATION
Boston Percussive Dance: 185 Green Street, Cambridge MA 02139

CONTACT
lauren@flamencoboston.com

PRICE: Early Registration Discount until Aug 1
$200 one workshop
$350 both workshops

REGULAR PRICE (after Aug 1)
$35 single class
$220 one workshop
$420 both workshops

Space is limited.
To register via PayPal:
www.flamencoboston.com/workshops


WALK-IN & CANCELLATION POLICY
Class size is limited. Walk-ins for single classes may not be available if the class is filled. A cancellation fee of $30 will be retained if cancellation is received two weeks before start date. No refunds will be available after that time.


 I found a nice write up about Omayra at Arte Y Vida Chicago.  Check it out!

'Carla and Leo's World of Dance'

Young adults discover culture, music and history: 'Carla and Leo's World of Dance'

By April MacIntyre Jun 16, 2011, 0:58 GMT

Parents will want to check out "Carla and Leo’s World of Dance," a story that takes young readers ages 8 to 12 on a journey to the magical dance school of the beautiful Miss Paulina, who leads 10-year-olds Carla and Leo on a worldwide tour of ballroom dance.

“I really enjoyed this delightful book’s social message of learning and practicing dancing as the means to bring boys and girls together in a shared venue. At a time when boys and men are becoming ever more socially isolated by living their lives in a high tech world, Agatha Relota’s dance journey promises to be a salvation. Parents of boys should encourage their sons to learn how to relate better with girls, starting with, ‘Shall we dance?’ “-Dr. Philip Zimbardo

Parents will want to check out "Carla and Leo’s World of Dance," a story that takes young readers ages 8 to 12 on a journey to the magical dance school of the beautiful Miss Paulina, who leads 10-year-olds Carla and Leo on a worldwide tour of ballroom dance.

Future Dancing with the Stars contenders will learn of ten styles: the waltz, foxtrot, swing, merengue, mambo, cha cha, rumba, salsa, tango, and samba.

For each style, Miss Paulina provides its cultural and geographical origin as well as rhythmic step patterns. All this is presented with a delightful narrative written by author, fashion model, dancer, and mother of two, Agatha Relota.

The book pops with more than 50 colorful illustrations from Paris fashion illustrator Thierry Perez, and Jessica Alba penned the charming introduction.

This book will please both children and their parents with a fresh take on ballroom dancing that inspires and educates.

Readers of all ages are sure to finish the book with a new rhythm in their steps, ready to dance their way around the world.

Carla and Leo come alive vividly through the beautiful illustrations of Thierry Perez. The fancy world of ballroom dancing is demystified and intrigues the reader to pursue lessons in classical dances.

The explanations of all ten dances with their rhythm and timing will make young readers understand and appreciate the art form and want to have fun learning it too.

Agatha Relota is an author, fashion model, dancer, and mother of two. In 2006, Agatha’s nieces asked that she teach them to dance. She found there were few if any books on ballroom dance written to inspire children.

This void of literature was the seed for her book, Carla and Leo’s World of Dance.

She wrote the book with the belief that dance can teach children valuable skills to take beyond the dance floor, such as manners, self-confidence, and discipline, as well as a heightened awareness of the world’s cultures. After working for years on the book, her resolve to bring the world of dance to children became even more inspired recently when she became a mother of two.

Represented by Storm Models in London, Agatha built a modeling career for herself that includes such highlights as editorials for the likes of Vogue, W Magazine, and L’Officiel. She’s also worked with such world class photographers as Patrick Demarchelier, Steven Klein, Juergen Teller, David LaChapelle, and Scavullo. Prestigious brands she’s worked with include Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Hermes, Nina Ricci, Ap by Bruphils, Georges Rech, Hanro of Switzerland, Jitrois, Laura Biagotti, Long’s Jewelers, Louis Feraud, Nespresso, Nordstrom, Pools, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bill Blass, Claude Montana, Issey Miyake, Jeremy Scott, and Elspeth Giibson. Agatha has also appeared in TV commercials as well as in music videos with Robbie Williams and Sir Paul McCartney.

Agatha’s career as a dancer began when she took up ballet at the age of four. She then joined the New Jersey Ballet School at 10, where she regularly performed the Nutcracker at the renowned Paper Mill Playhouse. Agatha took up ballroom dancing at the age of 17 and was soon competing in the various styles; her love of dance has never waned.