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Body-Soul-Dance

Body Soul Dance is suitable for anyone who wishes to dance, regardless of age, shape or prior experience. There are no steps to learn, nothing to get right or wrong, no judgment.

There is a field of energies, qualities, relationships and possibilities that exist in us and in the world around us, to which we can connect and experience through movement and dance.

Dancing leads us to a heightened awareness of ourselves and

of those around us, expands our movement vocabulary and develops our ability for expression through movement.

Through the dance we dive into our internal landscapes, giving them attention, expression, exploration and plenty of space to evolve.

Through the dance we meet the external landscapes - the physical space we dance in, the music, the group we are a part of, the other right in front of us, alongside us, behind us.

Through the dance we give shape to the stories which live in our bodies and minds, we dance our dreams and longings, our joy and our pain. We allow everything that arises from within to be danced, to move us and move through us.

Conscious dance practice leads to the integration of all the dimensions of our being - physical, emotional, mind & soul, it brings us to be fully present in the moment and in our lives.

My work and facilitation is based on and nourished by, the many methods and bodies of knowledge in which I have trained and studied over the last 25 years and am still studying as an eternal student. These include Five Rhythms, Open Floor Movement Practice,

Dance Therapy, Theater, Hakomi, Thomas Hubl work and more.

I have a full weekly teaching schedule in my homeland Israel

and I teach workshops internationally.

Scroll down for my full teaching schedule in Israel and internationally.

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Open Floor International

Open Floor International (OFI) is an international movement school dedicated to creative experience, exploring and expanding on the universal principles underlying all conscious movement disciplines: why and how people heal through movement; what is the longing that is expressed and met in the simple act of dancing, alone, with one another, in a community.

In Open Floor we move and include it all: our physical bodies as they are in the moment; our feelings ,however we arrive on the dance floor is welcome; our thoughts and whatever mind state we might be in;

our soul's yearning and vision. Every part of us is welcome on the dance floor.

We use movement and dance to open our attention to ourselves and to the group field, to enter our rich inner world as we engage in a creative relationship with the outer world and dive into a deep, sweaty, playful exploration working with different themes and core movement resources along with anything arising in the moment.

We dance our solo dances, we dance with partners, we dance with the group body, we dance with spirit.

Knowing that in the dance, as in life, we are hungry and longing for different things at different times, and so we weave into our practice deep listening and full permission to follow our deepest needs.

Knowing life is dynamic and fluid, we practice through movement and dance our abilities to move from fixed to fluid so that we can meet life fully present, responsive and awake.

Open Floor International was founded by:

Kathy Altman, Lori Saltzman, Andrea Juhan and Vic Cooper

in creative collaboration with a team of international teachers.

I am proud to be a part of that team. The school is run according to the principles of Dynamic Governance and there is a beautiful and real alignment between what we practice on the dance floor and how we work with each other, teach and do business.

More on Five Rhythms: www.5rhythms.com

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About Rivi Diamond

The bare bones version

I have been facilitating dance groups and workshops in Israel and abroad for the past 20 years. I hold weekly classes, on-going groups, and special workshops for the public and for organizations.

I teach dance and movement courses for acting students in the theatre department at Tel-Aviv University, and previously taught Dance Movement Therapy to college students.

~ Founding Member and teacher at Open Floor International school
~ Five Rhythms teacher certified by Gabrielle Roth since 2008

~ M.A., D.T.R. Dance/Movement Therapy since 1996

~ B.A. in Theater Arts

~ Certified Group Facilitator

~ Graduate of Hakomi Body-Mind Psychotherapy studies for therapists

The body & soul version

Conscious dance is my meditation and spiritual practice, my medicine, my calling, and fortunately, my profession!

I facilitate my groups with vibrancy, warmth, passion and compassion.

There is no difference to me between what we practice on the dance floor and how we go about living our daily lives. Both in the dance and in every moment in our lives, we are called to practice being awake, attuned, available and present.

Movement, dance, play and creativity have always been centeral in my life. From early childhood through adulthood, I practiced various types of movement and dance modalities, as well as theater and acting.

I completed a B.A. in Acting from Tel-Aviv University in1992 (and after more than 20 years I came back to that department as a dance teacher!).

I graduated with a Masters degree in Dance/Movement Therapy From Hahnemann University (Philadelphia) in 1996 and worked with dance as a means to deepen self awareness, growth and healing both through facilitating conscious dance classes for the general adult population and through clinical work.

As a Dance/Movement Therapist I worked with various populations of all ages and in different settings, including: psychiatric hospitals,

out- patient clinics, group homes, holocaust survivors and second generation to the holocaust, and women dealing with cancer.

In 2002, I came across Five Rhythms, which was love at first sight! Years later, I would follow some of my main teachers in the Five Rhythms world and become a part of a team of well seasoned

teachers from around the world, developing Open Floor Movement Practice and Open Floor International school.

In these modalities of conscious dance I found what I had always longed for - a way to move freely and spontaneously, while giving expression to how I am in the moment. I was never one for following steps or choreography. The path I found allowed me to easily dive into the visceral, wild exploration of the dance, fully express all of my parts, lose myself in the dance, find myself in new ways, transform and transcend.

I am blessed and grateful for the journey which led me to find the right practices for me - practices anchored in physical and emotional embodiment, which are mind and heart opening, connecting to soul and spirit. I am also grateful for the honor to teach and accompany others on their journey.

I look forward to meeting you when our paths cross.

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Classes

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Tel Aviv Summer Dance

Tuesdays, 7:50pm-9:50pm

Country Lamed, Burla 31

Summer classes open to all begin July 5th - August 23rd.

Drop-ins welcome! Contact me before class to make sure there is room.

In some classes we dance Open Floor

and in other classes we dance Five Rhythms.

We take good care these days and arrive to the dance floor only in good health and symptom-free.