Dance is really
a primary need,
like sleeping, eating
and taking a poop.
WHAT IS CONSCIOUS DANCE?
Conscious Dance is an expressive practice that is based on free movement.
It is a simple and powerful way to connect with yourself. It is a liberating dance that reactivates energy.
It is a medicine. It is a safe, non-competitive space in which you can explore yourself with others.
It is a space for listening and growth. It is an open space where music helps us to take a journey
with the most powerful tool we have: our bodies. Everyone is welcome!
5Rhythms, Open Floor, Soul Motion, Movement Medicine and Azul are all Conscious Dance practices with a common root: the 5Rhythms - Gabrielle Roth. All of the founders of these practices directly trained with Gabrielle and they have now created schools that carry on new modes of expression.
Photo by Jens Wazel
And there's more.
Conscious Dance has opened up to new territory.
Coaching, sacred sexuality, money, the menstrual cycle.
Here you will find a selection of recent teachers and practices
that allow us to move in new directions, with new tools,
toward new possibilities for growth.
WHO ARE WE?
Cristina, Marcella and Dario have something in common: they strongly believe that joy is one of the most precious nourishments for our spirit. Maybe that's why they never take themselves seriously both in their life and in their work, intensity is always associated or accompanied by irony and lightness. Cristina: Roman, Azul teacher; Marcella: Bergamo teacher of Soul Motion and 5Ritmi, Dario: Palermo teacher of 5Ritmi. Together, from north to south, with the aim of making ConsciousDanceItaly grow and of making their uniqueness and differences a distinctive value.
BOARD OF DICRECTORS _ Cirstina Crescenzi, Marcella Panseri, Dario Pastore
Marcella (Soul Motion & 5Rhythms) and Nishta (Open Floor & Four ways to Freedom). An American who lives between Tuscany and Lake Maggiore and a girl from Bergamo who lives between Varigotti and Bergamo. The Midsummerfestival brought them together in 2015 and that's where it all started. We both had a common passion: supporting all those who were about to embark on a path of inner growth and awakening through movement (including ourselves, of course). And after traveling all over the world, they wanted to do something in Italy. Until 2024, they managed CDI together. Today, Nishta is in charge of Dharma Europe, and manages her organization FourWaystoFreedom. Marcella continues to dream with CDI.
FOUNDERS_ Nishta Matarese & Marcella Panseri
OUR MISSION
Conscious Dance Italy is a cultural resource, production team and collective where you can find
all the information on what is happening in Italy, by practices and certified italiana teachers (or that live here).
It does not claim to be all-encompassing of every form of movement.
We aim to be useful and to inspire all-bodies to join the dance revolution!
Andrea Juhan \ Open Floor founder \ Milano - 2019
Upcoming Workshops
LANGUAGE: The CDI Italian team offers regular classes (in-studio, online, outdoors) across Italy as well as special events and workshops. Most teachers speak English and many workshops and some classes are translated between both languages. Our offerings are listed in Italian and you will need to use a translator to read the descriptions unless explicitly listed in both languages. When in doubt contact the organizer directly. THANK YOU!
We are so happy you have found us and we look forward to welcoming you to our beautiful country!
