FESTIVAL INFO
The Movement Arts Festival
Date: Sat, Sept. 29th 2012
Time: 10am- 10pm
Location: The Santa Cruz Fairgrounds
2601 East Lake Ave, Watsonville, CA 95076

The Movement Arts are dynamic movement expressions that allow participants to expand their body awareness and improve their health and fitness while exploring creative self-expression through the modalities of various styles of yoga, dance, hula hooping, and the circus and flow arts.

WORKSHOPS:
The Movement Arts Festival hopes to expose people of all ages to a diversity of movement forms. Come enjoy a day of discovery with your friends and family. 
Talented and professional movement artist and performers will lead cutting-edge workshops in:

·      Hoop Dance

·      Yoga (all forms, including Aerial Yoga and Acro-Yoga)

·      Pilates

·      Zumba

·      Ethnic Dance

·      Juggling (contact juggling balls, etc.)

·      Contact Improv

·      5 Rhythms

·      Biodanza

·      Ecstatic Dance

·      Kids Yoga, Dance & Movement

·      Fire Dancing

And lecture/discussions on these topics:


·      Nutrition

·      Health

·      Fitness

·      Body, mind, spirit

·      Incorporating movement arts into your life

·      Personal and community empowerment

·      Self-help tools for transformations

·      Sustainability & community

PERFORMANCES
After a full day of workshops and activity, sit down to a dazzling performance of professional movement artists sharing their talent. Experience a captivating 2-1/2 hour show at a beautiful outdoor amphitheater on a stage magically transformed for your entertainment.  

MUSIC

Let the music sweep you away. Find a band that gets you dancing from a full day’s line of live music on two stages. An eclectic mix of DJ’s will also be spinning sets indoors for you to explore new moves.

FOOD
Experience the best of the California Central Coast foodie scene. Sample treats from gourmet food trucks and creative chefs preparing the healthiest local slow food, served festival style.

VENDORS
Where else can you find the right clothes to move in, but at the Movement Arts Festival! Stroll through the marketplace filled with unique designer clothes, adornments, movement props, flow tools and so much more. Get all the gear you need to get moving!

WORKSHOPS:
 Check back in MARCH 2012 for information on our Movement Arts Festival Presenters.

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