Garba Dance of the Sacred Feminine
The Garba dance is a traditional Indian folkloric circular dance. Often referred to as the 'Womb' dance to honour womanhood, and pay respect to an array of mother goddesses. Grounded in the feet and hips, it is a spiraling anticlockwise movement meditation that cultivates balance in the flow of change and transformation. It is celebrated at the Navratri Festival and dedicated to the different aspects of the divine feminine principle, or 'Shakti'. Come and cultivate your joy.
Jacqui Dreessens is an ethnochoreologist - 'the study of humanity through the lense of dance'. Whilst undertaking panchakarma for health and wellbeing at Ayushakti Ayurveda in Mumbai, India, Jacqui also studied with Soni School of Garba Dance in 2016 and 2018. Her teaching and choreography also draws upon her formal training in Western Classical ballet and Contemporary dance techniques supported with Chi Kung, Yoga, Feldenkrais, Skinner Release technique and Laban Movement Analysis. Her research interest is in Performance Ritual and how people express their identity and connection to their sense of place through music, dance, storytelling and across the Arts.
M.Arts [First Class Honours] Ethnochoreology, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Ireland, 2017. B.Ed. Dance, Drama, Psychology, Rusden, Deakin University, 1985. Lecturer in Dance Education, Deakin University 1989 - 2016.
Australian photo credit by Ferne Millen Photography of Jacqui dancing in Jan Juc Creek, Wadawurrung, Country, Surf Coast, Australia.
Indian photo credit by Wild Moves International, Garba dancing on the streets of Milad, Mumbai, India.
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Torquay Senior Citizens Hall
16 Price St, Torquay Vic 3228
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Garba Dance of the Sacred Feminine
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