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Starting From Scratch
High School Teacher uses InterPlay to Build Dance Program

The January 2008 issue of Dance Teacher Magazine, has a story about Laura Detering, a Florida High School teacher who has used InterPlay to start a dance program that has grown to 150 students in just two and a half years. Laura is a former student of InterPlay leader Diane Rawlinson at Wheeling High School in Illinois.

“Because her classes frequently mix students with no prior dance education with those who have been studio-trained for years, InterPlay is a great way to bridge the gap.” More>>

Bodies and Souls
InterPlay fuses movement and storytelling to create spiritual discipline

Just out in the September/October 2007 issue of the Utne Reader!

“… the American-grown alternative to yoga provides both a way for adults to play and a serious tool for personal and social change.”

Read the article!

InterPlay: Unlocking the wisdom of our bodies—in community
An Interview with Phil Porter

In June 2007, Tim Miejan interviewed Phil Porter for Edge Life.

“One of the things we keep seeing happen over and over again in our communities,” Phil Porter said in a recent interview with Edge Life, “is that if you give people some space, and if you provide an open attitude, which we do through a lot of affirmation, then all sorts of things can happen for people and they really discover how much power they do have.”

Improvising the Change We Need
by Cynthia Winton-Henry

In May 2007, Cynthia Winton-Henry's article “Improvising the Change We Need” was published by In Dance in San Francisco.

Dancers who improvise together are onto something. We muster every bit of social intelligence and multidisciplinary craft to invent new worlds. … As devotees to improvisational practice, we trade in many aspects of our western civilization for something else that many of us feel is saving our lives.

InterPlay in Morocco
June 3-15, 2008

InterPlay Leaders Diane Ault and Masankho Banda will be leading a group of 20 InterPlayers (American and Australian) to Morocco June 3–15, 2008 on a mission of cultural exchange. More>>

InterPlay Free Sample!
Come for a free introduction to InterPlay!

Get a taste of InterPlay on first Sundays at InterPlayce. The next one will be Sunday, May 3. More>>

InterPlay Basics
An introduction to the InterPlay forms

New to InterPlay? Want to refresh your knowledge of the forms? This workshop is a great way to learn the forms of InterPlay! InterPlay Basics will be on April 20, 2-4:30 PM at InterPlayce in Oakland, CA. More>>

Ongoing Drop-In Classes at InterPlayce
Come play when it is convenient for you!

There are currentlysix different classes offered each week at InterPlayce in Oakland. Bargains on multiple classes! More>>

Small but Mighty Fine!
"Mad Rantings" is Loose in the World

Phil's little book is available as a perfect holiday gift item! More>>

Important InterPlay Book! An »Artist's Way« for the Body
What the Body Wants: Book & CD from the creators of InterPlay

Thirty personal stories, a whole set of InterPlay practices, and inspiration to help you discover the secrets of the InterPlay movement that is changing the world one play at a time! More>>