Play directly with Racism, Family, Identity, and Ancestors!
InterPlay with Race
A new entry into transforming hard stuff!
Soyinka Rahim and
Cynthia Winton-Henry
Washington, DC, DC
Friday, May 2, 7-9 pm: INTRODUCTION,
Sat, May 3, 9:30 am-3:30 pm: MAIN EVENT
Sunday May 4, 1-4 pm: GOING DEEPER
Sat, May 3, 9:30 am-3:30 pm: MAIN EVENT
Sunday May 4, 1-4 pm: GOING DEEPER
Join the movement to honor ourselves as whole people engaging and talking about race. Soyinka Rahim, National InterPlay leader and Cynthia Winton-Henry, Co-founder of InterPlay, pioneers of “The Race Dance" are coming to Washington DC to play directly with racism using exercises that unlock the truth and power waiting to be shared in our stories, silence and sound, connection, stillness and movement.
Are you ready to own your part of The Race Dance? Take this short quiz!
Do you get tired of TALKING about race? Or wish you COULD talk about race?
Are you skeptical about the likelihood of real change in deep-seated racism?
Are you weary of the trigger loop of anger, guilt and defensiveness?
Do you find that racial subtexts keep things stuck at work?
Do you wish you could integrate mind, body and soul around these issues?
Do you crave more play, flexibility, and humor in this work to loosen the knots?
Do you crave new angles? What about Race Dances, Race Moves?
Do you have ancestors who might be whispering to you?
Want to trust the sacred, magical power of story, of sound, of body wisdom?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, this invitation is for you! (even if you are thinking “I don’t dance, I don’t tell stories, I don’t know what my body wisdom has to say!”)
The weekend is designed as a whole; momentum builds and understanding evolves. If you can attend it all you will be richer for it, but please feel free to come to any one or two parts.
Friday, May 2, 7-9 pm: INTRODUCTION
Seekers Church, 276 Carroll St. NW, Washington, DC,
Across the street from Takoma Metro on Red Line
Saturday, May 3, 9:30 am-3:30 pm: THE MAIN EVENT
Westminster Presbyterian Church
400 I Street, SW, Washington, DC,
One block from Waterfront Metro on Green Line
Sunday May 4, 1-4 pm: GOING DEEPER, Seekers Church
276 Carroll St. NW, Washington,
Across the street from Takoma Metro on Red Line
See why some activists think this way of working could make a difference.
REGISTRATION:
Advance registration is not required, but very much appreciated, especially for Saturday since we are providing lunch and knowing numbers will help.
Wonderful gifts (on topic!) will be provided to those who register by April 25.
Or feel free to pay at the door. We are using a "love offering” framework so that cost is not a barrier. We ask you to pay as you are able.
Proposed value of workshops:
Friday Evening Intro: $20
Saturday Main Event: $110
Sunday Afternoon: $50
If you would like to help sponsor this event in order to help offset some very real costs, please contact Peter Kent at peter@takomavillage.org or add an additional contribution to your payment.
For the health and comfort of participants, please refrain from wearing perfume or cologne when you come to the workshop, and avoid scented laundry products in your clothes. Thank you!
Are you ready to own your part of The Race Dance? Take this short quiz!
Do you get tired of TALKING about race? Or wish you COULD talk about race?
Are you skeptical about the likelihood of real change in deep-seated racism?
Are you weary of the trigger loop of anger, guilt and defensiveness?
Do you find that racial subtexts keep things stuck at work?
Do you wish you could integrate mind, body and soul around these issues?
Do you crave more play, flexibility, and humor in this work to loosen the knots?
Do you crave new angles? What about Race Dances, Race Moves?
Do you have ancestors who might be whispering to you?
Want to trust the sacred, magical power of story, of sound, of body wisdom?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, this invitation is for you! (even if you are thinking “I don’t dance, I don’t tell stories, I don’t know what my body wisdom has to say!”)
The weekend is designed as a whole; momentum builds and understanding evolves. If you can attend it all you will be richer for it, but please feel free to come to any one or two parts.
Friday, May 2, 7-9 pm: INTRODUCTION
Seekers Church, 276 Carroll St. NW, Washington, DC,
Across the street from Takoma Metro on Red Line
Saturday, May 3, 9:30 am-3:30 pm: THE MAIN EVENT
Westminster Presbyterian Church
400 I Street, SW, Washington, DC,
One block from Waterfront Metro on Green Line
Sunday May 4, 1-4 pm: GOING DEEPER, Seekers Church
276 Carroll St. NW, Washington,
Across the street from Takoma Metro on Red Line
See why some activists think this way of working could make a difference.
REGISTRATION:
Advance registration is not required, but very much appreciated, especially for Saturday since we are providing lunch and knowing numbers will help.
Wonderful gifts (on topic!) will be provided to those who register by April 25.
Or feel free to pay at the door. We are using a "love offering” framework so that cost is not a barrier. We ask you to pay as you are able.
Proposed value of workshops:
Friday Evening Intro: $20
Saturday Main Event: $110
Sunday Afternoon: $50
If you would like to help sponsor this event in order to help offset some very real costs, please contact Peter Kent at peter@takomavillage.org or add an additional contribution to your payment.
For the health and comfort of participants, please refrain from wearing perfume or cologne when you come to the workshop, and avoid scented laundry products in your clothes. Thank you!
Cost: See proposed costs above
Registration/Information: Call the Body Wisdom Office at 510/465-2797 to register. For event info Caroline caroline@allpointsallhues.com, Katrina kbrowne@tracesofthetrade.org
Leaders
Soyinka Rahim
Soyinka Rahim (GSP) is a grassroots spiritual practitioner who is the founder and artistic director of BIBOLOVE.US which stands for "breathe in breathe out love." She was also the founder of OurThing Performing arts company, where she created the modern-day folk dance play An Altar Piece to Alter Peace, a multimedia, intergenerational performance piece for peace. Her work BIBOLOVE taps into the power of sound, movement and visual art, raising the love vibration of peace, love, joy, happiness, health, grace, and ease. BIBOLOVE supports our personal and collective life challenges by feeding the love frequencies for generational, cultural, racial, body, and economic unity. Soyinka has brought her wisdom as a spiritual director, conference weaver and workshop leader to InterPlay Certified Life practice, Facing Race, National Association for Independent Schools for Teachers of Color,
Boys and Girls Clubs, Spiritual Directors International Conference, and the Parliament of World Religions.
Cynthia Winton-Henry
Cynthia Winton-Henry, co-founder of InterPlay with Phil Porter, has researched "what the body wants" in the arts, in jails, shelters, slums, hospitals, churches, businesses, classrooms, doctoral programs in theology and the arts, and in multicultural education. She develops somatic curriculums to address racism, leadership for the Earth, and spiritual intelligence with an eye to supporting millennials. A featured speaker on the Body Intelligence Summit and a keynoter at conferences, Cynthia is the author of What the Body Wants, Having It All: Body, Mind, Heart & Spirit Together Again at Last; Dance - A Sacred Art: Discovering the Joy of Movement as Spiritual Practice, Chasing the Dance of Life: A Faith Journey, and The Art of Ensoulment: A Playbook on How to Create From Body and Soul.. Check out her writing, The Dancing Center, on Substack, her Hidden Monastery Online Dance Chapels and courses for those seeking spiritual intelligence for our time at cynthiawinton-henry.com.