On October 24, 2015 come join InterPlayers from around the world gathering in local groups to celebrate the culmination of the 25th year of InterPlay. Bay Area guests, who will gather at First Church Berkeley, will be connecting via live webcast to a dozen groups in other regions.
We will lift up the amazing ways that InterPlay has spread to other parts of the country and the world, honor wonderful leaders both in and around InterPlay communities with “Spirit of InterPlay” awards, hear inspiring stories, invite everyone to contribute and, of course, eat, drink and play. A free brunch will be served at the Berkeley event.
Register online now!
Come experience the InterPlay movement by connecting and playing live with InterPlayers in over a dozen different cities!
One of the current goals of the celebration of our 25th year is to add 25 new people to the Giving Wings Society, the folks who make long-term (5 years), incremental (month by month or year by year) contributions to InterPlay. Learn more about this current Giving Wings initiative.
Other events will be held in Seattle, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Atlanta, Raleigh, Washington DC, Boston, New Haven or Des Moines. More about the events in other cities.
Leaders
Bobbie Bolden, RScP
Bobbie Wynn Bolden is a Certified InterPlay Leader, Licensed Practitionerat Centers for Spiritual Living and a Professor Emeritus from the University of California Davis. In the 1980's, Bobbie was founder and Artistic Director of Bobbie Wynn & Company of San Jose. Prior to retiring from UCD, she taught classes in dance improvisation, choreography, modern and jazz dance, African Caribbean Dance and Culture and History of African American Dance. She also researched sacred dance forms of the African diaspora. Bobbie currently performs as a member of "Wing It" and as a soloist in other venues. Throughout her career as dancer, choreographer and teacher, she has been passionate about the connection between creativity and spirituality.
Susan Main
Susan Main has her BA in Dance and Theater from UC Santa Cruz and has been leading InterPlay and performing with Wing It! Performance Ensemble since 1995. Her leading experience includes Interplay Camp, New Years Eve Retreats, Untensives, Monday women's group, monthly Deepening and the Leadership Program. She infuses InterPlay into her 12-step recovery work, nature play, tap dancing, dance teaching, attitude and life. Her specialty: creating a safe and playful haven for creativity and truth...wit and laughter.
Phil Porter
Phil is one of the founders of InterPlay. He is a teacher, performer, writer, and organizer. With Cynthia Winton-Henry he is the co-founder of WING IT! Performance Ensemble, and has written several books, some in collaboration with Cynthia, including Having It All: Body, Mind, Heart & Spirit Together Again at Last and The Slightly Mad Rantings of a Body Intellectual Part One. Phil is particularly interested in the use of InterPlay in organizational life, and believes that InterPlay can be a powerful tool to create communities of diversity and peace.
Cynthia Winton-Henry
Cynthia Winton-Henry, M.Div., co-founded InterPlay and Body Wisdom, Inc., with Phil Porter. Her interest in supporting body and soul led her to curate the Hidden Monastery Online Dance Chapels and courses for those seeking the spiritual intelligence needed for our time at
cynthiawinton-henry.com.. As an artist, auhtor and mentor, she can be found on Substack at The Dancing Center where her research into "what the body wants" in community arts, shelters, churches, businesses, classrooms, and everyday life led her to create the somatic curricula she needs to address racism, leadership for the Earth, and the Arts of Ensoulment. Featured on the Body Intelligence Summit, Spiritual Directors International, and as a credential facilitator for the Sacred Dance, her publications include
What the Body Wants; 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: How to Create From Body and Soul..
