Grammy Winning Taiko Player
KOJI NAKAMURA
in Concert August 23
August 22 Experience the Magic of Native American Storytelling and Flute Playing by Tchin
August 23 Grammy Winning Taiko Player Koji Nakamura
August 30 Indigie Femme in Concert
September 1 Mosaic Dance Company presents Belly Dancing
September 5 Heart Beat - Free Form Dance w/ Rima and Gary Yamane
September 6 Flamenco Dance Performance
September 19 Trance Dance - Close Your Eyes and See
with Rima and Gary Yamane
September 19 Trillium Marimba Ensemble
September 20 Liquid Bloom - A Groove Alchemy Event
September 21 Milonga Tango - Social Dance
organized by the Santa Fe Tango Board
Fridays 5:45 - 7:00 pm
Vinyasa Yoga and Music with Emily Branden
$12 Class (1 hour and 15 minute class)
Studio Class Passes are honored
Join us every Friday evening at BODY for a 'short and sweet' vinyasa yoga class accompanied by music (occasionally live). Shed the skin of your week in a deeply meditative, flowing asana sequence set to music in a light atmosphere. Ground into your weekend with simplicity and truth, immersed in the divine dance of breath. Heighten deep body awareness and strength while opening to grace and setting the tone for a great Friday night!
Emily's Vinyasa Class Schedule
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Friday, August 22, 8 pm
Experience the Magic of Native American Storytelling and Flute Playing by Tchin
$10-$15
For one special evening only, experience Native American culture with Tchin, a nationally known performance artist and educator of Indian arts, music and culture. Through the art of oral tradition, comedy and colorful magic, Tchin shares Indian stories that explain the creation of the world and how things came to be.
In this energizing and captivating performance, Tchin plays and reveals the mysteries behind the rarely heard Native American courting flute. Tchin’s special stories have been passed down through generations and illuminate both young and mature minds. Bring your friends and family for a unique, entertaining and powerful experience.
Tchin’s Bio
Tchin (pronounced 'chin) is a nationally known, multi-award winning, multitalented Blackfoot/Narragansett artist. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia and lived in rural Virginia and Rhode Island where he received his early schooling. He attended the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico and graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. He is an accomplished metal smith, author, flute maker, educator, lecturer, folklorist, musician, entertainer and clothes maker. And a great father to his four beautiful daughters.
Tchin is recognized by PBS as one of the most outstanding storytellers in the United States – www.pbs.org/circleofstories
Photo Credit: Hank Rogerson
Saturday, August 23, 7-9 pm
Make Life Beautiful Project
A Concert for Peace and Healing
Grammy Winning Taiko Player Koji Nakamura with Yangjin Lamu, Yukiko Matsuyama, Madi Sato, Danny Wilding, and Tom Berkes
Rows 1 and 2: $40 adv. $45 same day
Rows 3-5: $30 adv. $35 same day
Rows 6-8: $20 adv. $25 same day
Rows 8 and up: $15 adv. $20 same day
Taiko means drum in Japanese. Japanese taiko drums are used in folk and classical music traditions. Koji Nakamura’s taiko career began in 1982 as a member of the famed Ondeko-za. It was through great devotion to his art and steady discipline that he developed superb drumming skills and went on to become one of the world’s foremost Taiko artists. Koji Nakumara plays the traditional ensemble style of Taiko drumming and his mission is to play for peace. Koji is a master Taiko player, and plays 10 taiko drums set up in a circle at once - something no one has ever done before. As the first leader of Shumei Taiko Ensemble he performed at events all over the world for almost two decades, including the Parliament of the World’s Religions in South Africa and the Millennium World Peace Summit at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. Recently, his work with Paul Winter, won the Grammy in 2008. The CD was recorded in Colorado in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains for the amazing acoustics.
Yangjin Lamu, a Tibetan singer, will give her debut performance in the USA. She is a pop star in China and Taiwan. This legendary woman from Tibet, sings out the voice of heaven, the voice of earth and the voice of your heart. Yangjin Lamu, in the Tibetan language, means the Divine Lady with a beautiful voice, as well as the Lady of wisdom and art. This will be Yangjin Lamu's premier performance in the United States.
Madi Sato is a Japanese-American, actor, award-winning singer and songwriter. She joins these international artists 
from Japan and Tibet whose sole purpose is to make music meant for healing and to create peace in others and the world. From her travels abroad and the study of traditional Japanese and healing music from indigenous cultures of the world, Madi has been on a journey of discovery into the depths of love ultimately leading to a path of gratitude.
Osaka-born, Yukiko Matsuyama was classically trained as a Koto 
Player, at the Ikuta School of Koto from age 9 and received her professional teaching credential in 1986. She came to Los Angeles in 1993 and began composing original music, blending the traditional sound of the koto and contemporary music. Ms. Matsuyama has performed at the Japan America Theatre, John Anson Ford Theatre and many music festivals, cultural and community events, universities and schools.
Tom Berkes, a guitarist and Danny Wilding, a British flute player will be joining this incredible group.
Saturday, August 30, 7:00 pm
Indigie Femme
Folk’n’Roll Duo with a Twist of World
Sliding scale: $10-15
‘Indigie Femme’ (Tash and Elena) is one of the most ‘dynamic female indigenous duos’ to hit the music scene. The weavings of Navajo/Dine, Maori, and Samoan Cultures resonates with the powerful voices, and combines the thought-provoking lyrics, and interweaves with drums and percussions. Mending pathways through artistic expressions is at the center of Indigie Femme’s collective and collaborative musical journey. Indigie Femme’s mission is to share indigenous world music and the arts throughout North America, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Musical expression is a powerful vehicle to encourage peace and love to individuals and groups to honor and respect ourselves, each other and have a connection to Mother Earth.
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Ongoing - First Monday of Every Month
Monday, September 1 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Mosaic Dance Company
presents Belly Dancing
Cost: Free
Tips welcome
Mosaic Dance Company (MDC), founded by director Myra Krien in 1998, has grown from a local company performing at Cleopatra’s Cafe to a company of national recognition. One of the top belly dance companies in America today,
MDC presents a diverse innovative repertory
that honors the traditions of Middle Eastern 
Arts as they relate to American culture and
offers a vital contemporary language pushing
the limits of the dance form to incorporate an expressive world view. Our art form is a celebration, come join us!
Join us at BODY for dinner and drinks and enjoy the expressive offerings of the Mosaic Dance Company by some of our more talented local youth and adults alike.
Ongoing - First Friday of the Month
Friday, September 5, 8:00-10:00 pm
Heart Beat - Free Form Dance
with Rima & Gary Yamane
Fee: $10
If you have a body you can dance. Free-form dance is an opportunity to explore and express yourself through movement free of any expectations about how your dance should look. We invite you to move in whatever way inspires you – from lying or rolling on the floor to jumping like a pogo stick and everything in between. Free-form dance supports solo movement as well as movement done in pairs or groups. It’s up to you. The only requirement is respect for self and others. With a wide range of tastefully programmed music we invite you to use this monthly event as an opportunity for engaging in dance as sacred ritual, creative expression, fun exercise, exploring personal movement, non-verbal social interaction, healing, playfulness, and more. In order to honor everyone’s varied needs we ask that participants refrain from unnecessary conversation while in the dance space. This event is free of instruction. However, there will be an opening and closing circle.
Gary Yamane is a musician, teacher, hypnotherapist and husband. His Trance Dance experience began in the 1980s when he employed the theories and practice of Terpsichore Trance Therapy with his hypnotherapy clients in Santa Cruz, CA. He has studied communication theory and is actively involved with the Compassionate Communication (aka NVC) community in Taos. As director of the music department at a charter high school in Angel Fire he is also working with educators to develop a national curriculum based on popular music.
From ballet to butoh Rima Yamane has enjoyed a life-long exploration of dance. Interested in dance as a vehicle for exploring hidden layers of the psyche and ones relationship to spirit she has studied Trance Dance with Wilbert Alix whom she currently assists in regional workshops. As a graduate of the Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Hospice Training Institute, Rima has cultivated a passion for embracing difficult life circumstances as opportunities for growth and transformation. She is the creator of a course entitled Freeing the Psyche Through Creative Modalities, which she has taught at UNM-Taos. Rima is also a musician, writer, visual artist and holds a B.A. in psychology.
Saturday, September 6 8:00 pm
Flamenco Dance Performance
Julia Chacon and Friends
with Live Music
Tickets: $15
Flamenco is the music of Andalucia, Spain. The blending of Arabic, Gypsy, Jewish, and Spanish cultures created this powerful music over several centuries. It is emotional, and reaches the deepest corners of the soul through the cante (singing) the toque (guitar) and baile (dancing). These three elements interact through a structured improvisation in which the artists support and encourage each others artistry. The result is a powerful live performance saturated with honest feeling and expression.
A performer, choreographer and teacher, Julia Chacón studied ballet extensively at the Phoenix School of Ballet, where she was exposed to Spanish dance. By age 16 she was performing flamenco professionally with Artes Bellas, directed by Lydia Torea. Julia attended the University of New Mexico where she trained in flamenco with Eva Enciñas-Sandoval. Juliahas danced flamenco professionally with María Benítez Teatro Flamenco (Santa Fe), Amaya, Flamenco Sín Límites (Boston), Arizona Opera, Artes Bellas (Phoenix), and Mosaico Flamenco (Scottsdale),with whom she still performs.
Whether performing, teaching, choreographing or modeling, Julia Chacón captures the vibrant energy of flamenco. Her rapid-fire staccato footwork, undulating arms and sensual movements have led her to perform with some of the greatest flamenco artists of our time.
Friday, September 19, 8:00 pm
Trance Dance - Close Your Eyes and See
with Rima & Gary Yamane
Fee: $15
Please bring a blindfold. For millennia cultures throughout the world have used music and dance as vehicles that assist in healing, gaining wisdom, understanding the nature world, and communing with spirit. Being raised in these cultures enabled one to more easily access the necessary trance states induced by such rituals. In ancient and indigenous cultures music and dance guided participants into altered states with relative ease. In current times, however, with the bombardment of artificial stimuli and numerous distractions the ability to let go into beneficial trance states has become more challenging and less frequent.
The contemporary Trance Dance movement employs the use of the blindfold as a means for minimizing stimuli to the main sensory organ. With visual sensory deprivation the Trance Dancer’s ‘vision’ begins to move inward on a vast journey that has no limits or boundaries determined by external visual expectations or evaluations. The music utilized in this Trance Dance ritual has been specifically designed with the components that are optimal for inducing trance. Participation in this event does not require knowledge of any particular dance technique or form. The Yamanes will be assisted by ‘spotters’ who will help to ensure the safety of all dance participants.
Gary Yamane is a musician, teacher, hypnotherapist and husband. His Trance Dance experience began in the 1980s when he employed the theories and practice of Terpsichore Trance Therapy with his hypnotherapy clients in Santa Cruz, CA. He has studied communication theory and is actively involved with the Compassionate Communication (aka NVC) community in Taos. As director of the music department at a charter high school in Angel Fire he is also working with educators to develop a national curriculum based on popular music.
From ballet to butoh Rima Yamane has enjoyed a life-long exploration of dance. Interested in dance as a vehicle for exploring hidden layers of the psyche and ones relationship to spirit she has studied Trance Dance with Wilbert Alix whom she currently assists in regional workshops. As a graduate of the Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Hospice Training Institute, Rima has cultivated a passion for embracing difficult life circumstances as opportunities for growth and transformation. She is the creator of a course entitled Freeing the Psyche Through Creative Modalities, which she has taught at UNM-Taos. Rima is also a musician, writer, visual artist and holds a B.A. in psychology.
Together Rima and Gary honor their union as a source for exploring and deepening their expression of truth and joy. The couple facilitates Trance Dances throughout the region and host Compassionate Communication practice groups in Taos.
Friday, September 19, 8:00 pm
Trillium Marimba Ensemble
Suggested Donation: $10-$15
Trillium Marimba Ensemble was founded by Peter and Mikaela Swing in 2001, and together with their children Quianna and Raven, they form the core of this family centered band. The eight-piece ensemble is completed by our most advanced fellow students – our extended family. They blend our background in folk, classical and ragtime music with our love and years of study in the music of Zimbabwe. The Swing Family is devoted to all age venues, to making music a part of their daily lives. They compose and arrange songs of inspiration, songs of struggle, songs of Southern African folk wisdom, conveyed through a rhythmically complex and melodically beautiful setting of acoustic guitar, marimba and rich vocal layering.
Saturday, September 20th
7:00pm -11:00 pm
Liquid Bloom
A Groove Alchemy Event
Dance journey with live music, performances, and electronic grooves.
$15 | $12 with full costume
You are invited to experience the depth of your inner self through the outer expression of movement and dance. Join us for a collaborative creation of sacred space. The evening will take you along a wide spectrum of soundscapes, from stillness meditation, through world music and rhythms, into high energy dance grooves with live performances.
Music and sonic atmospheres provided by Amani Friend (founder Desert Dwellers & Liquid Bloom), an internationally renowned musician and producer of both Yoga and Electronic music. The journey will also be accompanied with live music from Madi Sato (Eastern Trance Vocals), Michael Kott (Space Cello), Sebastian (Native Flutes), and guest drummers. There will also be dance performances from Epiphany Theatre. Liquid Bloom is an artist collective that produces healing music, intentional gatherings, and workshops. Our intention is to collaborate with artists from around the world to cultivate a higher awareness of who we are and what we have to offer.
Sunday, September 21
Milonga Argentinean Tango – Social Dance
4-5 pm – Beginners Dance Lesson $10 (includes following Tango Social) 5-9 pm cover: members: $3 / student non-members $5 / non-members: $8
