Music & Workshop Schedule | Workshops Descriptions | Live Music, Performers, VJ's | Kids Camp | Raffle Sharing the Knowledge Vibrant Campout 2005 Workshops Like many natural resources in our world, knowledge can be seen as a commodity – a privately owned interest that is to be bought and sold. Alternatively, we can see knowledge as a gift to be given freely and openly, thus embracing the notions that giving can enrich our own resources rather than deplete them and that working together, we can all thrive. Dipping into the deep wells of our own Vibrant community and slightly beyond into the larger creative community, we bring you a series of workshops that celebrate sustainability, connection, mind-body health, movement, and awareness. We are grateful to all our workshop leaders for sharing their knowledge with us; we also recognize the importance of supporting those in our community who are striving to make a living as artists, healers, and teachers. We hope that you enjoy! Some of our workshops have special requirements that call for advance planning, so please CAREFULLY READ the descriptions below if you are interested in attending. A Schedule of Events listing all workshops (as well as your favorite Vibrant DJs, live musical and dance performances, and Kids’ Kamp activities) will be available at the gate and information desk. Please check the schedule at the Info Tent for the most up-to-date times and locations - changes to workshops will be posted there. Special Event! Jane and Walter Camp’s Tour Sat. 4:30pm, Meet at Kitchen We’re especially honored to have our hosts, Jane and Walter Camp, lead us on a mini-tour of Camp and Sons. Here’s your chance to truly appreciate the labor of love that Camp and Sons represents. Walk with them as they tell you about the organic garden, the delicate balance of resources on the mountain, and any other topic that strikes their fancy! Belly Dance Laini Katheiser Sat. 11am, Main Stage Come learn the basics of this timeless, sensual art! Laini will introduce you to a selection of traditional steps that will be woven into a simple choreography for you to keep and perform for friends, family or that special someone. Our choreography will be set to Thievery Corporation’s “Lebanese Blonde.” Please be on time and make sure to bring water. Please dress for comfort, flexibility, and above all, to stay cool! What to wear: - A crop top, sport bra, or tank etc. - A skirt, pair of pants or shorts etc. with an elastic waistband that can be pushed down to your hips - A sash, scarf or shawl etc. that can be tied around the hips Laini Katheiser has been studying and performing the art of belly dance in the Bay Area for the past 7 years. Although her training has focused on traditional styles, she prefers to blend what she has learned with modern steps, costuming and music. She currently dances in Malia DeFelice’s troop “New Moon Rising” and leads her own dance company “Lazuli” as artistic director (see us at Tribe.net!). www.bellydancer.net Partner Flow Stretching Andres Amador and Amy Ornoski Sat. 3pm, Lawn In this class, we will learn to explore our own body while helping our partner explore themselves. By harnessing aspects of contact improv and yoga, we will learn to bring healing energy to the places in our body that require attention while engaging in a relaxing, meditative yet invigorating practice. Wear loose, comfortable clothing. Andres and Amy are artists and contact improv dancers whose styles wildly diverge but ultimately complement each other. Their latest project together involves creating large scale sand etchings on Ocean Beach in San Francisco. You can see some of their more portable artwork at Vibrant – look out for Andres’ string art and Amy’s tapestries. www.analogia.org Fire Poi for First-Timers! GlitterGirl Sat. 9:00pm, Location to be Announced For anyone who has never played with fire before and is interested in experiencing the sounds, smells, dazzling sights and exhilarating feeling fire dancers enjoy, this is your opportunity to get behind the flame and spin fire for the first time. For your safety, to participate in this workshop, you must: - Be sober (drug and alcohol free) - Wear natural fibers (cotton, denim, leather, or suede) - Wear closed toe shoes - Have something made of natural fibers covering your hair This class is brought to you by GlitterGirl and Temple of Poi instructors to offer you a safe opportunity to experience the flames first hand. www.templeofpoi.com Hoop-Yo! Jamie Luv Sun. 11am, Main Stage Hoop-Yo is a combination of Hooping and Yoga. We will start out with some yoga poses and stretching using hoops, to focus on getting into our bodies and developing awareness to allow us to hoop with more grace and flow. Then we will work on hoop skills. Beginners, non-hoopers, advanced hoopers and superstars are all welcome. Each hooper will get individual attention for their level of play, while we all work on flow together! Mostly...we are going to have a good time and dance and play with a fun toy! Jamie ‘Sparkaluscious' Luv is the Director of Yoga and Hoop Education at the Temple of Poi. She teaches Yoga for children and adults as well as Hooping and in general is a motivator towards fun good times and actions and thoughts that facilitate flow in the mind, body and soul. She lives, works, teaches and "plays with energy" in the Infinite Kaos Art Collective in San Francisco. www.templeofpoi.com Small Solar System Design for Home and Playa Marshall Taylor Sun., 1:30 pm, Meet at Kitchen Learn the basics in solar system sizing, wiring, soldering, battery maintenance, and homebrew solar tracking on the cheap! I'll bring my small system, including a battery box, charge controller, fuse box, inverter, satellite dish mount and tracking hardware. With these components, we'll build a system together. Bring your collective alternative energies and a pen. Marshall aspires to be an organic, free-range, cruelty-free, fair trade, biodegradable, wildcrafted, shade grown, carbon-neutral, biodiesel locomoting, green party kind of person. When not dreaming of his environmentally sound liberal utopia, he can often be found dwelling in the garage repairing things, dumpster diving, or collecting grease for making biodiesel. Marshall was our hero and the green power behind Vibrant's Love Parade float. His love for solar power gadgetry began as a Burning Man project to bring electricity to his playa home. Partner Massage Ladi Dell'airav Sun. 3pm, Lawn Deepen your connection to your friend or partner through touch. We'll investigate quality of touch, synchronizing with your partner, conserving your energy, and instilling peace. - Bring lotion/oil, a large towel or blanket for warmth, and a large towel or blanket to rest on. - Please respect our safe space by dressing modestly. - Arrive sober (drug and alcohol free); leave blissful. Ladi Dell'aira, NCMTB, CLD (CAPPA) is a Nationally Certified Massage Therapist, Reiki Master, Childbirth Educator, and Birth Doula. She specializes in teaching mothers and their partners how to work with the energy of childbirth through sound, touch, and movement. Her teaching style is simultaneously spiritual, practical, and fun. www.ladidell.com Coleus Cutting and Care Laura Maguire Sun. 4:30pm, Lawn The coleus plant comes in many colorful varieties, from blushing burgundy and green to burnt orange and gold, and it is easy to care for and propagate. With a little love and attention, this plant will thrive and in sunlight, its beautiful colors intensify. Occasionally, it will also bloom. In this workshop, you will receive your own baby coleus and you will learn how to pinch to promote healthy, bushy growth, how to take cuttings to propagate new plants (including where on the plant to cut, how to root your cutting, and when to pot), and general care and maintenance. Workshop limited to about ten people (due to number of cuttings I will have with me). Laura is a professional often outdoors teacher and an amateur almost always indoors gardener. Her mission is to spread sweet coleus love wherever she goes. Sacred Spaces – Where Soma Meets Psyche Hilary Bryan Sun. 9pm, “Psychic Spaces” Installation Climb inside a 7-foot tall icosahedron and discover the secrets of Sacred Geometry and Space Harmony. Increase your movement IQ, let your body talk to your mind, challenge your body in 3 dimensions, get out of your head and into your body, understand the meaning in your movement, use 3D space to manage complexity in your life, explore 3D space as a decision making model, play! Hilary Bryan, Certified Movement Analyst and Registered Somatic Movement Therapist, studied Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals at the Laban / Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, New York. She now teaches in the Integrated Movement Studies L/BMA certification program at California State University Hayward. Hilary also teaches dance and body alignment classes at studios throughout the Bay Area and offers ergonomics consultations to individuals and corporations. Hilary’s interactive icoshahdrons seen at Vibrant are part of a larger BM project called “Psychic Spaces”. www.hilarybryan.com