Mesa Community College Dance, in collaboration with MCC Performing Arts Facilities, presents THE ART OF HEALING: a multi-media live dance event taking place on MCC’s Southern and Dobson campus on November 20th and 21st, 2020. This performance will be a “drive-in” style event featuring a combination of live dance solos and pre-recorded video elements open to the community.
Dance is movement and movement is the process of ongoing change. Moving with one’s whole self, with and against gravity, students learn to both yield and resist: to feel one’s strength and to feel one’s vulnerability, to try on new qualities of action and behavior. This process is what it means to be fully human. In this time where our students are grappling with isolation and its impact on wellbeing, dance has become not only connective tissue allowing a deeper sense of presence but also healing from the trauma associated with this time of anxiety and depression. Within the last week, The National Alliance on Mental Health shared that they have seen a 1,000% increase in crisis calls associated with depression, anxiety, and suicidality. Dance-based methods for getting grounded, for sensing the body’s energy and position, and for developing breath support can help with learning to pay attention to one’s own needs, for feeling more in control, and for regulating fearful or angry reactions. Dancing and moving rhythmically with other people creates a powerful sense of connection not only for those performing but for those witnessing the act of performance. This is a fundamental principle of therapeutic dance spaces and is the key theme behind MCC’s Dance Departments ART OF HEALING production.
This will be a free event.
The event will be performed in Parking Lot D at Mesa Community College's Southern & Dobson campus.
Limit 35 vehicles per event.