Wisdom Dances

Wisdom Dances provides a space where people cultivate hope and resilience in the midst of change. Thanks to donors like you we are able to bring the healing power of our dances out into the community for three free events each year.

We have been able to adapt how we dance outside and online and they continue into 2022.

• The January we gather people by the frozen banks of the Mississippi River to sing to the water.
• In April the Wisdom Dancers put on their ceremonial dress and rove around the Twin Cities bringing blessing dances to the water, to the bees, to people who are sick, and to places in need of an infusion of vitality.
• In mid-summer we again gather by the river and dance for the healing of water and all of life.
• We create an invitation into deep Winter Rest, through a free weekly supported practice of darkness.

Helping people find their place in the circle of community and in the circle of the seasons prepares us for knowing how to respond with meaning and purpose to the challenges of our times. Wisdom Dances is helping people find what reciprocity and deep belonging feels like in their bones; that inner knowing can guide us towards creating a future in which all life flourishes.

No other group that we know of in North America is creating a dance community in this way.  Wisdom Dances is building on the research of our guiding teacher Laura Shannon and is making a truly unique contribution towards the understanding of how women's ritual dances are a wisdom tradition.

We depend on community support to be able to serve the community in this way. Thank you for your generosity.

Springboard for the Arts is the fiscal sponsor for Wisdom Dances. Tax deductible donations to Wisdom Dances can be made through checks written to Springboard for the Arts and sent to Wisdom Dances for processing at 4500 Bloomington Ave S, #102, Minneapolis, MN 55407.