Workshops
Wassa’s Savory Autumn Intensive
Madrona MindBody Institute Port Townsend, WA October 11-13, 2019 Come move in the heart of autumn rhythms for a delicious weekend of Wassa Dance with Lara McIntosh. This workshop is designed for folks who love to move in a nourishing, structured environment with some of the best music the world has to offer. Fee for…
Read MoreOur next Hawaii dance residency is happening! Feb 11-18, 2018
WASSA DANCES WITH ALOHA February 11-18, 2018 Kalani Oceanside Retreat Center Big Island, Hawaii Join us for a very special week of inspiration, ease and joyful vitality. Come as you are, let the rhythms dance you deeper. This sweet 7 night island style intensive features daily sessions of movement meditations and personal tuning leading into spirited…
Read MoreWassa’s Savory Autumn Intensive at Madrona MindBody 2017!
Wassa’s Savory Autumn Intensive at Madrona MindBody Institute in Port Townsend, WA September 29-October 1, 2017 Join us for a delicious weekend of extended dance sessions and inspiration at one of the Puget Sound’s most beautiful resources for movement studios, the Madrona MindBody Institute. Inspired by the elemental roots of Africa and beyond, we’ll immerse in…
Read MoreOur next Big Island Residency! Come dance with us at Kalani in 2017
Wassa Dances with Aloha February 5-11, 2017 Kalani Oceanside Reatreat Center Big Island, Hawaii Join us this winter for a new season of inspiration, ease and joyful vitality. Come as you are, let the rhythms dance you deeper. This sweet 6 night island style intensive features daily sessions of movement meditations and personal tuning leading…
Read MoreWassa at Night – New Thursday series
Join us for the end of an era. I have loved these sessions and yet the time has come to say goodbye to this incarnation of WASSA at NIGHT Last two sessions – 12/1 & 12/8/16 6:15 – 7:15 p.m. Balance Studio 418 N. 35th St $15 at the door or use your dance card.…
Read MoreWassa and Village Volunteers’ 12th Annual Thanks-Giving Dance by Donation!
We had a beautiful event with more than 60 generous dancers and great music by Thierno Diop, Denny Stern, Larry Swanson, Shemayim Elohim and Lance Lu. AND we raised $3,500 that morning toward our goal to fully fund this project. It’s going to happen! It’s not too late for you to donate. We are most…
Read MoreWassa’s Savory Autumn Retreat Oct. 9-11, 2015
WASSA DANCE’S SAVORY AUTUMN INTENSIVE with Lara McIntosh Madrona MindBody Institute Fort Warden in Port Townsend, WA. Friday Oct. 9 – Sunday Oct. 11th, 2015 Join us for a delicious autumn weekend of inspiration and concentrated experiences of Wassa Dance’s joyful African-infused offerings at one of the Puget Sound’s most beautiful resources for movement studies.…
Read MoreWassa Dance Clips- Thanks-Giving 2014
Here’s the first of the sweet bits from Wassa Dance and Village Volunteers‘ 11th Annual Dance by Donation Fundraiser. We had a most wonderful time with 70+ dancers raising $3,600 in an hour’s class for this year’s micro lending partner SISI FUND in Kenya.
Read MoreRestorative Movement session 12-4-14
I hope you can join us for a special session of restorative movement on Thursday December 4. 6:15-7:15 p.m. at Balance Studio. This will be our last Thursday evening session of 2014 and it seems a very good time to slow down and nourish our bodies as we head into this busy winter season. Use…
Read MoreReport from the Accelerated series 11-20-14
We had a blast tonight putting together two pieces of movement that have been cultivated separately over the past 3 months or so! The movement keeps being informed by different pieces of music. Tonight we danced with MC Solaar’s HIJO de AFRICA and Lala Njava’s VOATSE. Fun fun fun. Next session in Dec. 4 and that…
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