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soma anima arts (Kinesis Dance Society)

soma anima arts (Kinesis Dance Society) fosters creativity and connection through arts, via inclusive programs that engage communities, support artists, and promote well-being, transforming lives through the power of movement and artistic expression.

WELCOME TO OUR ONLINE FUNDRAISING AUCTION! Each item up for bid has been generously donated by our supporters, partners, and sponsors, with all proceeds directly benefiting artists and art-making. By participating in our auction, you&#39;re not just acquiring remarkable items; you&#39;re also making a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve. WHAT YOUR SUPPORT WILL HELP US CONTINUE AND GROW:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="font-weight: bold;" style="font-weight: bold; box-sizing: inherit;">Community Outreach &amp; Engagement</li></ul>Your support enables diverse programs that bring movement and creativity to all ages and abilities, including:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Dansez!&nbsp; Weekly dance workshops for youth at &Eacute;cole des Colibris, &Eacute;cole Rose-des-Vents, and Annexe Queen Elizabeth, fostering expression and cultural connection through movement.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Generations Program: Workshops and pop-up performances in care facilities for seniors &nbsp;and community members with chronic illness or mobility challenges, offering moments of joy and creative connection.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Freedom Floor: Dance improv workshops for at-risk youth navigating mental health and addiction challenges, offering a safe space for self-expression, creative exploration, and connection.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Vortex | 4D sound + dance jams at Lobe: A 4D sound and dance jam that invites inclusive participation and sensory exploration.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Flowing Verse: poetry and dance workshops cultivating voice, presence, and community.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">adults 50+ creative dance classes promoting health, connection, and well-being.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Flash mobs designed to spark joy and engagement for children, seniors, and the wider community.</li></ul></ul> <ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="font-weight: bold;" style="font-weight: bold; box-sizing: inherit;">Interdisciplinary Productions</li></ul>With you support, we collaborate with artists from diverse art forms to research and create multidisciplinary works such as:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Bright Shadow: An exploration of the tension between utopia and dystopia, this work weaves contemporary dance, live music, text, and interactive technology. Inspired by Carl Jung&rsquo;s &ldquo;Golden Shadow&rdquo; concept, Bright Shadow highlights humanity&rsquo;s hidden potential and asks: &ldquo;What kind of world do we hope to build together?&rdquo; Originally rooted in Rachel&rsquo;s personal healing journey, it now integrates voices from collaborators and audiences, encouraging imagination and hope in a chaotic world.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Gentle Glory: A solo work-in-progress by Rachel Helten, Gentle Glory explores gentleness and empathy as pathways to liberation. Drawing from Rachel&rsquo;s experience navigating mental health challenges, it honors the healing power of emotional intelligence, vulnerability, and connection&mdash;to self, Mother Earth, and animist wisdom&mdash;offering a call to care deeply in a sometimes violent world.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Reverence for the Rebels: This interdisciplinary dance research project honors stories of rebels within ancestral lineages&mdash;family members, historical figures, or icons whose courageous dissent inspires resistance and change. Combining dance, spoken word, and music, the project brings embodied storytelling to life, reclaiming autonomy and ancestral wisdom. Rooted in justice, compassion, and ancestral resilience, it is both a tribute and a call to action in the face of today&rsquo;s urgent social and ecological crises.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">What is Us &amp; Eternal (in development): An interdisciplinary work exploring the fluid, multidimensional nature of love&mdash;el amor&mdash;as a cosmic, transformative force transcending time and space. Using movement, text, and spirit, it reflects on love as metamorphosis, memory, and eternal presence.</li></ul></ul> <ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="font-weight: bold;" style="font-weight: bold; box-sizing: inherit;">Beyond! </li></ul>WHY YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS:&nbsp; With rising costs and competitive funding landscapes, your contribution sustains our artists, staff, and volunteers. Together, we ensure continued access to transformative art that nurtures mind, body, and spirit, building a more compassionate, inclusive, and connected world&mdash;one movement at a time. Spread the word, rally your friends and family, and together, let&#39;s make this auction a success!&nbsp; Thank you for your support, and happy bidding! Rachel &amp; Carlinesoma anima arts (Kinesis Dance Society)

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Bienvenue &agrave; notre ench&egrave;re en ligne de collecte de fonds ! Chaque article mis aux ench&egrave;res a &eacute;t&eacute; g&eacute;n&eacute;reusement offert par nos supporters, partenaires et sponsors, tous les b&eacute;n&eacute;fices &eacute;tant directement destin&eacute;s aux artistes et &agrave; la cr&eacute;ation artistique. En participant &agrave; notre ench&egrave;re, vous n&#39;acqu&eacute;rez pas seulement des articles remarquables ; vous faites &eacute;galement une diff&eacute;rence significative dans la vie de ceux que nous servons. CE QUE VOTRE SOUTIEN NOUS AIDERA &Agrave; POURSUIVRE ET &Agrave; D&Eacute;VELOPPER :<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">ACTIVITES DE SENSIBILISATION ET ENGAGEMENT COMMUNAUTAIRE</li></ul>Votre soutien permet des programmes diversifi&eacute;s qui apportent mouvement et cr&eacute;ativit&eacute; &agrave; tous les &acirc;ges et capacit&eacute;s, notamment :<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Dansez ! Ateliers de danse hebdomadaires pour les jeunes &eacute;l&egrave;ves de l&#39;&Eacute;cole des Colibris, l&#39;&Eacute;cole Rose-des-Vents et l&#39;Annexe Queen Elizabeth, favorisant l&#39;expression et la connexion culturelle &agrave; travers le mouvement.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Programme Generations : Ateliers et performances &eacute;ph&eacute;m&egrave;res dans des &eacute;tablissements de soins pour personnes &acirc;g&eacute;es et membres de la communaut&eacute; souffrant de maladies chroniques ou de probl&egrave;mes de mobilit&eacute;, offrant des moments de joie et de connexion cr&eacute;ative.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Freedom Floor : Ateliers d&#39;improvisation de danse pour les jeunes &agrave; risque confront&eacute;s &agrave; des probl&egrave;mes de sant&eacute; mentale et de d&eacute;pendance, offrant un espace s&ucirc;r pour l&#39;expression de soi, l&#39;exploration cr&eacute;ative et la connexion.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Vortex | jams de danse et son 4D &agrave; Lobe : Un jam de danse et de son 4D qui invite &agrave; la participation inclusive et &agrave; l&#39;exploration sensorielle.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Flowing Verse : ateliers de po&eacute;sie et de danse cultivant la voix, la pr&eacute;sence et la communaut&eacute;.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Cours de danse cr&eacute;ative pour adultes de + de 50 ans, favorisant la sant&eacute;, la connexion et le bien-&ecirc;tre.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Flash mobs con&ccedil;ues pour susciter la joie et la participation des enfants, des personnes &acirc;g&eacute;es et de la communaut&eacute; en g&eacute;n&eacute;ral.</li></ul> <ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">PRODUCTIONS INTERDISCIPLINAIRES&nbsp;<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Bright Shadow : Une exploration de la tension entre l&#39;utopie et la dystopie, cette &oelig;uvre entrelace danse contemporaine, musique en direct, texte et technologie interactive. Inspir&eacute;e du concept de &quot;Golden Shadow&quot; de Carl Jung, Bright Shadow met en lumi&egrave;re le potentiel cach&eacute; de l&#39;humanit&eacute; et pose la question : &quot;Quel genre de monde esp&eacute;rons-nous construire ensemble ?&quot; Originairement enracin&eacute;e dans le voyage personnel de Rachel vers la gu&eacute;rison, elle int&egrave;gre maintenant les voix des collaborateurs et du public, encourageant l&#39;imagination et l&#39;espoir dans un monde chaotique.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Gentle Glory : Une &oelig;uvre solo en cours de cr&eacute;ation par Rachel Helten, Gentle Glory explore la douceur et l&#39;empathie comme voies vers la lib&eacute;ration. Tirant de l&#39;exp&eacute;rience de Rachel dans la gestion de probl&egrave;mes de sant&eacute; mentale, elle honore le pouvoir de gu&eacute;rison de l&#39;intelligence &eacute;motionnelle, de la vuln&eacute;rabilit&eacute; et de la connexion - envers soi, M&egrave;re Nature et la sagesse animiste - offrant un appel &agrave; ne pas &ecirc;tre indiff&eacute;rent dans un monde parfois violent.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Reverence for the Rebels : Ce projet de recherche en danse interdisciplinaire honore les r&eacute;cits de rebelles au sein des lign&eacute;es ancestrales - membres de la famille, figures historiques ou ic&ocirc;nes dont la dissidence courageuse inspire la r&eacute;sistance et le changement. En combinant danse, parole et musique, le projet donne vie &agrave; la narration incarn&eacute;e, r&eacute;clamant l&#39;autonomie et la sagesse ancestrale. Enracin&eacute; dans la justice, la compassion et la r&eacute;silience ancestrale, il est &agrave; la fois un hommage et un appel &agrave; l&#39;action face aux crises sociales et &eacute;cologiques urgentes d&#39;aujourd&#39;hui.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">What is Us &amp; Eternal (en d&eacute;veloppement) : Une &oelig;uvre interdisciplinaire explorant la nature fluide et multidimensionnelle de l&#39;amour - el amor - en tant que force cosmique et transformative transcendant le temps et l&#39;espace. Utilisant le mouvement, le texte et l&#39;esprit, elle r&eacute;fl&eacute;chit sur l&#39;amour en tant que m&eacute;tamorphose, m&eacute;moire et pr&eacute;sence &eacute;ternelle.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">ENOCRE PLUS A VENIR !&nbsp;</li></ul>POURQUOI VOTRE SOUTIEN EST IMPORTANT : Avec des co&ucirc;ts croissants et des contextes de financement comp&eacute;titifs, votre contribution soutient nos artistes, notre personnel et nos b&eacute;n&eacute;voles. Ensemble, nous garantissons un acc&egrave;s continu &agrave; l&#39;art transformateur qui nourrit l&#39;esprit, le corps et l&#39;&acirc;me, construisant un monde plus compatissant, inclusif et connect&eacute; - un mouvement &agrave; la fois. Faites passer le mot, ralliez vos amis et votre famille, et ensemble, faisons de cette ench&egrave;re un succ&egrave;s !&nbsp; Merci pour votre soutien, et bonne ench&egrave;re ! Rachel &amp; Carlinesoma anima arts (Kinesis Dance Society)

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This donation will help a lot to achieve our mission. We'll be able to : - Expand our outreach & community-engagement programming - Research & Create new Dance works - Produce and Showcase Dance works Help us in our mission to create transformative experiences and initiatives through interdisciplinary art, celebrating compassion, liberation and community wellbeing!

This donation will help a lot to achieve our mission. We'll be able to :- Expand our outreach & community-engagement programming- Research & Create new Dance works- Produce and Showcase Dance worksHelp us in our mission to create transformative experiences and initiatives through interdisciplinary art, celebrating compassion, liberation and community wellbeing!

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