Ralph will lead peace dances with a focus on unity and chanting in unison which can be danced and sung in harmonies or as rounds.
Adding body movements makes it so much easier to learn and sing a melody than just being static... The dances cover a wide range from slow meditative to high energy dances honouring various spiritual / religious traditions, including partner dances, Sufi zikrs and some of Ralph's own dances. No experience in singing or dancing is required - everyone is welcome. Weather permitting, we hope to dance some dances outside on the round lawn in the sheltered garden adjoining the dance hall.
"If you can talk, you can sing. If you can walk, you can dance." (African saying)

Experience the magic of the Dances of Universal Peace, their gentle uplifting and transformative effect: Singing and dancing are elementary creative expressions of our being. Focusing and using our bodies, hearts and souls, brings our whole being into balance and harmony. The human voice is a gateway to the soul. Forming a circle is a symbol and reminder of us being part of a community. In synchronised movements of the group as one organism, the separated individuality may dissolve into a blissful state of oneness. Singing in harmony with others resonates with all creation: sun, moon and the planets, the elements around us - and the dancing atoms in us.

Details & Updates: www.rainbow-cambridge.org.uk/dances/day.htm
More about the dances & Ralph: www.rainbow-cambridge.org.uk/dances/

"Paths interwining, shadow and light, all is touched by grace, be not afraid."
We usually focus on the light and it's varioys aspects - today we like to honour the darkness, which is often associated as "negative".
"Only on the path of darkness will you reach dawn" (Khalil Gibran)

You are invited to join us this evening of joyful, light-hearted and uplifting join in singing and dancing in our circle: Dances of Universal Peace. Please bring an open heart.
No experience required - beginners are warmly welcome!

"Just to say thank you for the very insightful DUP session on Saturday. It was truly magical and was received with perfect timing. It was a wonderfully creative and healing experience for me. I would love to explore this theme with the dances further sometime. Thanks again," (Jo, after a themed dance session: "Honouring the Darkness" in London-Islington, November 2010)

Dancing in a circle while chanting sacred phrases from different traditions is a powerful and uplifting experience. You forget, that you think you can't sing. You feel that you are alive - and connected with others. You may get lost in the 'Here & Now' and find your heart is opening; you smile and laugh more...

Each dance is introduced and easy to learn - beginners are warmly welcome.

Ralph Rainbow Dance Cambridge) will lead a dynamic mix of peace dances, from ecstatic-energetic to gentle meditative, accompanied by drum.

More see http://www.rainbow-cambridge.org.uk/dances/

Peace Dances @ Mill Road Winter Fair
From midday onwards: home cooked food will be available with tea/coffee and cakes.

From 1pm: FREE Dances of Universal Peace (join-in singing dancing circle) with Ralph
Each dance session will last about 30 minutes and is open to join in for everyone. It will consist of two Dances of Universal Peace.
1pm Hindu dances
1:30pm Christian dances
2pm Jewish dances
2:30pm Muslim / Sufi dances
3pm Goddess dances
4:15pm Buddhist dances
5pm: "Mill Road Community Dance of Universal Peace" with and for all, ending the Winter Fair ("From you I receive, to you I give, together we share, and from this we live.").
See http://www.rainbow-cambridge.org.uk/dances/cambridge.htm

"An experience beyond words...
We move and breathe and sing together in a circle, holding hands, like one organism.
Like a cell in the body, remembering being part of something much bigger than the small self.
The separated individuality may dissolve into a blissful state of oneness with the group.
Simultaneous chanting and dancing are fundamental expressions of our creativity,
which gets inspired and stimulated through these Dances of Universal Peace.
The Dances of Universal Peace are a spiritual practice:
all chakras get involved or even activated.
A deep, soulful sense of joy may be felt.
Tears may flow, when the soul begins to remember it's deep longing...

The dances can be a bridge to awakening, connecting with the Divine.
Your voice may open up and your breathing can become deeper and free.
All sorts of things may happen during or after the dancing, often on a subtle level.
We usually hug each other. These hugs can be very healing and comforting..."

Cost: £6 (or less, if you can't afford this)

More see http://www.rainbow-cambridge.org.uk/dances/

From 2010 we'll meet on the 3rd Wed / month in the FMH Jesus Lane 8-10pm.

You are invited to join us this evening of joyful, lighthearted and uplifting join in singing and dancing in our circle: Dances of Universal Peace. Please bring an open heart.
"O man, learn to dance, or else the angels in heaven will not know what to do with you."
Saint Augustine (A.D. 354 ... 430) - read the whole poem

"The dancing and singing that you created for us, at Richmond yesterday, Ralph, led me to that beautiful and undeniable feeling of peace and harmony within. It is when you see love in the eyes of another, and you give love to them, through the dancing, that your heart fills with love and gentleness. To see devotion in the heart of another, brings it out in ourselves. Yesterday, I felt that I was dancing with other lovers of God, (or the Universal Source - whatever name we choose to give it), and that we shared in the beauty of the Divine together. Is there any more beautiful feeling than the feeling of mystical love? I felt that in my being, when I walked home afterwards.
With loving gratitude." (Ann, London-Richmond, October 2009)

"I very much appreciated the variety in the dances you both introduce, and the way the energy is very celebrational, playful and ecstatic at times as well as going into softer meditative places. This helps me get swept up and stay engaged. I also like the concise way you gave a context and meaning for some of the dances, without going on at any length. The inclusive way you are, as both individuals and together gave me a safe and sweet feeling which helped me to leave aside my critical tendencies and to feel embraced by the circle." (Stefan Freedman, international circle dance teacher - www.worldance.org, April '09)

=> http://www.rainbow-cambridge.org.uk/dances/

"Oh man, learn to dance, or else the angels in heaven will not know what to do with you." Saint Augustine)

We move, breathe and sing together in a circle, holding hands. These dances can be a bridge to awakening, connecting with the Divine - and with each other.

Led by Ralph & Vitalija, accompanied by drum & gitar.

"I like your style of leading very much. ... I very much appreciated the variety in the dances you both introduce, and the way the energy is very celebrational, playful and ecstatic at times as well as going into softer meditative places. This helps me get swept up and stay engaged. I also like the concise way you gave a context and meaning for some of the dances, without going on at any length. The inclusive way you are, as both individuals and together gave me a safe and sweet feeling which helped me to leave aside my critical tendencies and to feel embraced by the circle." (Stefan Freedman, international circle dance teacher - www.worldance.org, April '09)

More about Ralph & Vitalija and the peace dances
=> http://www.rainbow-cambridge.org.uk/dances/