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What is Dance from the Heart?
Critical Mass Dance Company (CMDC) awakens and activates the creative, intuitive power of the heart through dance & movement for healing, transformation and wellness in mind, body and spirit.
CMDC teaches a trauma-informed, community-based embodiment practice called Dance from the Heart:
- Dance From The Heart helps us to envision and embody our greatest visions for our lives and world using 7 simple steps
- As we embody these visions with movement, we help create the change we wish to see in the world
- Dance from the Heart supports collective care by cultivating mental health, building communities of wellness and envisioning systems that promote wellbeing on all levels
Our Vision
We envision a world where:
- Humanity is rooted in living & leading from the heart, creating change from the inside out
- All people have access to dance & other holistic embodiment practices that help them connect to their heart
- We embody an intersectional approach to unity and collaboration that celebrates the diverse human experience
- Heart-centered movement contributes to the well-being of humanity and our stewardship of the planet earth
Our Values
Dance is healing: Supporting holistic health and wellness on the physical, emotional, spiritual and mental levels with dance
Full creative expression of all people: Providing an environment that encourages all bodies to move and express freely
Respecting the inherent value in all: Appreciating that everyone has something important to contribute.
Creating community: Building strong, lasting relationships that lifts up the well-being of all
Transformation from within: Shifting our inner world (thoughts, feelings, etc) to make change in the external world
Heart-centered organizing: Embodying an organizing principle of heart-led leadership for inclusion, equity and collective action
Catalyzing social change: Raising consciousness to inspire peace and justice through healing movement
Full creative expression of all people: Providing an environment that encourages all bodies to move and express freely
Respecting the inherent value in all: Appreciating that everyone has something important to contribute.
Creating community: Building strong, lasting relationships that lifts up the well-being of all
Transformation from within: Shifting our inner world (thoughts, feelings, etc) to make change in the external world
Heart-centered organizing: Embodying an organizing principle of heart-led leadership for inclusion, equity and collective action
Catalyzing social change: Raising consciousness to inspire peace and justice through healing movement
Inclusion Statement
CMDC’s mission aims to support the healing, empowerment and the liberation of Black, Indigenous, and communities of color through the transformative act of dance and movement. We aspire to break free from our system’s inequities by uplifting all bodies expressions, abilities, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. We center the wellness of immigrants (documented and undocumented), self-identified girls & women, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We welcome the full participation of gender beyond the binary, sexuality as a galaxy and a collaborative creation of a healthy, diverse and inclusive community through dance.
CMDC is committed to providing accessible programs in Spanish and English to the most vulnerable communities in Los Angeles and beyond. We provide free and low-cost classes in multiple languages and work with other nonprofit organizations who uphold our values of equity and liberation and center the needs of marginalized communities. Through our partnerships, CMDC offers various programs at no/low cost to our participants to ensure accessibility.
CMDC is committed to providing accessible programs in Spanish and English to the most vulnerable communities in Los Angeles and beyond. We provide free and low-cost classes in multiple languages and work with other nonprofit organizations who uphold our values of equity and liberation and center the needs of marginalized communities. Through our partnerships, CMDC offers various programs at no/low cost to our participants to ensure accessibility.