• COMMUNITY SPIRAL DANCE



• ARTIST LINE-UP



• SPEAKERS FORUM



• WORKSHOPS



• FILM FESTIVAL



• ACTIVIST ALLEY



• FAERIE MASQUERADE
  
  
• SRI YANTRA
  
  
• PHOTO GALLERY

2005 Community Spiral Dance

Immediately following the Prayer for Peace on Saturday September 17th we all joined hands and dance a double spiral dance. This was most likely be the biggest spiral dance ever created thanks to such wonderful particpation from everyone! The Spiral dance is a very powerful experience that can weave our collective intentions and prayers into one great vision that we then release into the universe on an incredible wave of voices. This kind of focused prayer has been proven to have tremendous potential for positive change and the dance itself is a great opportunity for us to connect as a community - as we join hands in a circle to dance into the center and out again, we pass each person in the dance and begin to see the many powerful beings that are part of this great turning of the wheel of life! In the natural world, the spiral is seen everywhere: in the unfurling bud of a new rose, the whorled lines of a seashell, even in the great spiral arms of galaxies. The spiral image appears in sacred art of many cultures. The Native American shamanic tradition holds concentric circles to be "passageways between the natural and supernatural world", and mandalas are sacred symbols used for meditation in Eastern religions which often use spiral motifs. In Australian aboriginal paintings, concentric circles are said to show the location of sacred sites. Spiral images appear in the art of the Huichol Indians of Mexico and in many other cultures around the world. Both single and double spirals were among the most sacred signs of Neolithic Europe. They appeared on megalithic monuments and temples all over the continent and the Celtic islands. Spiral oculi (double twists resembling eyes) appear prominently in places like the threshold stones at Newgrange in Ireland. How it Works: Firstly, all participants will move to the outer edges of the field. Then two leaders holding tall banners will begin a slow journey into the center creating a line behin them. As participants chant to the heartbeat of the drum, they will join one of the lines. Those who do not wish to dance can move to the center and hold space there. Each procession will move into the center and then begin to weave back out again - passing the line that is still moving inward. As the lines move in and out, the energy builds and when the two lines meet, all participants will raise their voices and release their intentions to the heavens. Please note: IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE LINE STAYS TOGETHER! This means that once you have taken hold of the hands of the people next to you, you must not let go! If you need to leave the circle, make sure that you connect the hands of the people on either side of you. We will have helpers there to make sure that the dance moves smoothly but please remember, that every part of the spiral affects every other part and so we must work together to make it work well! Thank-you for joining us and joining up - together we danced the spiral - making history, weaving our voices, our hearts and our steps into an intention for peace and awakening - revitalizing ourselves and our community with each step we took! - Suzanne

About Suzanne Sterling: http://www.suzannesterling.com Suzanne has been a performing artist for 20 years and a Reclaiming teacher for 17 years (including 13 Reclaiming Intensives). Within various Reclaiming communities, she has spearheaded and developed curriculums, teacher trainings and apprenticeship programs. Suzanne is also an ecstatic vocalist and composer. She has received critical acclaim both as a performer and as a recording artist and her music has been commissioned for film, theatre and video. She performs, teaches and facilitates retreats and workshops in the U.S. and abroad and has an extensive background in music, dance, yoga, theatre, psychology and spiritual traditions. In addition to her solo music, she performs regularly with tribal trance act Medicine Drum and electronic dance music duo "Alcyone". She also sings with of the popular acoustic trio "Kali’s Angels", and is a passionate believer in the power of art and magic. For more information about Reclaiming groups, events, intensives and rituals worldwide go to www.reclaiming.org

Presented by Gathering of the Tribes (GOTT)
in the Taj Mahal Dome

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GOTT unites and supports dance music collectives, movements of peace and social harmony, and others in support of a constructive emergent culture. We cultivate networks and promote activism, education, sustainability, and the art and culture of the music and dance underground. GoTT is proud to be in residence at the Northern California Earthdance festival for the second year running, and we will be presenting speakers, workshops & panels according to the schedule below.

2005 SPEAKERS SCHEDULE = Speakers Tent
FRIDAY (Taj Mahal)
(Large Dome) 2:00pm - 4:00pm Friday, Sept 16	DJ Bartek (Rootabreaka)
(Large Dome) 4:00pm - 4:45pm Friday, Sept 16	Opening Ceremony and Welcome Gathering of The Tribes and Earthdance invite all non-profit organizations and other participants in Earthdance to join us as we open the weekend with a ceremony and live music jam with GoTT Nucleus members, member’s of Shaman’s Dream and other attendee’s. As the ritual flows we will be lead through intention setting & guided meditation with Christina Bullard (Ritual Performer; GoTT Organizer), Surya Kramer (Interactive Ritual Guide), Sean Siple (Buddhist-trained Storyteller and Listener; Truth and Reconciliation Project Facilitator); along with a welcome address from Dustianne North (GoTT Founder and Facilitator).
(Large Dome) 4:45pm - 6:00pm Friday, Sept 16	Circle Discussion – Non-Profits A world with foundations in social and environmental justice is possible, and YOUR committed efforts in the community are making it happen! We will be sharing our stories of what's working with our non-profit organizations' activities and our challenges, with our ears to opportunities for meeting mutual needs with each others' core efforts and resources. First, we'll open with introductions. Then, by sharing and clustering what each of us finds is working, and where possibilities for cooperation exist, we may gain some new real opportunities to accomplish our missions more successfully. Stephen Cataldo from SpaceShare will also present a wonderful recruitment opportunity available to all Earthdance Non-Profits! Facilitated by Dustianne North and Kalib Kersh.
(Large Dome) 6:00pm - 8:00pm Friday, Sept 16	Midtempo Breaks DJ Set – Danny (Moontribe, Traveling Corn)
SATURDAY (Taj Mahal Dome & Speakers Tent)             = Speakers Tent
(Speakers Tent) 9:00am - 10:00am Saturday, Sept 17	Chakra Meditation for Manifestation Nicole Vanderhoff will lead a morning Chakra meditation while playing the beautiful, deeply relaxing, energy balancing, and trance inducing singing crystal bowls.
(Large Dome) 10:00am - 11:15am Saturday, Sept 17	Kundalini Dance An ecstatic dance journey through the chakras! Cleanse away stagnant energies, breath deep of prana and wake your inner self and outer body in this morning movement workshop facilitated by Leyolah Antara and her assistant Luna. For over 11 years Antara has been developing and teaching this unique method around the world. (more info...)
(Speakers Tent) 10:00am - 10:40am Saturday, Sept 17	How Mushrooms Can Save the World! Joseph will be representing the work of Paul Stamets' Mushrooms Can Save the World. From Medicinal to reforestation and toxic waste clean up, mushrooms can solve many of our global problems! You can learn how to utilize mushrooms in your work and daily life.
(Speakers Tent) 10:40am - 11:15am Saturday, Sept 17	Permaculture and Eco-village Workshop This workshop will be led by Stephen Brooks (& others TBA), founder of the Punta Mona permaculture community in Costa Rica (www.puntamona.org). Come learn and share experiences and expertise about real world permaculture/eco-village projects.
11:15am - 11:30am Saturday, Sept 17	BREAK
(Large Dome) 11:30pm - 12:45pm Saturday, Sept 17	HulaHoop Workshop Join Kandice for a Hip-Opening good time! Learn and tweak tricks at this body-awakening movement workshop that re-aligns us with the intuitive motion of the Goddess. (There will be some Hoops made available for use at the workshop!)
(Speakers Tent) 11:30am -12:45pm Saturday, Sept 17	Biodiesel Workshop Thinking about going “veggie” or maybe you already have? Come with your burning biodiesel questions and answers. Expert panellists who have been there and back again with their vehicles will include David Sartore, Stephen Brooks and GoTT’s own Kalib.
(Large Dome) 1:00pm – 2:30pm Saturday, Sept 17	Panel Discussion: Media, Spin & Alternative Cultures Let's Turn It Inside Out: shifting media power from the corporate to the grassroots ...Today, the media is the news. Reporters are in the middle of the people, power, and the truth. The self-preservation imperatives of big journalism may have compromised its purpose: to give citizens information to make informed choices. By breaking the silence, voices in the wilderness are being aired on independent airwaves and internet, in newly created broadcast venues, with technology that has never been possible till now. We'll bring together people from the Independent Media Center movement, non-profits using media to realize their missions, members of the press reporting on Earthdance, and you. Together, we will turn it inside out, participating in a dynamic discussion about the future of the media and journalism, highlighting opportunities for our continuing involvement.
(Speakers Tent) 1:00pm - 1:45pm Saturday, Sept 17	The Butterfly Effect We are living in an era of myth and miracles as foretold throughout the ages. Join us for an incredible session of Butterfly Awakening as Alan Moore relates his journeys of transformation and healing and how his butterfly network has been magically and synchronistically brought together for the cause of world peace and environmental sustainability.
(Speakers Tent) 1:45pm - 2:30pm Saturday, Sept 17	Workshop: Tips & Tools for activism in your community with Stephen Cataldo SpaceShare's Activist Neighbor Match is bringing together many small groups focused on making changes in the issues you care about, without waiting for leadership from larger organizations. Everyone is encouraged to participate and share ideas, to plan out the first steps to make your neighborhood action group successful. Our focus will be on smaller efforts: growing a book club, getting a discussion group started in a nearby cafe, finding neighbors to convert cars to biodiesel. Experienced activists interested in helping small groups get started are welcome to participate, too.
(Large Dome) 2:30 – 3:30pm Saturday, Sept 17	DJ Brian Seed (Moontribe, Ball of Waxx)
(Large Dome) 3:30 – 3:50pm Saturday, Sept 17	Live Jam & Procession to Peace Prayer Come join us as we celebrate and gather energy on our way to unite with our fellows at the highlight of the weekend: The Peace Prayer! We will be joined by musicians and other revelers! Bring along instruments and other toys!
SUNDAY (Taj Mahal Dome & Speakers Tent)              = Speakers Tent
(Speakers Tent) 9:00am - 10:00am Sunday, Sept 18	Prayer Activation Ceremony Surya Kramer will inspire souls to come into a sacred, intentional environment to create healing activation circles where paint and collage will be used to create symbols that inspire collective prayer for planetary healing. Prayer, movement, sound and word around the circles will support the healing process.
(Large Dome) 10:00am - 11:15am Sunday, Sept 18	Drumming Workshop: The African Showboyz Connect with and learn about this phenomenal Quintet from West Africa. Experience their unique talents, culture and personality while they share themselves and their drumming in this fabulous workshop. This is the perfect primer for their Mainstage appearance. (more info...)
(Large Dome) 11:15am - 11:30am Sunday, Sept 18	BREAK
(Speakers Tent) 10:00am - 10:30am Sunday, Sept 18	Workshop To Be Announced Onsite Please check schedule at the Taj Mahal
(Speakers Tent) 10:30am - 11:30am Sunday, Sept 18	Discover, Share, Develop and Hone YOUR Superpowers! Join Betty Biodiesel and other superheroes/sheroes as we navigate through the world of our super powered selves. Uncover your magical mission given to you at the beginning of this time travel on planet earth. Come away with a better understanding of how your superpowers can be engaged to make this planet and your superpowered, supercharged world a sustainably activated, environmentally protected, economically supported, socially superconnected and spiritually enlivened place to BE.
(Large Dome) 11:30am - 1:00pm Sunday, Sept 18	Circle Discussion Art in Action, Action as Art This Earthdance workshop brings together prominent guest speakers and their varying styles of creative activism and/or socially-informed creativity. Panelists include Julia Butterfly Hill, Marie Daulne of Zap Mama, Lisa Russel, and Zachary Zide. There will be brief presentations interspersed with dialogue among speakers, and audience participation will be encouraged throughout. Facilitated by Tania Russell and Agent Apple.Some areas for exploration: • How can activators and artisans of culture work more closely together to inspire positive change? • How do we catalyze change, and how do we *imagine* we catalyze change? What can "everyday people" do? • How can we evolve our point of view to respond to the challenges of the current political environment? • From an artist’s point of view, what are the common leverage points for mass action? Can we set shared priorities to amplify our efforts, beyond the standard 'coalition-building'?
(Speakers Tent) 11:30am - 1:00pm Sunday, Sept 18	Psychedelic Studies Update from MAPS Julia Onnie-Hay from the Multi-Disciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) will give an update on the most up to date science, research, and policy on psychedelic studies, including the MDMA clinical trials for post traumatic stress, followed by a question and answer session.
(Large Dome/Speaker's Tent) 1:00am - 1:15am Sunday, Sept 18	BREAK
(Large Dome) 1:15pm - 2:30pm Sunday, Sept 18	Circle Discussion The Future of Festivals Why do we choose to participate in festivals? Is it like direct activism, a way of making our voices heard? Is it a way to find a new sense of community we are otherwise lacking? Just good healthy fun and entertainment? Understanding what we are drawn to in festivals may help us to work together to find solutions to the issues that impact our festivals directly, such as land use, or the strength and quality of our impact on important issues. Our mutual understanding and co-operation can assist our vision for the future and how we act in their stead, creating festivals which more fully embody our values and goals. Join us as we journey through these topics with representatives from Earthdance, Reggae on the River, Burning Man, Oregon Country Fair, Moontribe, Gathering of The Tribes, the Hog Farm, SolFest, Health and Harmony, Rainbow Family, Oracle Gatherings, Tribal Harmonix, Joshua Tree Music Festival, Island Festival, Green Gorilla/Green Alliance and plenty of others including Wavy Gravy, the Rock Philosopher and Clown Extraordinaire! Facilitated by Dustianne North and David Sartore.
(Speakers Tent) 1:15pm - 1:45pm Sunday, Sept 18	Sri Yantra - The Sacred Symbol of the Goddess Swami Chaitanya, who constructed the huge three-dimensional Sri Yantra in the main bowl for this year's Earthdance, will discuss the sacred geometry and multiple meanings of this ancient Hindu mandala. In Sanskrit, "Sri" means divine and "Yantra" means tool, and hence it is a tool used to focus meditation as well as to explain the map of the cosmic energy, which is mirrored in the human body. The Sri Yantra is the symbol of Shiva and Shakti, Yin and Yang, the perfect balance of nature and spirit.
(Speakers Tent) 1:45pm - 2:30pm Sunday, Sept 18	Experiential Playshop Grounding a New Culture This experiential play workshop will explore the embodiment of our true selves and our roles as reflections of what is possible, toward the grounding of a new culture in our local/bioregional communities. The session will be led by Dominic Allamano (www.inmyvillage.org) who has helped design and implement a self-organizing template for community relocalization and cultural renewal.
(Large Dome) 2:30pm - 3:00pm Sunday, Sept 18	Chief Oren Lyons Earthdance is honored to have Chief Oren Lyons speak at EARTHDANCE 2005. Don't miss this incredible opportunity to share time with one of the most respected Native American Elders.
(Large Dome) 3:00pm - 3:15pm Sunday, Sept 18	Closing Ceremony and Live Jam With GoTT Nucleus and attendees. Let’s celebrate and integrate together as we close the gathering and begin walking our new adventures.
(Large Dome) 3:15pm - 4:00pm Sunday, Sept 18	Liquid Bloom
Have a discussion or small group workshop you’d like to lead? Visit our headquarters table at the Electronica/GoTT dome and sign up on our community bulletin board to gather others interested in joining you!

 

Gathering of the Tribes is brought to you by the GoTT Nucleus: Robert Berg, Heyward Bracey, Christina Bullard, Craig Godfrey, Vishal Hira, Alex Millstein, Dustianne North, Danny Piñeda, Tania Russell, Sasha Wisotsky, Kalib Kersch, Kristina Simonsen, Heather Schwarz, Jeffrey Asprocolas, Rebeca Cotera, and Dallas Swendemen.

GoTT would like to thank Chris, Martin and everyone else at Earthdance International for providing the opportunity for us to present our programming at the festival. We would also like to thank our fiscal partner, International Humanities Center (IHC)* as well as our esteemed presenters and the entire GoTT community for their support

* for entire list of GoTT partners and allies please visit: http://gottribes.org/affiliations.html

(see 2004 speaker's forum)

2005 Workshops

Shamanism | Yoga | Kundalini Dance
African Drum & Dance | Into the Light 2012

SHAMANISM WORKSHOP
With Special Guest: Siberian Shaman, Biven Mamonta


Russia is a source of the ancient shamanic wisdom where powerful mystical rituals have been faithfully preserved for millennia. Biven Mamonta is a former Medical Doctor, Psychiatrist and 11th Generation Shaman of the Siberian tradition. Biven is also an extraordinary clairvoyant and Master of Astrology.

Siberian shamanism dates back over 40,000 years and is a true ancient spiritual tradition. It refers to the idea that everything is of the "One Source", (Spirit or God). Shamanic knowledge is based on direct individual connection with Spirit and assists people to open their personal connection with Spirit at the deepest level. Throigh their own connection to "spirit" the Shamans use ritual knowledge to facilitate positive changes in the lives of their students.

Biven will lead a special ceremony on Saturday morning at the main concert bowl beginning at 8am. He will also lead a special workshop presentation on Siberian Shamanism in the Lotus Temple Dome on Saturday and Sunday afternoons at 1pm. See full Schedule

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KUNDALINI DANCE - Experience the transformational power of ecstasy through dance with Leyolah Antara

Kundalini Dance is a healing art and creative movement form designed for people to activate their inner healer and initiate positive life changes through the medium of ecstatic dance, shamanic sound and trance breathwork. Sensual, dynamic and trance-inducing, participants journey through the chakras, uncoiling the Kundalini power within to connect body, mind and spirit in a joyous, stress-releasing and revelatory dance of life. Using specific breathing techniques to purify and express each chakra, Antara's Kundalini Dance workshops uses specially composed music from her CD Chakra, Trancen-dance, The Keys to Natural Ecstasy. This workshop is an opportunity to deepen your experience of dance as a transformative healing art and spiritual practice.

Leyolah Antara
Leyolah Antara has been exploring the transformational path of ecstatic dance for 14 years. Kundalini Dance is the outcome of over a decade of training and research in Austarlia, Europe and the U.S.A with some extraordinary people in the fields of energy healing, dance-movement therapy and mind-body medicine. Since 1992 she has been facilitating workshops and has taken thousands of people across the globe into the remembrance of how to work with their innate inner energy to create and maintain health and well being. Antara has recently co-produced her second CD / booklet: Chakra Trancendance, which features dance music created for each chakra and a 36 page theoretical and instructional booklet. For more information of the work , events and Kundalini dance teacher Training please go to www.kundalini-dance.com

Leyolah Antara will lead the Kundalini Dance Workshopin the Lotus Temple Dome on Sunday morning at 11:30 am. See full Schedule

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YOGA WORKSHOPS
Led by the following Instructors:

Antonio Sausys | Hanneli Frances | Ambe Ray

Antonio Sausys grew up in Uruguay, where he discovered a key correlation between modern body-oriented psychotherapy and ancient yogic teachings, and has integrated the best practices from both worlds into his chosen profession as a yoga instructor and Somatic health practitioner. He applies specific yogic techniques to treat a variety of chronic medical and/or emotional conditions. His specialty is working one-on-one with individuals to create a “Yoga Sadhana” This is a specifically designed yogic routine that best serves the individual’s needs and abilities, integrating mind, body and spirit to fully embrace the experience of life. Antonio currently resides in Marin County with a thriving yoga practice throughout the Bay Area. In addition to speaking engagements and workshops, he is an accomplished opera singer, accordion player, actor, and is fluent in four languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese and Italian.

About Antonio's Class:
Pawanmuktasana III 'Shakti Bandha' or the unblocking of the Creative Energy -
Amongst the many manifestations that energy can have within the human being, the creative energy is in the base of our ability to produce art, express, relate, and most importantly, come up with coping strategies to adapt to life challenges. Any blockage at this level, will diminish our possibilities of experiencing a fulfilling life turning the many gifts we receive into 'problems to be solved.' This practice offers a set of physical and breathing techniques along with visualizations intended to unblock the flow of creative energy within your system independent of whether the blockage is physical, mental or energetic.

Anotonio's Classes will be held at the Lotus Temple Dome on Friday 5pm, Saturday 7pm and Sunday 8am. See the full Lotus Temple Dome Schedule...

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Hanneli Francis, a devoted student of yoga since 1989, is a certified Anusara yoga instructor, Nuat Thai yoga therapist and joyful student of Life. Her teaching arises from her dedicated studies in the heart-oriented Anusara yoga, Vipassana Meditation and Earth-based ritual. Her contagious joy and enthusiasm offer a supportive, inclusive environment for self-exploration. With a BA in Environmental Conservation, Hanneli offers retreats that combine her deep understanding of earth-based healing with her studies of both Eastern and Western Mysticism. This is an essential piece of her work -- combining the powerful transformational tools of Invocation and Intention with yoga and meditation.

About Hanneli's Class:
Anusara Yoga is a form of hatha yoga which is heart-oriented, spiritually inspiring and grounded in the Universal Principles of Alignment. Embrace the balance in life, between aiming your strong passion toward something you want and opening to a power or vision greater than yourself. When we align our power with the larger current of energy/Grace, a spontaneous sense of freedom arises. Yoga classes with Hanneli will explore this dynamic in a fun, playful way.

Hanneli's Classes will be held at the Lotus Temple Dome on Friday 5pm, Saturday 8am and Sunday 10am. See the full Lotus Temple Dome Schedule...

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For over sixteen year's Ambe Ray has been practicing and teaching Fluid Wave Yoga, Integrative Healing, Expressive and Transformational Arts. She is a trained and Certified Energy Intuitive, Holistic Life Path Consultant, Yoga Therapist, Expressive Arts Facilitator and Chi Nei Tsang (Internal Organ Massage) Therapist. Ambe' weaves a wealth of experiential wisdom to create a rich and multidimensional discovery ground for conscious embodiment and whole life.

About Ambe's Class:
Join Ambe and friends in sharing fully embodied consciousness through Breathe of Life Pranayana, Fluid Wave Yoga, Sounding the core and delighting in the nectar of one anothers fully awakened presence. Our movement journey will culminate in a dynamic group prayer which will infuse our cells with our soul's highest blueprint and ignite a unified field of oneness from which we will collectively take flight.

Ambe's Classes will be held at the Lotus Temple Dome on Saturday 10am and Sunday 5pm. See the full Lotus Temple Dome Schedule...

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AFRICAN DRUM & DANCE WORKSHOP
Led by the African Showboyz

Explore traditional African Ryhtms from Ghana. Presented by the African Showboys from Binaba, a tiny village in the northeast region of Ghana, West Africa. This tribal quintet is a unique blend and remarkable experience of African drum, dance, magic and adrenaline..

The African Showboyz will be conducting the African Dance and Drumming workshop in the Taj Mahal Dome at 10am Sunday Morning. See full Speaker's Dome Schedule.

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NEW PARADIGM PHYSICS: Into the Light of 2012

The physics and metaphysics of the Sun and the evolution of our Solar System. Light is Wisdom and the Sun is bringing in a new frequency of pure radiance. We will discuss Solar flares and their effect on Earth Changes as well as the transformation of consciousness. We will learn the ancient art of Sungazing as taught by Hira Manek, a saint from India that has been living on Sunlight for 10 years.

Our sun has "reincarnated" from a yellow-orange sun and is now a yellow-white sun. The ancient prophesies say it has moved from the fifth sun to the sixth sun. Light is wisdom, and new information is illuminating our solar system, raising the frequency, reactivating the original purpose of heaven on earth. One of the physical manifestations of the solar transformation are Solar flares, which are in turn activating the earth, causing dramatic earth changes. I will give an explanation of these changes from a scientific point of view, as well as share maps of the future created by several visionaries.

Asha Deliverance is the founder and visionary of Pacific Domes Inc. of Ashland, which has been operational since 1980. Asha has been practicing yoga for over thirty years and has delivered over 150 babies as a professional midwife. She herself is the mother of seven children. Asha is an advocate of environmental sustainability and is actively promoting the work of Nassim Haramein, Ian Lungold and other leading-edge thinkers.

Asha's Workshop will be held at the Lotus Temple Dome on Saturday 11:30 am See the full Lotus Temple Dome Schedule...

Arlo Stage Film Festival | Activist Cinema

2005 Earthdance Film Festival (Arlo Stage)

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1:00am - 4:00am at the Arlo Forest Stage
Grab your favorite hot drink and blanket and settle down
to a mind-altering session of late night flix.

The Earthdance Short-Attention-Span
Environmental Film Festival

Friday Night/Saturday Morning
Arlo Forest Stage
1:00am - 2:30am

Can’t handle another hit of bad enviro-news? Then check out the EarthDance Short-Attention-Span Environmental Film Festival - A celebration of independent, alternative films that promote environmental awareness through humor, creativity and hope. Featuring documentary, animated, and dramatic short films (2 – 20 minutes) by 12 domestic and international filmmakers, the EarthDance Short-Attention-Span Environmental Film Festival is a celluloid celebration of epic environmental proportions!
Festival Director: Zachery Zide.

Screening List (Total Running Time: 92 minutes):

The God - Director: Konstantin Bronzit – 4 min. Russia
A fabulous computer generated animation of the humorous struggle between a statue of Shiva and a house fly. Conclusion: Even a Hindu god might have to reincarnate to get rid of this bug.

Pas de Monde (Not of this World) – Director: Caroluna – 4 min. USA
A beautiful visual odyssey of dancing jelly ‘fish’ set to opera music sung by the film’s multi-talented director.

Ride of the Mergansers – Director: Steve Furman - 11 min. USA
Filmed entirely in northern Minnesota, this award-winning film is a heartwarming blend of natural history, humor, and suspense. You'll be entertained, educated, and inspired - and leave with a newfound appreciation of the phrase 'leap of faith.'

S.U.V. LUV – Director: Colin Campbell - 15 min. USA
It’s your classic love triangle: A guy, a girl and an S.U.V. He loves her, she loves the car, and the car loves the idea of running the guy over. Something’s got to give. Someone’s got to bleed. Will it be blood or oil?

Peregrine Dreams – Director: Greg Bernstein - 10 min. USA
In 1997 members of Project Bandaloop ascended the massive granite face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Over the course of six days and five nights they created a vertical dance that celebrated the return of the peregrine falcon from near extinction. This amazing film documents the team’s ascent and death-defying dance. It also articulates the exceptional nature of the peregrine falcon, the environmental issues that led to its near extinction and the work of the Predatory Bird Research Group of Santa Cruz.

Flip Flotsam – Director: Journeyman Pictures - 20 min. Africa
Ever wondered what happens to your footwear after you’re finished with it? This award-winning and startlingly original documentary traces the fantastic journey of Africa’s most popular shoes: the flip-flop. Easily bought, quickly discarded, the flip-flop stands as a symbol of the summer holiday for millions of westerners. But in its African homeland, it undergoes a series of versatile transformations. Filmed over a two year period, this uplifting film takes an ingenious look at the lifecycle of the flip-flop.

Birdbeat – Director: Geoff Adams - 4 min. USA
The ritual hierarchy at a backyard birdfeeder, accompanied by a saxophone ensemble. Cool, man.

Winnemem War Dance at Shasta Dam – Director: Christopher McLeod - 7 min. USA
A proposal to raise the height of Shasta Dam near Redding, California, threatens to flood Winnemem Wintu sacred sites on the McCloud River. In September, 2004, the Winnemem responded with a four-day war dance to spiritually unite the people in their struggle for sovereignty and religious freedom, and their efforts to protect the water, salmon and ceremonial sites. This important documentary tells the tale.

Catfish Blues – Director: Paul Morstad - 3 min. Canada
A lyrical animation about a catfish with the blues that goes for a walk around the block.

Das Rad (The Rocks) – Directors: Chris Stenner, Heidi Wittlinger, Arvid Uibel - 9 min. Germany
The stone-people Hew and Kew have seen a lot in their lives on top of their mountain. Therefore, they are only mildly amazed by the goings-on in the valley below. They’ve got their own problems to deal with. But as humankind evolves, even Hew and Kew’s stoic existence is threatened. Nominated for the 75th Academy Awards.

Spirits of the Forest – Director: Taylor Lockwood – 3.5 min. USA
Witness an amazing, beautifully photographed collection of mushrooms set to baroque music.

Natural Transitions – Director: Nick Kalish – 2 min. USA
One teen’s personal struggle with his dichotomous connection to both urban and natural landscapes.

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LOVE, LABOR, LOSS
a Film by Lisa Russel

Friday Night/Saturday Morning
Arlo Forest Stage
2:30am - 3:00am

Film maker, Lisa Russel is currently collaborating with Congolese artist Marie Daulne of ZAP MAMA on The “Woman” Tour – a 3-week nationwide initiative using the mediums of music and film to increase American’s awareness about women’s health in the developing world. Throughout the tour, Lisa’s 15-minute advocacy video entitled LOVE, LABOR, LOSS – profiling women in Niger living with obstetric fistula (a relatively unknown but prevalent childbearing injury affecting poor women throughout Africa, Asia and other low-income regions) – will screen to audiences at universities, cultural centers and special events in collaboration with ZAP MAMA to educate, inspire and mobilize audiences with a message that investing in women is investing in a better world.

LISA RUSSELL is an independent documentary filmmaker whose background in international humanitarian work helps draw inspiration for her films about the health and well-being of our global society. Residing in Brooklyn, NY, Lisa has produced and directed films on AIDS activism in Africa, access to life-saving AIDS medications in Brazil, environmental degradation in Ghana and refugee resettlement in post-9/11 America. Lisa’s films are commonly tied into campaigns that integrate elements of social change – through fundraising, mass media or legislative action. For more information, please visit www.thewomantour.com.

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DANCES OF ECSTASY

Friday Night/Saturday Morning
Arlo Forest Stage
3 :00am - 4:30am

DANCES OF ECSTASY is a sensory journey into the mesmerising world of trance and ecstasy that binds dancers from Manhattan to Morocco. Australian filmmakers Michelle Mahrer and Nicole Ma travelled to traditional and modern day rituals to discover what is the altered state experience which people seek through dance. In these rituals, Whirling Dervishes from Turkey, Orisha priestesses from Nigeria and Brazil, and shaman healers from the Kalahari and Korea, pulse to the same beat as thousands of young people at an all night techno dance party in an Australian forest.

DANCES OF ECSTASY is a visual and aural feast for the senses, an innovative documentary blending exciting dance rituals, evocative imagery, interviews and a spellbinding global music soundtrack. The film is an inspiration to dance, and to reconnect with a sense of the sacred that many have lost touch with in modern life.

http:// www.dancesofecstasy.com

(see 2004 films)

2005 Activist Cinema (top)

Saturday/Sunday night 12am - 6am. Tree sit Oak tree - Activist Alley

Presented by Earth Films:
Earth Films is a grass-roots, independent filmmaking collective that specialize in environmental and social justice documentaries. Based in southern Humboldt County, they have documented the various forest defense campaigns in the redwood region since 1995. They have also documented issues such as indigenous struggles, nuclear waste in the Southwest, corporate globalization and most recently, oil drilling in the upper Amazon of Ecuador and Peru. Many of their award winning films play regularly on Free-Speech TV.

List of films for Earth Dance ‘05

Amazanga (30 min)
A traditional Amazonian tribe shares their knowledge & wisdom of the forest, as they resist the oil and gold mining companies encroaching on their ancestral land

The Styx (10 min)
The world’s tallest hardwood tree-sit in Tasmania, Australia

G8 - Battle of the Oatfield (26 min)
Grass-roots resistance disrupts the July summit meeting of the world’s most powerful leaders i