- $850 or 3 monthly payments of $285
Sanctum Samhain 2025
What It Is:
Sanctum Samhain - A Sword Magick™ Intensive and Ritual Showcase is a 9 week series that moves students through five phases of ritual dance from creation to performance:
Steel & Bone:
The Element of Earth, the nurturing power of foundation. students delve into technique to get comfortable moving with their swords
Logic & Thought:
The Element of Air, the inspiring power of wisdom and strategy. This phase dives into movement creation and experimentation to begin to create their own vocabulary and movement.
Cast & Create:
The Element of Fire, the power of molding and forging something into shape. Students are guided through the creation of a ritual sword dance that is truly and uniquely their own.
Innovation & Dreams:
The Element of Water, the power of intuitive emotion. Layering intention and correspondences as well as creating smooth transitions and pathways between the movements that were created in Air.
Sanctum Samhain:
Ritual, Magick, and Celebration: The Element of Spirit. Bringing the power of culmination. A ritual showcase where all dancers will have the opportunity to share their finished piece if they would like to.
Class Schedule & Information:
All classes are hybrid, all are recorded (with recordings available until Dec 21)
Online classes will be offered on zoom
In person folks will meet at Spring/Fall Studio in Berkeley
Classes are boutique sized to allow for individual feedback and coaching so that every dancer, no matter their level, can be successful:
Classes are limited to 11 spaces in person, and 5 spaces online.
Dance Class:
Sundays 8/24-10/26 - 12:15-2:15pm PST (9 two hour classes)
In person or online
Magick Class:
Wednesdays 8/27-10/22 6-7:30pm PST (9 ninety min classes)
Online
Sanctum Samhain Ritual and Showcase:
Saturday Nov 1 in Oakland at Spire the Church and/or Sunday Nov 2 at the Monte Rio Theater and Extravaganza hosted by the Musical Instrument Library
BIPOC, LGBTQIA, and MENAHT dancers receive a special discount! Just use the discount code STARFIRE to receive $100 off (in addition to the early bird discount). This is in reparation and support of those who have faced (and continue to face) systemic racism, oppression and marginalization, as well as a repayment to those from whose cultures this fusion dance form borrows.
Let’s step out of our regular lives each Sunday afternoon and Wednesday Evening for 9 weeks to dive into the unknown and explore together. We will forge (or reforge) our connection to our blades, channel movement, expression, art, and dance along this crooked path using a carefully designed roadmap that leads to inspiration, magick, joy, love, connection and adventure!