What are the 5 Rhythms®?
The 5 Rhythms® are flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness. Together they make up a Wave, a natural progression of energy, designed to liberate the dancer – the free creative spirit – inside each of us.

The 5 Rhythms® dance practice is like an improvisational, expressive movement meditation. No class is the same. Using a wide variety of music and creative suggestions, imagery or exercises, the teacher will guide you to explore the different landscapes of each of the rhythms. There are no steps to learn. Rather, each rhythm has its own distinct movement quality, inviting you to move your body in different ways, and explore parts of yourself that you might not always get to express in daily life.

Dancing the 5 Rhythms® is a wonderful way to loosen up your body, open your heart, empty your mind, free your soul and follow your spirit where it truly wishes to lead you. It is a movement practice that is both fun and funky, while holding the potential to be inspirational, healing, empowering and even life-changing. The more we move, alone and together, the more we shed our outside layers and surrender to the beat, the pulse of body and breath. We become less clutter and mask, more essence, and we experience surrender to the truly creative, potent life force that inspires us all.

Anyone – of any age, any size, any ability or physical limitation – can dance the 5 Rhythms®. There is no way to do it wrong. It’s all about discovering a map that can lead you deeper and deeper into your own being, until you come out dancing your own unique dance!

Click on the yellow balls at the bottom to learn more about each of the rhythms, and hear some sample music.

The 5 Rhythms® practice was developed over the past 35+ years by Gabrielle Roth, internationally renowned theatre director, dance teacher/explorer, recording artist and author of Maps to Ecstasy and Sweat your Prayers. For additional information about the 5 Rhythm® dance practice and/or Gabrielle Roth, check out the following websites:

www.gabrielleroth.com
www.movingcenterschool.com