Sacred Circle Dance Holiday

Dancing the Roots of Being

Oriental mystics compare a human being to a Lotus whose roots go deep into the mud and whose flowers amaze by beauty of the thousands heavenly fragrant petals.


In relation to the moving meditation of Tai-Chi, Chinese tradition invokes the image of a tree, whose roots are grounded steadily and whose crown is reaching the sky. Following only a few simple, but powerful Tai-Chi principles, while moving in a circle, we will experience a very deep resonance and taste a new way of performing Circle dances.

In our week long—7 days dancing workshop we will be experiencing 7 levels of our being, from the

• deep Red – earthly and grounded survival energies, through
• Orange – sexual,
• Yellow – self-esteem,
• Green – hearty human,
• Blue – creative, connecting us to our higher selves,
• Royal blue – of service,
• Magenta – linking us to higher Angelic worlds.
• Up to meditative – light and subtle, silver clear, of pure consciousness, royal golden – of abundance and gentle pink energy, of unconditional Love.

We will be living through all 7 levels of our Aura rainbow subtle body, relating to 7 main energetic chakras and will learn to recognize, differentiate and harmonize them while gradually raising our energy. All this takes place with free spontaneous improvisations and Circle dancing—to beautiful music from many countries.

The Magic of the Circle

This bright and colourful dancing retreat will be very helpful for those who have always wanted but never dared to dance, freely or in a circle, as the atmosphere is very supportive and encouraging. You are bound to dance as the fairies by the end of our workshop and will amaze yourselves. More experienced dancers will discover that with this special approach to dancing, we do not “DO dancing” but we “ARE dancing”. We discover that its not so much the steps themselves which are significant, rather our ability to surrender and to relax into music and flow with it.



Please bring light, ideally transparent, shawls, and comfortable clothing of all rainbow colours, as well as : white, golden, pale-blue, pale-violet and pink. Colour is going to be an essential part in our workshop, and will inspire our creativity and deepen our explorations about the nature and sacred meaning of colours in our lives. Don’t forget we are going to be a DANCING RAINBOW!

About Dana Kontakevich

I first experienced Sacred Circle Dance in England in 1992. I had already been practicing and teaching Tai Chi for a few years, and was in love with this “moving mediation”. “Sacredness” in Circle dancing seemed to me an exciting new field to blend with basic principles of Tai-Chi, and in this way my Tai-Chi students became my first dancing group.

My academic education (Degree in Biology) gave me a strong tendency to examine things deeply. A dancing circle reminded me of a small model of human society. So I found myself looking for ways to harmonize a group at all times and in any conditions, and bringing the group to subtler energies.

I strongly believe, that only free and happy individuals who are given the opportunity to perfect their creative abilities can make a happy and highly creative community. So, it was quite natural that free spontaneous improvisations appeared in our circles. Once these improvisations began they became a regular part of our dances and so have remained.

Three years ago I discovered Aura-Soma colour healing which has brought a fascinating new direction in our dance lab. It has encouraged us to try out new ideas connected with colours of our subtle bodies in our dancing, with some amazing discoveries and insights, that I am going to share with you. I invite you to join me in Greece for a week on this magic journey!