B I O D A N Z A : Rising Together
RISING TOGETHER: weekly BIODANZA begins September 17th! series + open classes 
Join us for these upcoming offerings in the valley to ease from summer into fall together, and bring a friend, neighbor or other loved one – anyone who could use a little more movement and magic in their life. All are welcome, 18+, and classes will be bilingual whenever native Spanish speakers are present. No experience needed!
Weekly group will resume on Wednesday evening, September 17th at our lovely home base on Venture Way, with three open classes beginning a 12-week journey into the Biodanza process. After those first three sessions, we’ll close the container for the remaining nine weeks and continue on as a committed group, to build trust and a journey together that supports our personal and collective unfolding, a space of restorative play and collective care where you can come as you are and leave with more energy, feeling more connected and resourced each week. Each will build on the last, allowing us to go deeper into the process, and for the goodness we harvest in the circle to take root in daily life.
In these wild times our systems are overloaded, many of us are finding it hard to slow down and rest, to stay centered and connected to ourselves and each other. This group is an invitation to build into your life and each week a space for ease, integration, co-regulation and renewal. With guided movement and beautiful music, we’ll practice moving out of stress and into flow, unwind and balance the nervous system, cultivate our innate creativity, vitality and presence, and return to our most essential selves, sourcing new paths forward from our dances together.
These open sessions are a wonderful opportunity to explore the space, and get a sense of Biodanza as a process and as a powerful catalyst for positive change. If you’ve been curious or wanting to join, come dance with us for a couple or all of these first few weeks while the circle’s open. Catch the early bird rate for the series by Friday the 12th, or for any of the first three classes, by each Monday.
Here’s the schedule:
FULL 12-WEEK CYCLE: September 17th – December 17th, 7:00–9:00pm (no class 10/8 + 11/26) @ Venture Way Collaborative, 200 Venture Way, Hadley, MA.
Early bird sliding scale $280-420 through September 12th; $360-480 from the 13th onward.
OPEN CLASSES: September 17th and 24th, and October 1st, 7:00–9:00pm @ Venture Way. $25 pre-registered by each Monday, or sliding scale $30-40 at the door.
REGISTER >>> by sending payment or a deposit to www.venmo.com/u/ClaraRSM or paypal.me/ClaraRubinSmith and include your email address. Thanks for signing up at the level you can afford – the higher end of this range makes it possible for folks who need a lower rate to participate. Payment plans also accepted (email Clara at cirubinsmith@gmail.com for this option).
If you feel called to join us, please get in touch to confirm your place and share any questions. No drop-ins after the three open classes, but if you know you’ll need to miss a few, we can talk about how to best support your journey within the group. 
Date
- Oct 15 2025
Time
- 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost
- Sliding scale $360-$480
More Info
Location
- 200 Venture Way, Hadley, MA 01035
Organizer
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Clara Rubin-Smith McKie
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Email
cirubinsmith@gmail.com Clara is an interdisciplinary teacher and artist building individual and collective wellbeing working at the intersections of health and the arts. Her practice focuses on community facilitation and capacity-building, designing accessible participatory arts experiences that invite connection and embodied nervous system learning through play. Clara is a certified Biodanza facilitator with specializations in working with youth and families as well as organizations and teams. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology, Modern Languages and Dance, and has worked across diverse fields including nonprofits, education and health care, from pregnancy and early childhood to end of life. Clara is bilingual (English/Spanish) and creates circles and sanctuary spaces that help people who hold space for others -- especially caregivers, teachers and other leaders -- to tap into the wisdom of their bodies, find and use their voices, and step into greater connection, creativity and healing for themselves and this world we live in together.
Speaker
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Clara Rubin-Smith McKieCertified Biodanza FacilitatorClara is a lifelong dancer and music-maker, somatic movement educator, songleader, and mother raising her two greatest teachers. Now making home in western MA after many years living in San Francisco, CA. She has a B.A. in Anthropology, Modern Languages and Dance, and her thesis work centered on ways that womxn in Latin America have mobilized social change through dance and music. She is a certified MotherCircle Facilitator, and longtime Biodanza Facilitator, leading in English and Spanish with additional specializations in bringing this practice to youth, organizations and teams; her Biodanza monograph focused on co-creating conditions supportive of growth and wellbeing with families and individuals at any age.
Clara has worked across diverse fields including nonprofits, education and health care, from pregnancy and early childhood to end of life, with an emphasis on communication and community building. In many years as an interdisciplinary teacher and artist, she’s focused on building individual and organizational wellbeing working at the intersections of health and the arts, and has been an invited presenter to a wide range of groups and events including a statewide early education conference for teachers and parents. During pandemic times, she created a program called Lullabies for Grownups, bringing forward singing to ourselves and in community as a centering and regenerative practice, and pathway for evolving how we use our voices in relationship and out in the world.
As a facilitator, Clara creates circles and sanctuary spaces that help people who hold space for others — especially caregivers, teachers, and other leaders — to tap into the wisdom of their bodies, find and use their voices, and step into greater connection, creativity and healing for themselves and this world we live in together.
