Mission To develop and promote body-mind-spirit awareness projects for the community and to nourish collective conscious growth and balance. Achieving these aims through dance, holistic fitness, multi-disciplinary collaborations, and the exploration of new technologies. Diana García-Snyder is originally from Mexico now living in Seattle. Her interest is the synthesis and integration of butoh dance, somatic practices, collaboration and community building techniques, Eastern and Western spirituality, and neuropsychology research. She holds a Master of Fine arts degree in Dance Research and Pedagogy from the University of Washington, a Bachelors in Graphic Design from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City, and she received her ballet training with honors at the Royal Academy of Dancing (London, UK /Mexico City) and modern dance trainning at Columbia College in Chicago. She is also a pilates and yoga instructor andboth of these somatic practices are very important in her daily training and teaching practices. Diana has performed with various dance companies touring Mexico, US and Central America for over 20 years and has taught various forms of dance including modern/contemporary dance, butoh, ballet, improvisation, video dance, choreography among others. She also teaches yoga, pilates and improvisaton/experimental movement classes. Along the way in her dance training and teaching, Diana began a lifelong search for the essence of true dance in herself and in others. This search has guided her to deepen into dance improvisation and composition and to create a variety of exercises for self-exploration, now called "nourishment for conscious growth. " The search also led her to begin training, performing, and researching Japanese Butoh and Butoh Ritual Mexicano with Mexican master Diego Piñon (a combination of butoh, bioenergetics, and Mexican ritual practices) as well as Zen meditation techinques. Diana has also always been interested in the relationship of dance and technology and has been collaborating with various artist to develop multimedia, site-specific, and video dance projects using butoh concepts. As a student of the European and Eastern mystic tradition and meditation, she is committed to combining the spiritual journey with movement and expression. She is also serious student of the integration of dance with the recent developments in psychology and neurophysiology. She is currently working together with author and psychotherapist Marv Thomas. Diana's Curriculum Vitae and Timeline (comming soon)
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