- Dreamtime Festival
The Dreamtime Festival is an annual collaborative music and arts festival, located in the Rocky Mountains just outside of
Paonia, Colorado , in theUnited States .Dreamtime combines live performances, music and world class bands with educational workshops, theme camps and art installations. This fusion includes dancing, interactive sculptures, costumes, fire performances, theater, multimedia, creative fashion shows, DJs, a myriad of workshops, movement classes, healing camps, acoustic stages, and the inspired contributions of participants.
History
The first Dreamtime Festival took place in 2002 [ cite news |title=How to survive...a long, hot summer |url=http://www.westword.com/2005-06-02/summer-guide/how-to-survive-a-long-hot-summer/ |work=Westword |date=2005-06-02 |accessdate=2008-06-24 ] .
Created By
The festival is created by Dreamtime, a non-profit organization working to educate, connect and empower people to create positive change in themselves and the world through a dynamic blend of arts, education and celebration.
Details
In the annual Dreamtime Festival, participants co-create the space for magic and transformation to occur. The unique fusion of art, celebration, and music with elements of education, sustainability, healing, personal development, and social change creates a powerful experience for participants.
Participants spend the weekend camping at the site, which includes wonderful mountain views, mild nighttime temperatures, starry skies and sunny days.
Together in Dreamtime participants envision and embrace their deeper dreams, learn, connect and co-create in an atmosphere of celebration, participation, creative expression and community. Dreamtime actively embraces education, positive change, personal transformation and ecological sustainability in addition to the principals of radical expression, participation, and gift economy.
In Dreamtime space is created for an intimate, safe and positive environment to flourish that replaces the traditional "party" atmosphere with one of community and celebration.
The creativity, energy, participation, and sharing of participants make the Festival what it is. Come play! Come create! Do you have an idea for something to add? Art? Music? Performance? Workshop? Theme Camp? Bring it on! Dreamtime is the stage, canvas, and testing grounds for your dreams.
References
External links
* [http://www.dreamthefuture.org Dreamtime Website]
* [http://yellowscene.com/2008/06/03/go-on-start-your-monkey-chant Dreamtime Article]
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