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Book a Shaman's House
Visit!
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at your house to help you and your
friends in their manifestation process. Play games, enjoy ceremonies and
learn power tools from PBS-featured artist-shaman Maria Mar, the Dream
Alchemist. (New York only).
Read more.
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friends and peers.
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Limited number of offers. Book yours now.
ONLINE
LOCAL EVENTS
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The Poetry Botánica: Art
as a healing journey at your site
(For organizations, cafes and other places where community
gathers)
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Dreams are Never Tiny: Reclaiming your Dream
Ceremonial Poem (Key note or closure address)
Maria Mar delivers a moving, interactive ceremonial poem
in which women are invited to participate in simple, yet inspiring and
empowering rites of passage. Perfect for a special event, key note or
closure address.
(30 minutes-90 minutes, depending on group size and options.)
This page is under construction.
Email Maria if you are interested.
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Dreams are Never Tiny: Releasing beliefs that
bind you
Inspirational slide show presentation followed by
interactive lecture, conversation or poetry writing workshop that empowers
women to use their organic strengths to release limiting beliefs and
manifest their dreams.
(Presentation equipment necessary to project online show on large
screen. Microphone, etc may be necessary in large spaces.)
(30 minutes-90 minutes, depending on group size and options.)
This page is under construction.
Email Maria if you are interested.
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Bring the Dream Alchemist LIVE to your site. If you
like any of our radio shows, you can
bring them LIVE to your audiences as a special interactive
lecture-meditation.
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LifeBites: A chunk
of life on stage:
See your problem in a new light. Find a solution you
can practice.
Maria Mar uses poetry, dance-theatre and shamanic tools to present mirrors
of today's current problems and offer easy, do-able solutions.
Read more.
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Individuals: Check Calendar of Events. |
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Institutions, businesses and Corporations:
Available for your site.
Available in 30 minutes (1 LifeBite), 60 minutes (2 LifeBites) or
90 minutes (3 LifeBites).
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Virtual
Tour
Enjoy the inspiring virtual tour
Dreams are Never Tiny©

Click photo to start the virtual
tour.
Poem by Maria Mar©2008
The Dream Alchemist
Seat back and enjoy a relaxing break with this inspirational
poem set to awesome photography and uplifting music. Remember your childhood
dreams. Release your fears. Nurture your dream today with this beautiful
multi-media poetry virtual tour.
Tell your friends! Send them to:
http://www.dreamalchemist.com
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More Inspirational Journeys
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| Organizations
serving women: Use this inspirational tour as a fundraiser for
your organization or cause.
Read more. |
| Women groups:
Use this inspirational tour, with a LIVE conversation with Maria Mar, as an
introduction to Group Membership in the Dream Express Membership.
Read more. |
| Business
Affiliates: Use this inspirational tour, with a LIVE conversation with
Maria Mar, to attract clients for the Dream Express Membership and
earn top commission in recurring sales.
Read more. |
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radioshow
The
Dream Alchemist
Radio Show
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Inspiration |
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Meditation |
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The Law of Attraction |
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Manifesting your Dreams |
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Releasing self-sabotage |
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Transforming obstacles into
stepping stones |
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Decoding the language of the
Sacred |
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Expert guests |
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Get your questions answered |
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Corporate Sponsors accepted.
Contact
maria@shamansdance.com
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The Poetry Botánicaä
Art as a healing journey
By artist-shaman
Maria Mar(c)
In
the tradition of Latino, Native, Indigenous and Ancestral People, art was
never a show to be passively contemplated, but a community experience for
transformation and healing. The Poetry Botánica
brings the spirit of art back into your community through a fun and
uplifting experience.
The
Poetry Botánica is a recreation of the now almost extinct Latino
Botánicas, places where all kind of religious and spiritual artifacts
intermingle in an unorthodox marriage with local color, cultural folklore,
alternative healing such as herbs and energy tools ~all in a syncretic,
Latino Kitsch experience full of color, magic and folklore. Maria picks up
on the cultural color of the botánicas, adapting it to offer art as an
experience of personal and collective healing and transformation.
As a
live event, Maria
Mar's Poetry Botánicaä is an
multi-disciplinary, participatory art installation-in-progress, growing as
it travels from place to place. It combines:
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Visual arts |
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Poetry and performance |
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Storytelling |
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Live music |
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Interactive experiences for self-transformation and empowerment of
specific communities, specially women and families.
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Unique Arts and crafts. Dolls, hand-crafted books and other crafts,
wearable art and other unique items.
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Alternative Healers. In some set-ups, alternative healers, such as
herbalists, food consultants, acupuncturists, massagers, Reiki healers and
other practitioners may join the Poetry Botánicaä
with interactive botánica set-ups.
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Botánica set-ups where each colorful, syncretic display is presented
as part of a botánica. From vibrantly painted display cabinets and
tropical tableware to shelves with "potions" (in this case, poetry
potions) and interactive booths, the Poetry
Botánicaä set-ups are fun and offer
real value. The installation is both, an art form and a fair set up where
your members or clients can purchase books and CDs signed by their
authors, meet the artists and buy arts and crafts.
*20% of each sales goes
to business or institution housing/hosting the event.
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Education on the living folklore of the Latino syncretic botánicas as
the transmitters of ancient wisdom, keepers of old herbal knowledge and
precursors of religious tolerance. The tour guides and leaflets will take
participants through an unforgettable experience of the Latino
Botánicas and reconnect them to the ancestral healing power of art.
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English, Spanish or bilingual.
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Showcase and Touring Productions available from Spring 2009.
Contact us now!
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Full scale production available from Fall 2009.
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For New York areas only, for now. (Travel, transportation,
dress-rehearsal time, overnight set-up, room and board and some technical
crew may be required for out of Manhattan Touring presentations.
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If you can provide the above requirements and are interested in the
Touring Production for out-of-state in 2009, please
contact us at your earliest convenience. |
Contact us now.
We'll call you ASAP.
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Showcase Production
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1-3 performers, poets,
musicians, shamans and artists.* |
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One botánica attendant. |
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One interactive botánica
set-up. |
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One opening ceremony. |
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90 minutes. 30 minute
show, plus 20 minutes before show and 30 minutes after
show to browse. participate and shop. |
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Good for cafes, restaurants,
special events and other small places or where quick set-up time is
required. |
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Minimum required space:
To be discussed. |
Touring Production
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3-5 performers, poets,
musicians, alternative healers, shamans and artists.* |
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Two technical crew. |
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Two botánica attendants. |
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3-4 botánica set-ups, two
interactive. |
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One opening ceremony. |
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One closure ceremony . |
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160 minutes, including
30 minutes before and up to 90 minutes after show to browse, participate
and shop. |
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Good for colleges and
organizations that can provide large space and overnight set-up |
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Minimum required space:
medium auditorium (Good acoustics needed) or
conference room or large performance area that can be divided. Exact
dimensions to be discussed
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Full Scale Production
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5-10 performers, poets,
musicians, alternative healers, shamans and artists.* |
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One Technical director and 5
technical crew. Requires lighting and sound crew. |
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4 Botánica attendants. |
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5-7 botánica set-ups, 4
interactive. |
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Full-scale environmental
installation reproducing a botánica. |
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One opening ceremony. |
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One closure ceremony. |
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3+ hours.
90 minutes show plus exhibition time. Can include up to 40 minutes
before and 2 hours after show to browse, participate and shop in the
installation. |
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Good for corporate
sponsorships, fundraising events, museums events and institutional
set-ups that can provide large space, rehearsal time and overnight set-up/strike. |
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Available beginning
Fall 2009. |
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Minimum required space:
Enclosed lobby, exhibition room or lounge close to performance area.
Semi-arena or flexible space performance area with lighting/sound
facilities preferred.
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*Chosen artists
depend on availability at the requested time. Maria Mar is always included.
Contact us now.
We'll call you ASAP. |
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Maria Mar
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Creator of the
Poetry Botánicaä |
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Poet, performer,
storyteller, visual artist and shaman |
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Maria creates
and set ups her concept in collaboration with Tanya Torres. |
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She also
performs her "LifeBites", combining performance, poetry, transformative
experiences and interactive ceremonies. |
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Maria Mar also
offers her products in an interactive botánica set-up, including wearable
art, books, posters and CDs and other products for sales. |
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Maria's
performance and art is included in all Poetry
Botánicaä productions. |
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Included in all productions. |
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Corazon Tierra
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Poet, performer,
bailaora and shaman. |
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Corazon performs
her poetry performances which include poetry, dance elements such as
Flamenco and Afro-Caribbean movements and live music. |
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Corazon
sometimes also offers her own Botánica interactive set-up, featuring wearable art, CDs and books
and other products for sale. |
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Corazón's
performance and art is included in most Poetry
Botánicaä productions, upon
availability. |
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Included in most productions, upon availability. |
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Tanya Torres
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Poet,
storyteller and visual artist. |
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Tanya sometimes
includes her poetry and storytelling as part of the performance. |
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Tanya is a key
presence in the art set-up of the Poetry Botánicaä
environment, assisting Maria Mar in the creation of the live installation. |
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Tanya also
offers her own Botánica set-up, featuring her interactive arts and crafts
experiences, as well as her famous hand-crafted books, drawings and arts
and other unique creations for sale. |
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Elements of
Tanya's visual art are sometimes present on stage. |
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Tanya's
performance and art is included in most Poetry
Botánicaä productions, upon
availability. |
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Included in most productions, upon availability. |
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performers, storytellers, musicians, artists, healers, energy and psychic
workers are included upon
availability. |
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