US Events


May 31, 2025 – 45th Annual Bay Area Planetary Dance!
Elk Glen Picnic Area, Golden Gate Park. Please check back for more information. .

 

Sunday, April 28th 10:30am – Circle the Peak
Join the Planetary Dance Committee for a guided meditative walk around the peak of Mt. Tamalpais.

Contact: info@planetarydance.org for questions or to receive email announcements

 


2022 Events

 

 

2020 Virtual Events

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, virtual Planetary Dances were conducted online.

Sunday, November 1st 6pm EST
Planetary Dance for Democracy
Leader:  Elizabeth Osgood-Campbell
contact@elizabethosgood.com

Monday, July 13th – 11:00 PDT
Planetary Dance for Peace & Justice
Celebrating Anna Halprin’s 100th birthday!

Leader:  Daria Halprin
info@tamalpa.org

 

2019 Events

Saturday October 19, 2019 – 6:15pm

 

Planetary Dance at the 2019 Bioneers Conference FREE & open to the public
Central Lawn at Marin Civic Center: 10 Ave of the Flags, San Rafael, CA

 

Sunday, June 2nd 2019

 

Houston, Texas – Hermann Park Conservancy 
Facilitator: Lydia Hance 
Contact: lydia.hance@gmail.com or communications@coredance.org
Website: https://www.coredance.org

 

Past Events – 2018

 

CSUF at Fullerton, CSUF, Irvine Calif
Date and time: October 26th at 4:30 pm
Contact: Lisa Long ldlong@fullerton

 

Earth Day – Sunday, April 22nd 11am
Lake County Planetary Dance
Austin Park, 14077 Lakeshore Drive, Clearlake, CA
Theme: Acknowledge and Heal
Contact: Casey Carney, caseyccarney@gmail.com

 

Sunday, June 3rd 2018
38th Annual Planetary Dance
Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Mill Valley, CA
Click here for more information 

 

Monday, October 30th
California State University, Fullerton

ECS Lawn (behind Pollak Library)
Contact: Lisa D. Long ldlong@fullerton.edu

 

Saturday, July 29th 10:30am
Portland, Oregon – Kelley Point Park
Contact: Tamara Gilbert tamara@creativeopenings.us
Website: http://be-space.org/life-art-being/planetary-dance/

 

Past Events – 2016

 

December 2016

 

Sunday, December 18
Tongvu Park, Santa Monica, CA
Meet at: Gathering Hill Amphitheater (free event)
Contact: Jennifer Hong, jenhong007@gmail.com

 

September 2016

 

Saturday, October 1 (Residency program Sept. 18 – Oct. 1st)
Madison, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Contact: Jamie McHugh naturebeingart@gmail.com 415.250.4133
Website: http://www.somaticexpression.com/madison.html

 

July 2016

 

Sunday, July 17 10:30am – 1:30pm
Portland, OR
Kelley Point Park
Contact: Tamara Gilbert 503.891.4747
Website: www.be-space.org/lifeartbeing

 

Sunday, June 12 4:00pm (open rehearsal: Saturday, June 11 4-6pm)
Boulder Creek, CO
Scott Carpenter Park (upper lawn above creek)
Contact: Melinda – naturemoves@comcast.net
website: www.naturemoves.org

 

Sunday, June 5 11:00am
Plainfield, MA
Earthdance Retreat Center, 252 Prospect St.
Contact: contact@earthdance.net or contact@elisabethosgood.com

 

Past Events – 2015

 

Please visit www.DancesforAnna.org – a Worldwide Celebration of Anna Halprin in her 95th year!

 

August 2015

 

Thursday, August 27:
Fort Flagler, WA
Dance Camp Northwest
Contact: Jamie McHugh naturebeingart@gmail.com
Websites : www.dancecampnorthwest.org and www.somaticexpression.com

 

July 2015

 

Sunday, July 26 10:30am
Portland, OR – Kelley Point Park
Contact: Tamara Gilbert

 

Sunday, July 26 5:00-6:00 pm
Portland, OR – Reed College – BMCA Conference*
Contact: Claudia Cuentas arteaguavida@gmail.com
Website: www.claudiacuentas.com
*The Planetary Dance at Reed College is open to the public.

 

June 2015

 

Sunday, June 7:
Asheville, NC
Contact : Cameron Richardson (cameron.richardson@gmail.com)

 

Sunday, June 14th:
Portland, OR
Contact: Siere Munro (siere@mybodynow.us) or Karri Winn (k@karriwinn.com)

 

Thursday, June 18
Dallas, TX – Dallas County Jail
Contact: Ana Shoemaker

 

Saturday, June 20th:
Old Manse in Concord, MA
2:30pm
Contact: Elisabeth Osgood-Campbell (e.ohsogood@gmail.com)

 

Dallas, TX – Cottonwood Park
Contact: Ana Shoemaker

 

May 2015

 

Sunday, May 31st
Boulder, CO
Contact: MelindaHarrison (303-442-3026)
naturemoves@comcast.net

 

Past Events – 2014

 

34th ANNUAL PLANETARY DANCE SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2014, MT. TAMALPAIS

 

Dallas, Texas
Saturday, June 21st 9:30-11:30am
BYO picnic following event
Location: Cottonwood Park, 1301 W. Belt Line, Richardson

 

Past Events – 2013

 

Olympia, Washington
June 21, 7-10pm
Waves Studio, 232 Division St., NW
http://www.waves-studio.com
Leader: Jamie McHugh
Click here for more information

 

San Francisco Bay Area Planetary Dances

 

Fri April 19 Forest Meadows Field, Dominican University, San Rafael, 2:30pm

 

Fri April 26 Front of Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Berkeley, 4:30pm

 

Sun May 5 Yerba Buena Gardens, San Fran, 2pm, close Bay Area Dance Week

 

 


Please support the Planetary Dance with a donation. Thank you!

 

Videos and Photos from Past Events

Banner Photos on this Website by: photographer John Kokoska Click here to see John Kokoska's photo slideshow of the 30th Annual Planetary Dance Celebration Produced by EarthAlive Communications - 27th Annual Planetary Dance - Procession & Prelude to the Earth Run - Planetary Dance - Sunrise Ceremony 2008 Photos of 29th Planetary Dance by Bruce Bagnoli - Photos of 29th Planetary Dance, Mt. Tamalpais, June 20th, 2009 Planetary Dance Poetic Offerings Click here for Jahan Khalighi's poem "Rebirth" honoring the event and his grandmother, Anna Halprin. The Place From Which We Came by Jahan Khalighi Of the Earth by James Hurd Nixon