Dancing the Stars Within:

The Twelve Astrological Signs in Archetypal Motion

Thursday, August 14th through Sunday, August 17th, 2025

In-Person Summer Study: Four-Day Intensive in the Technique and Choreography of Isadora Duncan with Jeanne Bresciani, Ph.D. held live from Tempio di Danza

Zoom Option Available

Movement seminars will take place at Tempio di Danza’s beautiful air-conditioned, sprung, wooden-surfaced studio. Daylight and evening seminars will also be held poolside, in the water, and at outdoor locations.Beginning 4PM Thursday, ending 7PM on Sunday

Open to all General Students and Candidates in The Certificate Program in Isadora Studies I: The Training

Schedule

Thursday, August 14th

3pm – 7:00pm (Hybrid)

Friday, August 15th

9:30am – 1:30pm (Hybrid)

3pm – 7:00pm (In-Person Only)

Saturday, August 16th

9:30am – 1:30pm (Hybrid)

3pm – 7:00pm (In-Person Only)

Sunday, August 17th

9am – 1:00pm (Hybrid)

3pm – 6pm (In-Person Only)

6pm – 7pm | Performance (In-Person Only)

Sessions shall take place in air-conditioned studio setting complete with sprung floor and poolside

For more information, please contact:
info@idii.org ~ 212.753.0846
Tuition: $500 In-Person / $300 Zoom Attendance

Register Here!

Open to general students and those enrolled in the Certificate Program in Isadora Duncan Studies I: The Training.

Directions to the IDII can be found here.

View the wide range of Lodging options near the Tempio di Danza (High Falls Vicinity). Room sharing options can be arranged by contacting the Isadora Duncan International Institute where available.

About the Course: 

On the ‘Stars Within’

In summer, when a starry crest dominates the forces of nature, let us meet on the Zodiacal path of illumined splendor to evoke creative exploration. Embodied, we enter the dance of evolution amidst the signs, acting as a cosmic lens revealing the deep energy structure of the eternal psyche.

Through dance, we discern the twelve archetypal powers of the indwelling signs, brimming with potential to circle in transcendent procession. These signs constellate the relationship of earth to sun and place the individual within the solar infusion of consciousness, intellect, and divine mind. They symbolize where, when, and how divine light is hidden in matter. Streaming down to earth, celestial bodies offer their elixir as star medicine.

In a symbolic language invoking divine, human, animal, and inanimate forms, the signs reunite us with lost powers and guide our mission as a lasting light when all others have gone out. To the Egyptians, they were imperishable stars; to the Greeks, sites of banishment or reward in the everlasting sky; and to the Italians of the Renaissance, a signal star—each one’s personal magnetic north.

We bring an earth dance to the heavens to reclaim missing parts of ourselves lost in the space between. The dance steadies and frees us—one foot on the ground, one eye on the stars. Each sign reveals the foundation of personality in order to clear obstacles and shape destiny. In glorious array, they coax a balance between earth and heaven, drawing us into the dance of personal myth.

As intermediaries between gods and men, dancers embody the zodiac’s call. In our final performance, we reflect the constellations above, shining in the dance below.