Elaine Colandrea explores how the somatic arts shape consciousness, inform and inspire the creative process, as well as foster connections with nature to organically create a more humane world. Continuum teacher and Artistic Director of Watermark Arts, as well as a dancer/choreographer, somatic educator and massage therapist, her work has been deeply influenced by her association with Emilie Conrad, founder of Continuum, a practice she has pursued for over 30 years. With Rori Smith, Elaine co-authored The Elemental Body: A Movement Guide to Kinship with Ourselves and the Natural World, Epigraph, 2022.
Elaine’s abiding passion is bringing people together to directly experience the body’s transformative capacity.
Events with Elaine Colandrea
Continuum Retreat: Swimming in the Light of the Big BangSeptember 4 - 7, 2025
RETREAT BY INVITED PRESENTER With Continuum there is the potential to lighten one’s density of being. Layers of tension, restrictive habits and patterns of holding melt away, liberating one’s life force, in the way water dissolves stone. Broadening awareness beyond everyday consciousness connects us more deeply with ourselves and with all of life. It becomes possible to truly experience astrophysicist Renee Hlozek’s answer to the question of what humans are doing on earth: “We are swimming in the light of the big bang.” Come join this dance! To highlight our connection with the natural world, we will divide our time…
