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Join us this Saturday for Biophony | September 18, 2021

**Constellation Chor* | an immersion in voice, movement, and spirit is a vocal performance collective founded and directed by Marisa Michelson.**

We express through two primary performance branches – our improvisation branch and our slightly-more-traditional composition branch.

At the center of both of these branches is our improvisation practice based on a set of principles called Core Sounding. Our aesthetic itself arises from these principles

We are singers, composers, and dancers. We are committed to developing our practice together over a long period of time

We honor sacred group consciousness We honor the sacred individual

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*Chor from the Latin Cor meaning: heart, soul, mind; and the Greek Khoros meaning: to dance in a circle…

~chor is also meant to evoke the core, the center and the essence~

Chor is inside of“chorus” and “choreography.” The gestures and impulses we are working with might become voice or they might become movement.

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You are invited to apply to this first ever Core S

You are invited to apply to this first ever Core Sounding™️ retreat led by our founder and director @marisa_michelson with additional support from ensemble members @itsmesbp @nevaforeva and Raffles.

During this week you will be invited to connect more deeply to your own wildness and Truth through the body-honoring voice and movement practice that is our ensemble practice. Core Sounding. (The practice didn’t used to have a name - the name is really just a way bundle up a whole living set of ever-changing practices based in a core set of Values into a Thing.)

In addition to the Core Sounding™ practices you can expect activities such as meditation, breathing practices, guided silent forest bathing, swimming, campfires, sound circles, ritual, and movement classes led by @nevaforeva , and ritual.

We envision that the five days together in beautiful upstate NY nature will be some combination of relaxing, invigorating, challenging, activating, inspiring, and healing. You must read more about WILDHEART, the new land-based culture hub where this will be held. (Bio)

If you have been into what we put out and would like to come in closer and play and expand and go deep, please APPLY NOW! Space is limited to 12 participants: 7 spots are claimed and there are already many applications in. (Amazing!)

Please click on the bio link to read more, find out about cost/energy exchange (we’ve tried to make this affordable with sliding scale and different housing options). Everyone who applies will get on a call with Marisa to see if it’s a mutual YES.

Thank you. So much gratitude and love.

Image by @riitornello . Their abstract art piece based on the Core Sounding™️ Venn diagram. Thank you for your Seeing, Ri.

You are invited to apply to this first ever Core S

You are invited to apply to this first ever Core Sounding™️ retreat led by our founder and director @marisa_michelson with additional support from ensemble members @itsmesbp @nevaforeva and Raffles.

During this week you will be invited to connect more deeply to your own wildness and Truth through the body-honoring voice and movement practice that is our ensemble practice. Core Sounding. (The practice didn’t used to have a name - the name is really just a way bundle up a whole living set of ever-changing practices based in a core set of Values into a Thing.)

In addition to the Core Sounding™ practices you can expect activities such as meditation, breathing practices, guided silent forest bathing, swimming, campfires, sound circles, ritual, and movement classes led by @nevaforeva , and ritual.

We envision that the five days together in beautiful upstate NY nature will be some combination of relaxing, invigorating, challenging, activating, inspiring, and healing. You must read more about WILDHEART, the new land-based culture hub where this will be held. (Bio)

If you have been into what we put out and would like to come in closer and play and expand and go deep, please APPLY NOW! Space is limited to 12 participants: 7 spots are claimed and there are already many applications in. (Amazing!)

Please click on the bio link to read more, find out about cost/energy exchange (we’ve tried to make this affordable with sliding scale and different housing options). Everyone who applies will get on a call with Marisa to see if it’s a mutual YES.

Thank you. So much gratitude and love.

Image by @riitornello . Their abstract art piece based on the Core Sounding™️ Venn diagram. Thank you for your Seeing, Ri.

You are invited to apply to this first ever Core S

You are invited to apply to this first ever Core Sounding™️ retreat led by our founder and director @marisa_michelson with additional support from ensemble members @itsmesbp @nevaforeva and Raffles.

During this week you will be invited to connect more deeply to your own wildness and Truth through the body-honoring voice and movement practice that is our ensemble practice. Core Sounding. (The practice didn’t used to have a name - the name is really just a way bundle up a whole living set of ever-changing practices based in a core set of Values into a Thing.)

In addition to the Core Sounding™ practices you can expect activities such as meditation, breathing practices, guided silent forest bathing, swimming, campfires, sound circles, ritual, and movement classes led by @nevaforeva , and ritual.

We envision that the five days together in beautiful upstate NY nature will be some combination of relaxing, invigorating, challenging, activating, inspiring, and healing. You must read more about WILDHEART, the new land-based culture hub where this will be held. (Bio)

If you have been into what we put out and would like to come in closer and play and expand and go deep, please APPLY NOW! Space is limited to 12 participants: 7 spots are claimed and there are already many applications in. (Amazing!)

Please click on the bio link to read more, find out about cost/energy exchange (we’ve tried to make this affordable with sliding scale and different housing options). Everyone who applies will get on a call with Marisa to see if it’s a mutual YES.

Thank you. So much gratitude and love.

Image by @riitornello . Their abstract art piece based on the Core Sounding™️ Venn diagram. Thank you for your Seeing, Ri.

Thank you everyone over at @nationalsawdust (you k

Thank you everyone over at @nationalsawdust (you know who you are!) and the Toulmin Foundation for including us in this event which was so alive and thriving and pulsing with forward-motion and inspiration. It was a joy to share about our Core Sounding™️ practice and to sing and demonstrate and discuss. Filled with gratitude 🌕

Thank you everyone over at @nationalsawdust (you k

Thank you everyone over at @nationalsawdust (you know who you are!) and the Toulmin Foundation for including us in this event which was so alive and thriving and pulsing with forward-motion and inspiration. It was a joy to share about our Core Sounding™️ practice and to sing and demonstrate and discuss. Filled with gratitude 🌕

Thank you everyone over at @nationalsawdust (you k

Thank you everyone over at @nationalsawdust (you know who you are!) and the Toulmin Foundation for including us in this event which was so alive and thriving and pulsing with forward-motion and inspiration. It was a joy to share about our Core Sounding™️ practice and to sing and demonstrate and discuss. Filled with gratitude 🌕

Itinerant Sounding, Being, Moving, and playing @br

Itinerant Sounding, Being, Moving, and playing @brooklynbotanic as part of BIOPHONY II with @metroensemble on a gorgeous day. We moved through the garden and got to interact with so many other ensembles. They hadn’t been told beforehand that we’d be moving through and playing with them which ended up being a mostly enlivening and delicious surprise experience of connection ✨✨✨

Itinerant Sounding, Being, Moving, and playing @br

Itinerant Sounding, Being, Moving, and playing @brooklynbotanic as part of BIOPHONY II with @metroensemble on a gorgeous day. We moved through the garden and got to interact with so many other ensembles. They hadn’t been told beforehand that we’d be moving through and playing with them which ended up being a mostly enlivening and delicious surprise experience of connection ✨✨✨

Itinerant Sounding, Being, Moving, and playing @br

Itinerant Sounding, Being, Moving, and playing @brooklynbotanic as part of BIOPHONY II with @metroensemble on a gorgeous day. We moved through the garden and got to interact with so many other ensembles. They hadn’t been told beforehand that we’d be moving through and playing with them which ended up being a mostly enlivening and delicious surprise experience of connection ✨✨✨

In the magnificent @studio9porches with @clairecha

In the magnificent @studio9porches with @clairechaseflute recording “Reservoir II” by @hhhhhennies for Claire’s Density 2036 Project. This @meyersoundlabs recording space is the closest to a live experience you can get. We come together to surrender, to tune to energies inside and outside us, to make magic and music. We are honored. We are grateful. We can’t wait for you to hear this piece.

In the magnificent @studio9porches with @clairecha

In the magnificent @studio9porches with @clairechaseflute recording “Reservoir II” by @hhhhhennies for Claire’s Density 2036 Project. This @meyersoundlabs recording space is the closest to a live experience you can get. We come together to surrender, to tune to energies inside and outside us, to make magic and music. We are honored. We are grateful. We can’t wait for you to hear this piece.

In the magnificent @studio9porches with @clairecha

In the magnificent @studio9porches with @clairechaseflute recording “Reservoir II” by @hhhhhennies for Claire’s Density 2036 Project. This @meyersoundlabs recording space is the closest to a live experience you can get. We come together to surrender, to tune to energies inside and outside us, to make magic and music. We are honored. We are grateful. We can’t wait for you to hear this piece.

Photos from the recent mini Core Sounding™️ wo

Photos from the recent mini Core Sounding™️ workshop in NYC for a small invited group of folx who participate in the first Core Sounding weekend or in the recent Voice & the Nervous System course taught by @constellation_chor founder @marisa_michelson ✨ If you want to be part of future gatherings, message or otherwise set the intention ✨

Photos from the recent mini Core Sounding™️ wo

Photos from the recent mini Core Sounding™️ workshop in NYC for a small invited group of folx who participate in the first Core Sounding weekend or in the recent Voice & the Nervous System course taught by @constellation_chor founder @marisa_michelson ✨ If you want to be part of future gatherings, message or otherwise set the intention ✨

Photos from the recent mini Core Sounding™️ wo

Photos from the recent mini Core Sounding™️ workshop in NYC for a small invited group of folx who participate in the first Core Sounding weekend or in the recent Voice & the Nervous System course taught by @constellation_chor founder @marisa_michelson ✨ If you want to be part of future gatherings, message or otherwise set the intention ✨

First ever Core Sounding™️ workshop two weeken

First ever Core Sounding™️ workshop two weekends ago in NYC. Lots of covid protocol and no one got sick! Yet we breathed and sounded and moved together. It was beautiful. To know about any future workshops go to our website (link in bio) or message to be added to the list. If you want.

First ever Core Sounding™️ workshop two weeken

First ever Core Sounding™️ workshop two weekends ago in NYC. Lots of covid protocol and no one got sick! Yet we breathed and sounded and moved together. It was beautiful. To know about any future workshops go to our website (link in bio) or message to be added to the list. If you want.

First ever Core Sounding™️ workshop two weeken

First ever Core Sounding™️ workshop two weekends ago in NYC. Lots of covid protocol and no one got sick! Yet we breathed and sounded and moved together. It was beautiful. To know about any future workshops go to our website (link in bio) or message to be added to the list. If you want.

New Yorkers: If you’ve wanted to practice connec

New Yorkers: If you’ve wanted to practice connecting to voice and movement and energy the way we practice it together, this is an opportunity to do so✨ We find the practice itself to be deeply meaningful, playful, joyful and Alive! A few spots left so DM if you are called 🤍

A little about what we value and intend when we pr

A little about what we value and intend when we practice together! (Thrown together quickly - @marisa_michelson looking to the right is her (me) reading to remember bullet points⚡️)

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