Wild Moves
Dance in Nature
Wild Moves is a series of dance events that take place in variety of spectacular locations around the world, led by accredited 5 Rhythms teacher Tess Howell.
For many millennia people have gathered together to dance; often out of doors. In Wild Moves events we continue that ancient tradition with modern methods; using the headset technology we can simultaneously both tend to ourselves as we dive deep into the dance- and respect the environment around us and all of its inhabitants.
California 2026 Teaching schedule
Teaching Schedule Spring 2026
June 12th 7-830 Santa Cruz Friday Night outdoor sunset session
June 14th Northern California Dance Camp- opening Sunday session
June 16th-Northern California Dance Camp- Wild Moves outdoor dance
June 17th -Northern California Dance Camp- Magic and Mischief -a late night dance ceremony with Tom Truman
June 21st- Summer Solstice Open Floor Sunday Sweat- MLK Gym, Suasalito CA
July 13th-17th Maps to Ecstasy @ the Esalen Institute- supporting Lucia Horan and Doug Drummond
July 17th 7-830 Santa Cruz Friday Night outdoor sunset session
July 19th -Open Floor Sunday Sweat- MLK Gym, Suasalito CA
July 31st- August 2nd Black Tent - grief and joy long dance- midsummer edition. River Dragon Ranch, Nevada City
August 9th -Open Floor Sunday Sweat- MLK Gym, Suasalito CA
September 19 -Moving With The Mystery - a dance day retreat in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Moving With The Mystery
a dance day retreat in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Saturday, September 19 • 10:30 AM - 5 PM
Join us for dance day exploring what it means to live fully and to dare deeply-to wholeheartedly experience and enjoy this one wild and precious life that we have been given. FULL INFO HERE
BLACK TENT
July 31at- August 2nd 2026
An all night-grief dance; a community ceremony.
A space and a place to feel, to pause, to still, to sink into the soulful, the slow, the somatic; to speak from the heart. A time to dance deep into the night, to dance long, to dance hard, to dance soft, to dance our way home to the heart, to dance through the dawn into an new a day, into a new way....
Nevada City, CA- full info here
Tess Howell
is an accredited 5Rhythms teacher, a SomaSource qualified Dance Rites of Passage Facilitator, a Spirit Rock Dharma & Yoga Teacher, a 360 Emergence apprentice and has trained in Buddhist Eco-Chaplaincy. She is the founder of Wild Moves outdoor dance events and has been taking people on deep-dive outdoor dance experiences in areas of wild beauty since 2012 She is full time hearth-tender School of Lost Borders and loves holding space for deep dives into folk’s inner world. Tess relishes and cherishes space, sky, sea and stillness. She finds refuge in dance, the dharma, badass basslines and beautiful boots