MATERNAL DANCE – “Dance Your Way To Birth”
Article by Antoy Grant
Green Lit By Alison Goudreault

Suzanne Caesar

SUZANNE CAESAR, MA is an accomplished dancer, choreographer, certified perinatal fitness expert, movement educator and entrepreneur who has turned her lifelong passion for dance into the world’s first fitness movement and lifestyle brand specifically designed for mother’s­-to-­be: “Rhythm For Life”.

Suzanne has taught thousands of women and expectant mothers to embrace their inner dancer, and to get in touch with the feminine principles of flexibility and empowerment, through her classes, workshops, training programs, appearances, speaking engagements and videos.

A Love Affair With Dance
Dancer Suzanne

Suzanne has been dancing since she was a child. By age 13, she was a champion Irish dancer, and went on to study virtually every style of dance including tap, ballet, jazz, African, Latin, Ballroom, modern and belly dance.

Suzanne has performed at venues such as Dance Theatre Workshop, Sony Plaza, the Dia Art Foundation, and the American Museum of Natural History. After touring abroad, she returned to NYC and received her MA in Dance from New York University, as well as a performing arts license from NYC Board of Education.

Suzanne began working as an independed choreographer with Broadway performers and various New York theatre companies, while continuing her own studies with top choreographers including Erik Hawkins. She has performed with Steven Koplowitz & Company, and mambo champion, Richard Diaz. One of her proudest achievements was receiving a personal referral from jazz dance legend, Luigi.

Dance Imitates Life
Maternal Dance 10

Dancing her way through two pregnancies, Suzanne integrated her dance background, personal experience and studies in guided imagery and homeopathy to create a holistic and contemporary way to stay fit before, during and after pregnancy and launched her company, Maternal Dance.

A Healthy Moms certified perinatal fitness expert and prenatal yoga teacher, Suzanne brought her live Maternal Dance program to DVD with the recently released Rhythm For Life–The Prenatal Belly Dance Workout DVD which has been endorsed by the March of Dimes.

Rhythm for Life dvd

Considered an innovator in maternal fitness and dance, major news outlets such as Discovery Health Channel, Foxnews.com, NY1 News, Pilates Style Magazine and Self Magazine regularly feature Suzanne and the Rhythm For Life DVD.

Suzanne also offers moms private and group prenatal and postpartum sessions, a variety of programs and her themed dance parties are perfect to celebrate any special occasion.

She is considered an expert in the Maternal Dance movement and is a frequent guest lecturer and speaker at international and corporate events, seminars and retreats.

Suzanne continues to work as a movement educator and choreographer and is passionate about sharing her love of dance and yoga with people of all ages and experience levels. She is currently choreographing a show about women called, “Fall To Grace”, and uses the ritual of dance to release pleasure, empower, support and celebrate women.

Find Out More About: Rhythm For Life & Maternal Dance

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Provided by: JesusFilm.org
Greenlit by Antoy Grant

Lanuage: ENGLISH
Length: 9 mins

In a beautiful animé style, a prisoner watches as Jesus gets flogged in Pilate’s courtyard. He remembers Jesus teaching and wonders why they’re hurting an innocent man. Horrified, he remembers his own crime.

He’s in an alley with a rich gentleman. Holding him up with a knife, he tries to take a box of coins and belongings. The thief is nervous so when he tries to go after the man, he fumbles. The man fights him with the box. Coins go flying. The thief accidentally stabs the man in the struggle. He claws at the coins and runs.

The crowds in the courtyard scream for Jesus to be crucified. The thief, another man, and Jesus are loaded with the beams for their crosses and march to Golgotha. The thief looks curiously to the crowds who scream that Jesus is innocent.

They arrive and nails are driven through their wrists. Each man is hung on a cross, their feet nailed to a wooden shelf. They hang in agony. Like the crowd, the other thief demands that Jesus save Himself and them. But our thief claims Jesus is the Messiah and asks that Jesus remember him. Jesus promises him they will be in paradise together that day. A dark storm overwhelms the hill and Jesus dies.

The thief passes away with a gasp and sees Jesus in a beautiful place.

What does the thief realize when he looks at himself next to Jesus?

Why doesn’t the thief ask to be freed from the cross?

What do you see as freedom and hope?

Using existing audio loops from the JESUS film, My Last Day visually translates JESUS for the next generation. The story provides an eyewitness account, demonstrates a life transformed because of Christ’s sacrificial death, and imparts knowledge of the resurrection to the viewers.

The thief sees Jesus from his cell and remembers what Jesus taught. He knows Jesus hasn’t done anything wrong. He sees, in Jesus, what it means to be perfect, to be completely right with God.

When the thief looks at his own crimes, he’s horrified to see just how guilty he is. He’s stolen, and killed a man. He sees a big difference between himself and Jesus. But they’re both receiving the same punishment.

As the two thieves and Jesus hang on their crosses, the crowd yells at Jesus to free Himself. Jesus has claimed to be the Son of God. The sign that should proclaim His crime reads: King of the Jews. The Jews expected a king to come and save them from Roman oppression. They thought they were fine and only needed to be freed from a sinful world. The other thief even asks Jesus to free Himself and them, too. But the other thief realizes he needs to be from much more than his punishment on the cross. He sees Jesus for what He truly is: a living sacrifice for the many ways we disobey and walk away from God. He doesn’t ask to be freed from the cross. But he does ask Jesus to remember him in heaven, to represent him, to free him from his guilt before God.

And Jesus promises that He will. He promises that for all of us. He doesn’t promise freedom from earthly things: pain, poverty, wealth, careers, etc. But He does promise a renewed relationship with the Father through His sacrifice on the cross. He promises that we can be free from the guilt of disobeying God.

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