The Dance with Ann Kite

Dear Dancers,

The Dance - 8pm tonight with Henya Emmer from NYC!

What an incredible weekend we shared at Buffalo Gap for the Gathering! The weather was perfect, the dances, community and nature divine. If you haven’t joined us at Buffalo Gap, now is the time to take the step. August at Buffalo Gap. Advanced Registration discount available for a few weeks.

Tonight, July 10, Ann will be away as she settles into a few week sabbatical, We are delighted that Henya Emmer, Ann’s colleague and brilliant 5Rhythms Movement Facilitator from Brooklyn, New York, will be holding the dance for our community.

Some of you may remember Henya from the The Gathering, where she shared her presence and her work with us in such a meaningful way. She brings that same grounded, open-hearted energy into every space she holds.

I hope you’ll join our community for this special evening. You’ll be in good hands.

https://www.annkite.com/letgo

With love,
Anand

PS from Ann ~ “After a great long while (18 years) I will take a few week sabbatical beginning July 6! Great thanks to Henya for subbing on July 10th and to Anand for subbing on July 17th. Anand will be here to write the newsletters and respond to email while I take some much needed time away. See you on the other side!”

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It's time to make plans for the end of Summer!

Join us at Buffalo Gap Retreat Center for Ann's next retreat,

Four days to move, reconnect, and come home to yourself in beauty of Buffalo Gap!

We'd love to dance, swim, take a sauna, sing by the fire, make art with you.

August 28-31
https://www.annkite.com/thedance-august2026

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5 movement paths. 5 unique invitations.

The Dance - Move to connect to your innate wisdom.

Soul Motion — Move with awareness, connection, and presence.

5Rhythms — Move through five rhythms into authentic expression.

Ecstatic Dance — Move freely, express fully, connect deeply.

Open Floor — Move to explore emotions, resilience, and connection.

Together, these modalities create a rich and diverse experience of movement, connection, and transformation.

Experience it all at The Gathering: Convergence Retreat June 26-29, 2026

Few spots open 🎟️

Dear Dancers,

Amazing what can transpire in just a few months.

Life arrives in the most unplanned, unpredictable ways.

At the end of December, while surgeons were removing a brain tumor from my daughter's head, I walked laps through the hospital more aware than ever of life's fragility—of our children, of one another, of how quickly everything can change.

As I walked, I made a promise to myself: if she made it through this, I would find a way to get my kids to Montana. They have new jobs, new loves, and very little time off, but somehow we made it happen.

Montana is my favorite place on earth outside of home and the Dance. The mountains, the water, the air—something in me recognizes it. And four nights together as a family hasn't happened in years.

So we went.

We played pickleball. We biked through Glacier National Park and discovered who among us is afraid of heights. We plunged into freezing water. (Well, I soaked. Everyone else scrambled back to the ladder.) We laughed, rested, and simply enjoyed being together.

Lilliah became the kitchen maven, creating meal after meal with a confidence and creativity that reminded me exactly who she is.

Six months ago, I was praying she would survive surgery.

This week, I watched her paddleboard, cook dinner, and tease her brothers.

Life is fragile.

And life is astonishing.

The miracle isn't everything going according to plan. Sometimes the miracle is simply getting another summer together.

I'm so looking forward to being back in the Dance with you tonight.

Join me for Let Go this Friday from 8–10 PM at Carderock. We'll move, sweat, breathe, and reconnect with ourselves and one another.

As we move toward The Gathering: Convergence next weekend at Buffalo Gap, a few spaces remain. If you've been feeling the call to spend a weekend immersed in movement, nature, community, and a rich variety of dance practices, now is the time.

The forecast looks beautiful—perfect for dancing under the pavilion, swimming in the lake, gathering around the fire, and enjoying the mountains of West Virginia.

I look forward to sharing the floor with you soon.

With love,

Ann

Dear Dancers,

Been quite a week.
I said goodbye to my youngest as he headed to New York City for a summer internship.

"It's what's supposed to happen," a friend remind me.
“Yeah, but that doesn't make it hurt any less,” I said.

As I watched him leave, a familiar pain, tears, and the memory of a couple years ago…

The last dinner before everything changed. Sam was moving to Atlanta. Michael was heading off to college. Lilliah had landed her first real job in Arlington.
We sat around the table with Indian food.

I couldn't eat.
Someone made a wiseass comment and suddenly I was up in my room in tears.

Then I was surrounded, all three of them were there wrapping themselves around me in a giant hug. Through a broken voice I said, "I have loved being your mom so much. I hope you know how much you are loved." I hugged them each separately as I said their name.

One of them, "It’s not ending, Mom."
Another, "Don't invalidate her feelings."
I laughed through tears.

Now it’s a different time/summer.
No more spontaneous trips to the grocery store at 1am.
No more late-night conversations. No constant awareness: are they sick, hungry, need water, need to talk, tired?
No more how was it?

Love asks so much of us.
to hold and to let go.

To celebrate what is beginning while grieving what is ending.
To open our hands and encourage them to fly

and yet love stays, the dance stays

all the while the great unknown is moving through
changing us in its persistent wake

Whatever you are moving through, beginnings, challenges, goodbyes, joys

Come dance it
Bring it
We'll move through it together.

Either tonight or at a Buffalo Gap Retreat in June, August or October.

Sending love,
Ann

PS:
Friday Night Let Go tonight, 8–10pm, Carderock
https://www.annkite.com/letgo

PPS:
Advanced registration for The Gathering: Convergence.
happening now, housing is filling up
The Dance • Soul Motion • 5Rhythms • Open Floor • Ecstatic Dance
https://www.annkite.com/thegathering