Elisa Hollenberg, Toronto

Elisa is passionate about bringing 5Rhythms® to people who crave and want more movement and self-expression in their everyday lives.  She has been dancing since the age of 5, dipping her toes into as many movement practices as she could find (ballet, contemporary, South African gumboot dancing, hula hoop, yoga, ecstatic dance) and now the 5Rhythms, since 2002.   In recent years, Elisa founded and co-directed Create-Move-Connect, a community-based dance project to transform improvisation into choreography and performance.   Elisa offers recreation and expressive arts facilitation for individuals and groups and performs and teaches with Truly Connecting Playback Theatre.

“I live and work in a big city context where I try to connect hearts to hearts and bring embodied presence into daily life.”

Elisa is a certified and accredited member of the 5Rhythms Teachers Association.

Rabbi Sherril Gilbert, Montreal

Rabbi Sherril Gilbert has served congregations in Newfoundland and Labrador and Montreal, Quebec. A native Montrealer, she is Co-Executive Director of ALEPH Canada, and works in the larger community as rabbi, rabbinic chaplain, spiritual director and adult educator. With deep intention and joyful creativity, Rabbi Sherril weaves wisdom teachings, chant, ecology, poetry and percussion into lifecycle rituals and spiritual practices.