Jean de Florette (Waves) & Manon of the Spring (Heartbeat)

Saturday 17 – Wednesday 28 January 2026

Bookings are now open - grab the super early bird price, be staccato, and get a free 30-minute feedback session to deepen/tailor your experience during the workshop.

10-Day Super Early Bird $1100**(or $1250) **if paid in full by Nov 6th

5-Day Super Early Bird $560** (or $650) (Weekend options will also be offered)

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Overview

Dancing a rhythm, somatic focus, and emotional inquiry each day, these workshops prepare fertile ground for the year ahead. Inspired by the lush narratives of the French film duology Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources, we’ll awaken somatic awareness through movement, returning to the body as our source of renewal.

Now in its ninth year, Natalie’s Summer Workshops have evolved from the humble intimacy of 5Rhythms Summer Sweats into full-bodied pilgrimages through the landscapes of the somatic and the heart. Each January, dancers gather from all over Australia and beyond to journey through double features that weave movement, emotion, and story - from My Father’s Glory & My Mother’s Castle to Fight Club & Thelma & Louise, and Dances with Wolves & Storm Boy. These summer immersions have become rituals of renewal - cinematic and somatic adventures where bodies remember, emotions move, and new stories emerge from our sensing, feeling, and moving community.

🌿 Waves Level - Jean de Florette

Following the threads of the story of Jean de Florette, we practice reaching for our visions. This workshop is suitable for beginners and for embodying your visions for 2026. This workshop is also suitable for therapists wanting more somatic literacy in their work. 

💓 Heartbeat Level - Manon of the Spring

In the Heartbeat map, we dance the emotional wave, cultivating fluidity, softening into compassion, and letting feeling flow. Building on the Waves work, we’ll explore the body’s rivers, organs, and inner springs, supporting our emotional journeys through the heart’s landscape of fear, anger, sadness, joy, and compassion. 

This workshop is suitable for movers with some 5Rhythms experience (including Jean de Florette), people looking for a deeper dive into the 5Rhythms work, and anyone seeking a new relationship with their emotional selves/cells. This workshop is also suitable for therapists wanting more somatic, emotional, and affect literacy in their work. 

💫 About Natalie

Embodying – feeling comfortable in our own skin

Embedding – connecting with community and environment

Somatics - dancing with our cells

Semiotics - moving with meaning

All hours with Natalie count toward 5Rhythms Teacher Training and Dance-Movement Therapy private session hours. 

Pre-requisites for Teacher Training

As these workshops will include 6 hours of movement each day with certified 5Rhythms teacher Natalie Poole, each workshop can be counted towards your workshop days on the teacher training path. Both 5 day Waves and Heartbeat workshop are pre-requisite for the 5Rhythms teacher training. These are the only 5-day 5Rhythms workshops available in Australia. Natalie also offers embodiment coaching to support your application. 

Details: 5rhythms.com 

Schedule January 2026

Sat 17th  – Wed 21st : Jean de Florette (Waves)

Sat 24th – Fri 23 Jan: Manon des Sources (Heartbeat)

Thurs 22nd & Fri 23rd: Days off / Integration Days

Doors open: 10:15 AM | Class times: 10:30 AM–1:45 PM & 3–6 PM