Dancing With Life | A Ballet & Literary Experience

Author Talk and Ballet Experience with Vanessa Autrey and Ballet Master Andrew Guilfoil What if we stopped performing our lives and started inhabiting them? Join bestselling author Vanessa Autrey and classical Ballet Master Andrew Guilfoil for an intimate morning of movement, literature, and connection. Inspired by " Dancing With Life" , a chapter from Vanessa’s new book, Rhythm of a Rebel , this immersive experience explores ballet as a catalyst for emotional healing, liberation, and collective joy. When Vanessa returned to ballet as an adult, there was no more applause to earn. There was fumbling. Laughter. And an unexpected realization: what once demanded perfection now offered a new kind of freedom. Dancing With Life asks what becomes possible when we stop performing our lives and begin inhabiting them. For one morning, we’ll explore this question together—through ballet, literature, and reflection. Come as you are. Move as you are. And perhaps, leave with a little more freedom to dance with life as it is. Space is intentionally limited to preserve the intimacy of the experience and provide ample room for movement. Reserve your place and join us for a morning of movement, reflection, and collective joy. About Vanessa Autrey Vanessa Autrey is a writer and speaker whose work is guided by one enduring question: What does it mean to live well? For more than 15 years, she has explored the intersection of healing, personal reinvention, and authentic living, bringing a candid and incisive perspective shaped by lived experience. Vanessa is the bestselling author of Rhythm of a Rebel and The Art of Balancing Burnout . Her work has been featured on Fox , NBC Daytime , the Tampa Bay Times , Northeast Journal , Reader’s House London , Voyage Magazine , and other select media outlets. Vanessa divides her time between Florida’s west coast and the White Mountains of New Hampshire. When she isn’t working, she can likely be found reading, sipping matcha, or gardening in her paja