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Play
Dates (Next
& Past Play Dates)
What is an
Adult Play Date?
Many people find
the sight of children playing very charming, and it is
also very important developmentally. However, adults
having a Play Date? I couldn't. What if people saw me.
What if I really enjoyed letting go and having fun?
An adult Play Date
is an alternative to the everyday club scene, most adult
parties, and many socail gatherings. At its base is the
encouragement to let go, let your hair down, get
rambunctious and playful.
Play is an
important part of development for many organisms, and it
stimulates imagination, problem solving, and cooperation
skills. An ideal adult Play Date is fun for all involved
as well as beneficial to the social development of the
adults at play. It can become the bases for a new type of
"community". "The community that plays together, stays
together."
An adult Play Date
is an organized period of time during which two or more
adults get together to play. Adult Play Dates allow
adults to relax , socialize with each other, and enjoy
themselves. Anyone can do it.
Tips on
Organizing a Play Date
Organizing an adult
Play Date is relatively simple, but there are some things
to take into account.
- Make sure to be
specific about location and time when you make plans
with others.
- The activities
of an adult Play Date may be structured or
unstructured. In-door games, board games,
show-n-tell,
out-door games like tag, soft-ball, splashing in a
pool, going to an event like a concert, bowling,
pizza, playing pool, biking in the park, a roller or
ice skating rink, attending a County or State or a
Renessance Faire, a movie at an IMAX theatre or
interactive
mueums
like the Exploritorium in San Francisco or Science
Works in Ashland or the Magic House in St. Louis'
Children's Museum where attendees are encouraged to
explore and interact relatively freely.
- Encouraging the
child within to lighten up and play with
friends
Getting
started
Next
& Past Play Dates
March
8, 2019 - 8 pm - Bellview Grange, Ashland,
OR
Let's get
together before 8 pm at the Bellview Grange to see
fellow graduate Jessica Sage's play Fragments.
Jessica, a long-term resident at Harbin Hot Springs,
is now the Artisatic Director at a new theatre company
in Ashland, OR, the Rogue Theatre Company. March 8th
is opening night to benefit Planned Parenthood with a
champagne reception following. It's also my 79th
birthday which is actually the start of my 80th year
on this planet. Go to https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3607659
for tickets.
September 5,
2015 - 1-3 pm - Dance Space, 280 E Hersey,
Ashland, OR
Let's gather to
move to the sounds of DJ Heartbeat, aka Lloyd
Barde, from Marin County, CA. Lloyd has owned
Backroads Music for decades and regularly supplies DJs
with their tracks, as he did for me when I lived in
Marin. I introduced him to Donna de Lory's incredible
music (the best Amazing Grace I have ever heard, which
I used as the return music from the vision quest in
Father Wound), and he has ended up producing her shows
in and around San Francisco when she visits. I can't
do the movements that I taught at the Gordon Clay
School of Dance (i.e., Healing the Fatherwound
Retreats), since my stroke, but I still enjoy the
sounds and for anyone who wants to grab a bit or a
glass of Kombucha after the dance, I'd love
that.
November 28,
2014 - Cirque du Soleil's Amaluma and Tail Gate
Party - San Francisco, CA
Thanksgiving
Evening - Amaluna invites the audience to a mysterious
island governed by Goddesses and guided by the cycles
of the moon.
Their queen,
Prospera, directs her daughter’s coming-of-age
ceremony in a rite that honours femininity, renewal,
rebirth and balance which marks the passing of these
insights and values from one generation to the
next.
In the wake of a
storm caused by Prospera, a group of young men lands
on the island, triggering an epic, emotional story of
love between Prospera’s daughter and a brave
young suitor. But theirs is a love that will be put to
the test. The couple must face numerous demanding
trials and overcome daunting setbacks before they can
achieve mutual trust, faith and harmony.
See: http://bit.ly/171E2gV and
http://bit.ly/1aIMG7f for more. I'm thinking of the
$85 seats ($80 for those over 65 and military $75 for
kids under 12.) Let me know by October 15th at
fatherwound@aol.com
The plan to is
get there early and have a Tail Gate party with a full
turkey and all the fixins including cranberrys,
pumpkin pie, etc. in the parking lot of
AT&T Park. Maybe even pilgrims attire. Maybe
even a white table clothe and candleabra. Bring
left-over Halloween candy to share with others.
A true Thanksgiving celebration.
June 1,
2013 - Dance Marin, Corte Madera, CA
First Friday at
Yoga Tree, 67 Tamalpais Drive. 7:30-7:30p Yoga,
8:30-11:30 p Dance to DJ Pangea. See more
movement opportunities in the greater San Francisco
area.
October 28,
2012 - Cirque du Soleil's Quidam, Eugene,
OR
Cirque du Soleil
proudly presents Quidam — a young girl’s
escape into a world of imagination — under a
specially adapted arena format at the Matthew Knight
Arena.
Preview
the Show
- 1:28
Quidam
(pronounced "key-dam") is a nameless passer-by, a
solitary figure lingering on a street corner, a person
rushing past and swallowed by the crowd. It could be
anyone, anybody. Someone coming or going at the heart
of our anonymous society. A member of the crowd, one
of the silent majority. The one who cries out, sings
and dreams within us all. This is the "quidam" whom
this show allows to speak. This is the place that
beckons - a place for dreaming and genuine relations
where all quidams, by proclaiming their individuality,
can finally emerge from anonymity. This is the
"quidam" that Cirque du Soleil is
celebrating.
Young Zoé
is bored; her parents, distant and apathetic, ignore
her. Her life has lost all meaning. Seeking to fill
the void of her existence, she slides into an
imaginary world - the world of Quidam - where she
meets characters who encourage her to free her soul.
(Sounds a lot like Gordon and Shauna.)
Enough about us.
Learn
More About the Show
It would be
great to get seats together but I don't want to wait
too long before all of the good seats are taken. Give
me some indication at your earliest convenience and
I'd say it would be great to finalize things before
August 1. What do you think?
June 8, 2012
- Tito La Rosa, Ashland, OR.
Ancient Andean
wisdom teaches us that the earth was made while the
creator sang, thus all beings are made of sound,
rhythm and harmony. Andean musician, composer,
recording artist and sound healer Tito La Rosa returns
to Ashland. Through his concerts, flower ceremonies
and music classes La Rosa helps reawaken our memories
- weaving sounds into frequencies that open the heart
and encourage the spirit to soar. La Rosa, a
descendent of Quechua Indians of the Peruvian Andes,
has spent more than a decade recovering and
preserving, studying, and intuiting the ancestral
music of Peru. Tito is a Curandero de Sonido –
sound healer. When performing ritual and ceremony for
healing, he enters into parallel worlds to bring forth
sound that elevates the vibration of an individual and
allows for healing and balance to occur. Concert at
Havurah, 185 Mountain Avenue, Ashland. Tickets sold at
SoundPeace $18 advance, $22 at the door "if" it isn't
sold out.
March 19,
2012 Donna De Lory at 7:30pm at Yoga of
Sausalito. Donna De Lory will be back in town for a
more intimate evening. I already have my ticket. I
thought those who are interested in having dinner
before, we might park at the Yoga Studio and go across
the street and have dinner at Sushi Ran. We may need
reservations on a Saturday night so I'm suggesting
dinner at 6.
Let me know if
you want to join me for dinner. Purchase your pickets
on the web site. Scroll down to March 19th. Her last
performance was sold out and I think this is a small
venue. http://yogaofsausalito.com/WorkshopSchedule.html
March 14,
2012 - Girlyman,
Felton, CA (near Santa Cruz).
There are bands
with fans and then there are those with followings.
Girlyman's three-part harmony folk-pop has a following
so dedicated that it consistently fills up seats
across the country (even in Pistol River, OR near
my home) as they pour out heartfelt, poetic lyrics.
With their voices perfectly layered, the band's honest
songs tell tales of such disparate topics as Easy Bake
Ovens, St. Peter's bones, James Dean, D-Day and more.
This week, the Atlanta-based quartet takes its act to
Don
Quixote's
at 7:30pm, in promotion of Supernova, the
band's highly anticipated new release. Expect soothing
soundscapes, biting wit, and lots of eye shadow.
<21w/parent. Reserve a ticket in advance! $15.
831-603-2294. 6275 Hwy 9, Felton Map
(Note: They do serve dinner but I haven't been able to
confirm info around that. I plan to be there in time
to do dinner.) - Gordon
September 18,
2011 - Donna DeLory, 10:30am –
1:00pm.. Historic Sweet’s Ballroom, 1933
Broadway, Oakland, CA $15
Join our
conscious dance community for this unique journey!
Donna will be singing over Baron von Spirit’s
electronic beats for select intervals of the
journey—and otherwise holding space on the sacred
dance floor. Our community spans all ages and
encourages all forms of movement expression in a
safely held space. Mass Transit always includes a free
pre-dance yoga class and donation-based
childcare.
Five of us had
dinner at Vik's last night and then went to hear
Jennifer Berezen, Barbara Borden, Chris Webster and
several others perform. It was a great and moving
program and it was great getting together to share the
evening with friends.
Background
Donna DeLory
(Madonna) Bliss - TV Show Biography video.yahoo.com/watch/1678681/5644254
Hey Maa Durga
www.metacafe.com/watch/2701699/jai_mata_di_hey_maa_durga_donna_de_lory_w_lyrics/
Sky is Open
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uGCHt_ycfo
Check
out the greater San Francisco movement
scene
Daft
Punk - Lose Yourself to Dance - Burning Man
2013
Why Dance? -
Donna Carroll
The Dance on Sunday
morning is my spiritual practice. It is my prayer. It is
my playground and my therapy. The dance floor is my
teacher. As I allow my personality to dissolve in the
presence of the dance, I begin to notice the Spirits
around me housed in human bodies. As I let go of past
stories and future desires, my body is taken on a ride by
the music. Slowly, I start to feel whole again. Dropping
deeper into my breath, listening to the beat of my heart
as it synchs up with the beat of the music that echoes
the beat of the universe, I feel held. Embraced by the
safety of gravity and the feel of the sweat-stained wood
beneath my callused feet as I move, I close my eyes and
let go. My senses become so acute that I hear everything
– the sound of the music pulsing out of the
speakers, scratches of feet caressing the floor, shrieks
of children laughing, roars of sirens passing by… I
open my eyes and see the golden yellow sunlight falling
onto distorted oblong boxes on the floorboards, the
candles from the altar I created that morning softly
flickering, the sun’s reflection on the bowl of
water shiny like a new toy. My nose turns to the
particular scent of the ballroom – an intoxicating
mixture of musky ancientness, palo santo, and dirty gym
socks, which gets mixed with the scents of hugs –
rose oil, dryer sheets, sweat, chocolate, coffee,
firewood, shampoo… I inhale it all into my lungs as
if I would wither and die without it, welcoming the
humanness of our bodies as they collide in
community.
How do I
start?
1. Go at your own
pace
2. Be responsible for your own body (stay aware of
injuries and limitations)
3. Keep your eyes open to stay aware of others
4. Dance barefoot or in clean shoes only - no socks on
the floor
5. Move how you feel and stay open to changing
6. Know that everything that is alive has a dance, and
your only task is to find and express yours
7. Enjoy yourself! (Excessive seriousness may slow you
down)
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Where are dance
communities in the Bay area?
Berkeley
- Barefoot
Boogie,
freestyle dancing in a creative community space.
Boogie is a Sunday night freestyle dance in a casual,
friendly environment where you can dance and express
yourself freely, a healthy alternative to the club
scene, a space that’s free of smoke and alcohol
and is ear-friendly. We are a scent-free environment
as some of our dancers are allergic to scented
products. Rather than a non-stop electronic beat, our
deejays play a wide range of music that will move you
on many levels. Real music for real people! On any
given night at Barefoot Boogie, you’ll probably
hear Latin, African, Middle Eastern, funk, pop,
R&B, hip-hop, house, blues, downtempo electronica,
electro-swing, jazz, and more. You’ll hear some
things that are familiar, whether current radio hits
or favorite "oldies," some that are new and
unfamiliar, and some things that may even surprise
you. You may find yourself dancing to things you never
expected you’d dance to. You can dance alone,
with a partner, or even with a group of people
depending on the mood of the moment. Barefoot Boogie
is a place where you can do your own dance in a
creative, connected community space. We hope you'll
join us! No smoke, no alcohol, no scents, no pretense.
Sunday's 7:30-11P, 2nd Saturday 8p-midnight, 8th
Street Studios, 2525 8th St @ Dwight, Etiquette
Berkeley - Dance
Journey: An Uncommon
Experience,
A community barefoot dance venue from of alcohol,
smoke and scents. Dance Journey is an Ecstatic Dance.
We offer a uniquely wonderful community conscious
dance experience every Friday evening. Some of the Bay
Area's most talented DJ's play regularly at Dance
Journey: DJ Sol Rising, Sasha Rose, DJ Neptune, DJ
Dragonfly. Bombgoddess, The Spin Sisters. DJ Pangea,
and Baron von Spirit. Our live musicians include: Mika
Scott, John Steiner, and Robert Powell. Dance Journey
is an Ecstatic Dance, Freestyle, Freeform, Barefoot
Boogie Dance Venue. Every Friday. Warm-up from
7:30-8:30 with guest teachers for yoga and drum
circles or ritual. 8:30-12am. Live music on the first
Friday of each month. 2 rooms, 3 1/2 hours of dancing
to exceptional music. Format: Main
room: 8:30-9 - Warm up to ambient music. 9-11
mostly uptempo. Warm Room: 9:30-12a Downtempo.
Sign-up for a newsletter. 2525 8th St @ Dwight, street
parking
Berkeley - Ecstatic
Dance
4th Thursdays, 7-11p, Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo
Berkeley - Soul
Motion
with Valerie Chafograck is a Conscious Dance Practice
designed by Vinn Marti. We come together to pay
attention, pray, and play. Inspirational guidance
invites us to explore and celebrate our embodied
aliveness. We move across the four landscapes of Soul
Motion: Dance Intimate (solo), Dance Communion
(duet), Dance Community (with everyone) and Dance
Infinite (reverence to all that lies beyond us.)
Irresistible music, silense, free form movement and
stillness blend together to support self-expression
and co-creatoin. Glasses are drop-in. All are welcome,
beginners and experienced movers. Mondays, 6:30-8p,
Berkeley Union Church, 1914 Cedar St. eMail
Big Sur - Ecstatic
Dance.
Last Thursday of the Month. Yoga 6p, Dance 7-9P The
Grange, Hwy 1 More
information.
Corte Madera - Dance Marin: Dance yourself
alive! Marin's monthly dance destination. First
Fridays 8:30-11:30pm. Enjoy organic delectables,
massage, a gracious chill space with warm lighting and
the welcoming energy of the hosts. We are all about
connection! Move to the sounds of the freshest
DJs, with less "thump" and more heart and beats on a
2400 sq foot cork and bamboo floor. Yoga Tree Studio,
67 Tamal Vista Blvd (next to the DMV)
Davis - 5Rhythms® in Davis with Margaret
Price, Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30pm, September 6th - October
4th - November 1st -December 6th, MoJo Flow Studio,
355 2nd Street, Davis, CA 95616 eMail
Fairfax
Grass
Valley - Ecstatic Dance. Move, breath, celebrate,
release, deepend, surrender, explore, play, pray,
connect, discover, express. Ecstatic Dance Grass
Valley is a DJ'd Community Dance Gathering. It is a
drug and alcohol free, family friendly event. Please
leave shoes and conversations at the door. St.
Joseph's Cultural Center, 410 South Church St.
Thursdays 7:30-10P
Los Gatos - Ecstatic
Dance.
Club Conscious, Wednesday, a Shamanic Disco: An
involution for a revolution for our evolution now!
6P Contact class; 7:30-9:30p dance. History Club,
123 Los Gatos Blvd
Middletown - Unconditional
Dance.
8-10:30p every Thursday, at Harbin Hot Springs. Free
(after admission fee to Harbin). Great Halloween and
New Year's Eve parties. 707-987-2477
Mill Valley - Soul
Motion
with Valerie Chafograck is a Conscious Dance Practice
designed by Vinn Marti. We come together to pay
attention, pray, and play. Inspirational guidance
invites us to explore and celebrate our embodied
aliveness. We move across the four landscapes of Soul
Motion: Dance Intimate (solo), Dance Communion
(duet), Dance Community (with everyone) and Dance
Infinite (reverence to all that lies beyond us.)
Irresistible music, silense, free form movement and
stillness blend together to support self-expression
and co-creatoin. Glasses are drop-in. All are welcome,
beginners and experienced movers. Mondays, 6:30-8p,
Berkeley Union Church, 1914 Cedar St. Thursdays,
6:30-8p, Almonte Clubhouse, 105 Wisteria ay
@ Almonte, Mill Valley. eMail
Mill Valley - Waves of Awakening with Davida
Taurek and Stacey Butcher, Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm, 2011
Blackout Dates --- NO CLASS (venue not available),
October 25, November 8, Tamalpais Valley Community
Center, 203 Marin Ave., Mill Valley 94941,
415-755-7905
Mountain View - Five
Rhythms
movement practice holds many possibilities as a fun
form of exercise, a great way to connect with others,
and a deeply transforming spiritual practice. Over the
course of an evening class, we move through many
different places. As we use our bodies to explore the
map of the five rhythms (Flowing, Staccato, Chaos,
Lyrical, and Stillness), we develop an intimate
relationship with the energy that animates our daily
lives. This class is for anybody who wants to engage
with the teachings of this practice. Using gentle
guidance, focused exercises and a sense of humor,
along with a deep respect for our humanness, we apply
the innate qualities of each rhythm to a different
theme each week. We invite you to join us. Monday
Evenings 7:00-9:30 P, Mountain View Masonic Lodge, 890
Church St.
Napa - Ecstatic
Dance: Finding
your dance. Two Sundays/Month. 10-12noon. 1755
Industrials # 22
Newcastle/Foothills - Ecstatic
Dance.
Community in Motion. A sacred space for movement,
expressoin, connection & celebration. This is
a community dj'd, fammily friendly drug and alcohol
free, baregoot boogie dance event. 2nd & 4th
Fridays, 7:30-11:30p Portuguese Hall, 690 Taylor Rd,
Dear friends; We, the CoMotion / Foothills Ectsatic
Dance Team, have decided that we are in need of a
break, and we will meet to consider continuation in
fall. We thank you all for your dance, presence, gift,
joy, and spirit, and we are looking forward to explore
movement with you again on various dance floors.
www.comotionauburn.com
Oakland - Estatic
Dance.
(Previoiusly Mass Transit), Ecstatic Dance is one of
the largest weekly conscious dances in the greater San
Francisco Bay Area where people from all walks of life
convene to celebrate life, to heal, to move and
connect through dancing and music. The sacred space is
enhanced through two very simple guidelines: “no
talking on the dance floor” and “respect the
space and one another.” Sunday morning. Walk up
the stairs. Notice the sunlight streaming through the
windows onto the 8,000 sq ft sprung-wood dance floor
at Tropicana Ballroom. See kind faces of those you
know and those you have yet to meet. Take a deep
breath and relax into the flowing music. Visit the
nondenominational altar. Glide back to the dance floor
as the musical guide, the DJ, begins to awaken the
dancers with a stronger beat. Listen deeper to your
heart, and hear the reflection in the music. Allow the
music, the space, the people, to wash over you as the
journey unfolds. Laugh, play, cry, skip, twirl, fly,
and sashay around—knowing any expression and all
movement are welcomed and encouraged in the space. All
ages, genders, people of color, lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex
& same-gender loving movers welcomed. Leave
feeling really good, both inside and out. Will you
join us?. Sunday's, yoga 9:30a, dance 10:30a,
Sound Healing and closing circle, 1pm. Picnic at Adams
Park @ Harrison & Grand.
Wednesdays: Yoga & contact imporove
7pm, Dance 8p, Sound healing 11p. Historic
Sweet’s Ballroom, (now called Tropicana
Ballroom), 1933 Broadway, Oakland (19th Street BART)
4th Thursday, Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo.
7-11p.
Palo Alto - Ecstatic
Dance.
Sacred groove Sundays, 9a - Open for self practice
yoga; 10a-noon. Dance. Picnic on the lawn after
dancing when the sun is out, the lawn is dry. Please
bring healthy food to share. Room is open at 9am for
no cost self practice yoga on your own mat. No dance
experience needed. Move any way you wish. Respect the
space and the people in it. Dress to
sweat/layers/change of shirts, bring water, no
perfumes/colognes. Lightly facilitated invocation.
This is a deeply sacred conscious dance container to
fully express through an embodied journey, and let it
all go. Your creativity, imagination and expression is
welcome here. Come as you are, come alone or with
family and friends. Virtual Tour the Ball Room
@ Lucie Stern Community Center
Placerville - Ecstatic
Dance.
2nd & 4th Sundays. Find yourself dancing. A
sacred space to move & groove. Free your spirit.
Embody uoour soul. Dance your heart out! Drug &
alcohol free, all ages, DJ-ed, community dance on CA's
laragest spring-loaded dance floor. Please keep shoes,
conversatoins and perfumes off the dance floor.
Oddfellows Hall, 467 Main St. 4-7p. Catch us on your
way to or from Tahoe this summer! Or dance your way to
Burning Man. Come play with us in the Sierra
foothills.
Point Reyes Station - Ecstatic
Dance -
Free-form community dance for the body & spirit! 2
Sundays a month from 10:30-12 through June 30.
Starting August 18, every Sunday from 10AM-12PM.
Facilitated by Lena Eastes & Taira Restar. Dance
Palace, 503 B St.
Sacamento - Ecstatic
Dance
(looking for a new home. Contact us on
Facebook.)
San Francisco
- Ecstatic
Dance.
Epic DJ'd journey. Yoga & Contact Improv,
Sweet & Vibrant cmunity. Barefoot
& Drug free dance space. The Regency Center,
1300 Van Ness. 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 7-11p
San Francisco - Embodied
Waves
with Stacey Butcher and Charlie Korda, Thursdays,
6:30-8:30pm, Studio Gracia, 19 Heron Street, San
Francisco (off 8th between Harrison and Folsom)
San Francisco - Urban
Sole a
dance movement practice with Charlie Korda and Jade
Blackadar. The 5 Rhythimal patterns for flow,
staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness together form a
wave of energy that takes us into our inner
landscapes, sheds light on our edges and gives us a
container to play in. Each week, we will offer
different themes to focus our exploration and
embodiment of the 5Rhythms, bringing a deeper
awareness of our bodies, our lies, and our creativity.
Mondays, 7-9p, 2nd floor studio, Kunst-Stoff Art
Space, 1 Grove St @ Market. Thursdays 6:30-8:30p,
Levydance Studio, 19 Heron St @ 8th St
San Geronimo - Dance
Medicine.
A wonderful Sweat Your Prayers inspired dance . . .
big open space, great variety of music, deep dance
healing, and welcoming vibe. We Each Possess a Fierce
Wisdom that comes from within. Together every week we
practice getting out of its way, getting into our
groove and releasing the things that are blocking its
emergence. Arriving in the now and celebrating the
new, we sustain our creative moments in community
– This is our Medicine. Every Thursday, 7p - 9p.
San Geronimo Community Gym, 1 Lagunitas School Road,
San Geronimo, CA.
San Luis Obispo - Ecstatic
Dance -
Two Sundays a Month. Dance begins at 11am (Please
Arrive by 10:45am) The Monday Club, 1815 Monterey
St.
San Rafael - Sweat
Your Prayers,
Saturdays 9:30-11:30am, Pickleweed Community Center,
50 Canal Street
Santa Cruz - Ecstatic
Dance.
No talking. No alcohol. No shoes.
Music+Movement+Community. Thursdays, 8-10p, Inner
Rhythm with Hamid Martin. 418 Project. 418 Front St.
4th Saturday 7-10P Pacific Cultural Center, 1307
Seabright Ave. No talking. No alcohol. No shoes. No
perfumes/colognes. Wendy Marie & Hamid Martin
together in community. An EPIC, off the hook embodied
journey!
Santa Cruz - Five
Rhythms
with Claire Alexander, Wednesday Evenings 7:00-9:00 PM
(doors close at 7:30 - no class the first Wednesday
each month) Louden Nelson Community Center 301 Center
St. at Laurel, Santa Cruz
Santa Rosa - Deep Dive into The 5Rhythms®
Class with Jennifer Burner 1st and 3rd Thursdays,
6:30-8:00pm Movement Oasis / Wellspring Aikido 1808-B
Empire Industrial Court Santa Rosa, CA 95403
www.elementsofmovement.vpweb.com
Santa Rosa - Sweat Your Prayers with Jennifer
Burner, Tuesdays, 6:30-8:00pm, Movement Oasis /
Wellspring Aikido, 1808-B Empire Industrial Court,
Santa Rosa, CA 95403 www.elementsofmovement.vpweb.com
Sausalito - Sweat
Your Prayers
- Sundays: two sessions: 8:30-10:30am and 11am-1:00pm,
MLK Gym, 530 Coloma St. (Note: Sunday frequently
sells out. Please come early (8:10am for the first
session and 10:15am for the second) to ensure that you
are able to get in and dance. We start selling tickets
between 8-8:15am for both sessions.
Sausalito - Waves Journey: a 5Rhythms®
Class with Sylvie
Minot,
Wednesdays, 7-9pm, MLK Gym, 100 Coloma Street,
Sausalito, CA, 415-272-1896
Sebastopol - Ecstatic Dance. Sundays, 11am -
1pm (confirm dates and times) Move2Change, 6780 Depot
Street, Sebastopol, CA. Ecstatic Dance Sebastopol is
bringing the Big Love for everyone on Sunday mornings.
www.facebook.com/ecstaticdancesebastopol
Sebastopol - Catalyst Community Dance - Trance
Dance - Contact - Kundalini Dance - Biodanza -
Yoga Dance - Soul Motion - 5Rythyms & more! Live
Music - Drummers - Guest DJs - Ritual - Social Time -
Refreshments - Community Connection. Wednesday, 9/21,
Tuesday, 10/25 Wedmesdau 11/30 and Thursday 12/29,
2011. 7-10p. Sebastopol Masonic Temple, 373 North Main
St. Sebastopol, CA (across from Safeway) Debra Giusti
– dg@harmonyfestival.com
or 707-249-0205 or www.CatalystCommunityDance.com
Stockton - Ecstatic Dance (Looking for DJs.
Contaact us on Facebook.)
Related: Let's
Dance Check out ecstaticdance.org
Also on Big
Island
(Kalani) and in Ashland
(10:30a, Sundays, 280 East Hersey St),
Amsterdam,
Austin,
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Dance
Intimate: We explore our relationship with the body as a
dancing shape field moving in space.
Dance Communion:
The dancer begins to open his (her) field to association
and inspiration to one other.
Dance Community:
Dancers begin to move in ever widening circles,
receiving, giving information and inspiration to the
larger dance happening all around them. This landscape is
an invitation to see how we are all connected.
Dance Infinite:
What happens on the dance room is a practice for the
everyday dance in the living world. We move out from the
dance room with an opportunity to send outward all
benefit. we may have received.
Three Points of
View
Pause Presence: It
is a place of quiet alertness. A practice that allows the
dancer to relax, slow down and restore.
Orbit Orientation:
The dancer is encouraged to consciously move in all
directions with equal attention and without
preference.
Echo Inspiration:
The dancers are guided to use each other’s dance to
inform and inspire them. It is a constant personal
contribution to the pool of movement choices.
DJs
Alxndr
Alxndr enjoys
taking dancers on a journey with his DJ sets. Starting
off with dreamy downtempo, moving into world beats, funky
midtempo, glitchy basslines, and on to faster breakbeats,
only to come in for a landing with luscious melodies,
it’s all part of the ride. He is part of the False
Profit crew, and co-founder of the TransportedSF bus
adventures. www.alxndr.dj
Baron von
Spirit
Baron von Spirit is
a true dancer’s DJ, drawing on a lifetime of
movement study & practice for his musical
inspiration. He’s known for his eclectic and
wide-ranging taste, but even more so for searching out
songs that are fresh and unique. To each set he brings a
rough palette of musical ideas–the final journey is
created as a response to what he is feeling in communion
with the field of dancers–and always finds a way to
integrate a few novel remixes of beloved classics. Spirit
plays regularly at Dance Journey, Harbin’s
Unconditional Dance, and NCDC Dance Camps, as well as
other special events in Northern California. He
co-founded HeartSpace, a community dance in Fairfax.
baronvonspirit@gmail.com
Alia
ALIA, formerly
known as Bombgoddess and affectionately dubbed “The
Sonic Shamaness”, weaves an intoxicating, luscious
blend of glitchy, liquid, globally infused temple step,
melodic crunk, and bassy whomp to create a pulsating,
exotic journey into rhythm and movement with her
signature goddess spark and a shaman’s
touch.
Transmitting the
bliss she feels in performances, ALIA unlocks an
ecstatic, activated, textured, lush and prayer-full
experience that evokes the sacred and awakens our
connection to our source. She is a dancer and a priestess
devoted to embodying the feminine and she approaches
every set as a ritual and as a facilitator of dance floor
unity.
ALIA unleashes her
musical alchemy at cutting-edge events from the
underground Bay Area dance scene to Burning Man. She has
shared the bill with the likes of Beats Antique, Random
Rab, Govinda, Freq Nasty, Marty Party, An-Ten-Nae,
Heyoka, Pussymonster, Sasha Rose, Vibesquad, Knowa, El
Papo Chango, MiHKAL, and Shawna.
Get her latest
tracks and remixes at
www.aliarhythms.com,
listen to her sounds at www.soundcloud.com/aliarhythms,
and connect with her at www.facebook.com/aliarhythms.
DJ Dragonfly
– Global Bass Culture
Decades of playing,
performing and collecting music and dance, and a deep
immersion in the music & events business are the
fertile grounds for unleashing some of the most creative
sets on today’s underground U.S. West Coast dance
scene. As a DJ who constantly breaks the mold with a
unique amalgamation of bass culture’s most embraced
genres: Dubstep, Glitch, Downtempo, Trap, Breaks, House
and Drum n Bass, his sets are a wicked infusion of tempo
and sound design, which are then given a massive workover
by urban/indigenous Third World whomp and ecstatic bass
music. Now in his second decade on the West Coast
festival and club circuit, he has performed with many of
the dance scene’s most pioneering and resilient
producers: Bassnectar, Tipper, Ott, Krafty Kuts, Opiuo,
Phuture Primitive, Gaudi, Vibesquad, Freq Nasty, Adam
Freeland, Cheb I Sabbah, Bluetech, Karsh Kale,
Heavyweight Dub Champion, Random Rab, Starfire,
Nickodemus, Dreadzone, and many, many more! SF Bay Area
dance enthusiasts consistently place him in the top
percentile at the DJ polls for his unique sounds,
enhanced by added live percussion. As a full time DJ,
music and event producer he is found booking, producing,
DJing and creating content throughout the West Coast
electronica event, festival and club scene.
Internationally, his portfolio includes Egypt, Costa
Rica, Hong Kong, Canada and Australia. Past and current
bookings/projects include: Earthdance Festival, Harmony
Festival, Beloved Festival, Enchanted Forest, Burning
Man, Mystic Garden Gathering, Shambala, SolFest, Techno
Tribal, Bioneers, Sea of Dreams, Groove Garden,
Symbiosis, Eclipse 2012, Wanderlust, Worldly Sights &
Sounds, Ecstatic Dance, Yoga Journal Conference,
Wanderlust Festival, Beloved Festival, ANDC, Stilldream
Festival, Raindance Festival, Envision Festival, Harbin
Hotsprings, the West Coast yoga circuit and much, much
more. 415.596.2081 connect with him at https://www.facebook.com/Martin.DJDragonfly
or djdragonfly@gmail.com
Lachlan
Scotland
The intention:
uplifting and inspiring people though music. The desire:
to set free hearts, minds and feet, though dance. The
offering: to be an open channel for the mother, spreading
her voice through electronic beats, linking our
Ancestors’ rhythms from the past, and melding with
the future frequencies of today. May we all come together
to activate our highest purpose. May we all move together
as one body prayer. May we praise the creator with every
cell of our being and unite in common rhythm. As the
dawning of the new age is upon us, the mission of unity
and oneness is all pervasive. The path of the neo-shaman
shows up in many functions and DJ’ing is this
one’s calling. Emerging from the vibrations of San
Francisco bay area, blending tempos, genres, and
syncopated rhythms to create an abundant journey of
sound. Lachlan’s DJ path has lead him the world
over, exploring the ever-unfolding richness that life has
for us all. DJLachlan@gmail.com
Neptune
Neptune (spiritual
technologies, beat church SF) has been a professional dj
for 24 years. Not limited to any genre of music, he plays
for the group consciousness in the moment, and is able to
rock any style, for any crowd anytime. Neptune has
committed his life to using music to heal and unify
people in every way possible, not limiting himself to any
particular group or style of music. He sees music as a
powerful tool for elevating human consciousness and is
here for the long haul, determined to take it all to the
next level. You can catch him on the first and third
Thursdays of each month for Beat Church at Shine, a
bi-monthly event he puts on with his partner Kitty-D.
Neptune@photon.net
Pangea
Pangea (aka, Dean
Halpern) has an electro-organic style that’s steeped
in world tribal dance culture. He believes great music is
felt, not heard, and selects tracks that artfully fuse
the best of electronica with world rhythms, vocals, and
instruments, carrying the dancer on an enchanted journey
into sound. He presents music to free your mind, inform
your spirit, and move your body, with slow sensuous dance
tracks, hot rhythmic beats, bass-heavy dub, emotional
vibrations, playful mid-tempo grooves, and ecstatic
tribal funkiness. He intends musical sets that have you
dancing your aliveness. music@djpangea.com
Sasha
Rose
Sasha Rose is a
singer/songwriter/dj/producer. Born into a musical
family, she was nurtured in her musical expansion all
through the foundational years of her life. She creates
lucious soundscapes and fat bass lines all bridged by her
live soulful angelic voice and flute playing. Playing off
ableton live she creates a collage of different sounds
and rhythms with deep lyrical content. She has performed
with many live electronic acts including Members of
String Cheese Incident, Zilla, Lynx and Jamie Janover,
Random Rab, Anasia, Vibesquad, Mimosa, Heavyweight Dub
Champion, and many others. In any of her various musical
incarnations, Sasha Rose will take you on an
unforgettable musical journey.www.sasharosemusic.com
or www.myspace.com/sashabutterflyrose
or www.cdbaby.com/Artist/SashaButterfly
Sharu
Sharu’s first
spiritual awakening occurred while dancing on a dry
desert dance floor two years after he started DJing in
2000. Since then he has been merging ancient and
electronic technologies to facilitate awakenings through
dance. Since 2007, Sharu has toured the west coast with
The Bliss Bar (A next level Kundalini Yoga raw food cafe)
creating playfully profound performances with sound,
shrines and raw chocolate.
Sharu continually
expands his sound to evolve with the times. He plays a
wide range of music from juicy sacred atmospheres to
delicious global beats to gypsy circus whomp to retro
remixes to funky fierce mid-tempo breaks. As a Vedic
Astrologer, timing is at the crux of his methodology. His
sensitivity to the moment and it’s celestial
influences on human consciousness informs the choice of
music he plays. He is also deeply versed in Mantra Yoga
and utilizes this powerful science of sound with his
clients, in his yoga classes and, of course, on the dance
floor! Recently, Sharu birthed Sound Seed Yoga from all
these technologies, which combines chanting, Kundalini
Yoga and meditative dance into ecstatic dance.
www.sharuproductions.com
or www.facebook.com/djsharu
Sol
Rising
DJ Sol Rising is a
skilled turntablist with a mission—”my purpose
for making music is to uplift humanity’s vibration,
transcending mind and emotions to create the remembrance
of the ultimate truth of who we are.” DJ Sol Rising
seamlessly blends an eclectic mix of world, hip-hop,
reggae, funk, house, electronica and more.
djsolrising@gmail.com
or www.djsolrising.com
or www.facebook.com/djsolrising
Ecstatic Dance
is what you make of it...a freeform movement space
where:
- dance
expands
- spirit
activates
- boundaries
melt
- boredom
ceases
- creativity breaks
out
- hope
happens
- beauty
flows
- communities
collaborate
- ritual is
reinvented
- harmony
resonates
- The beat
deepens
- as an electronic
tapestry
- of world
rhythms
- weave us
together
- as
individuals
- within a greater
family.
A freeform of
conscious dance where movement expands, spirit activates,
boundaries melt, creativity breaks open, hope happens,
beauty flows, communities collaborate, ritual is
reinvented, harmony resonates, melody and rhythms weave
us together as individuals within a greater
family.
Dance as a
manifistation of the Light! No Shoes No Alcohol No
chitchat
The Up-River
Dance
Dance the
dance you dance. Good shoes, no alcohol or drugs, No chit
chat. Afterwards we land, we chill, we eat, we
connect.
Join our dance
comunity to another magical journey at the Garden of
Light. Dj Kareem Raïhani will serve us again some
Tribal-Afro-Shamanic-Disco-Tantric-Techno-Sufi-Dance.
This time the opening ceremony and warm up is being held
by Caroline S'Jegers.
Ecstatic Dance = a
freeform of conscious dance where movement expands,
spirit activates, boundaries melt, creativity.
People who move
me:
- 1 Giant
Leap
- Donna De
Lory
- A River
Blue
- Alanis
Morissette
- Campaign for
Innocent Victms in Conflict
- Crazy Sexy
Cancer
- Jill
Pettijohn
- Lipman
World
- Open
Floor
- Shine
Global
- The Moving Center
School California
- The Seed
Network
- Urban
Zen
- Wrage-Online-Buchhandlung
- Gabrielle
Roth
* * *
I went to church,
but God wasn’t there;
I said everybody’s prayers
Till something deep inside me cried,
“I need the beat to be satisfied.”
I got off my knees and on my feet
Took my rock & roll prayers back on the street.
I gotta dance, Gotta dance.
* * *
In our play
we reveal what kind of people we are. - Ovid
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