Bay Area Ecstatic Dance Expansion Meetup

Ecstatic Dance Fairfax
Friday Nov 29 - DJ: skycat
Host: Tyler Blank

Ecstatic Dance: 7:30pm - 10pm
Meditation: 10 - 10:10pm

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DJ: skycat (Jesse Manuel)
Originally from San Francisco, skycat got his start in the world of vinyl records. Vinyl naturally lends itself to maintaining a close connection with warm and soulful sounds. Through the years, skycat became enchanted with the look on dancers’ faces when just the right song hits at just the right time. Now in the digital realm as a DJ and producer, skycat brings a wide swatch of sonic threads to support dance floors as they stitch together a mandala of motion.

The music skycat plays reflects a deep reverence for busking culture as well as being inspired by producers that share a love for syncopated rhythms and unique baselines. A dancer at heart, skycat’s sets will traverse twinkling lows and toe hopping highs. Skycat’s song selection is intersectional - the sets are both thumping and peaceful; they have moments of reflective groundedness along with periods of extroverted levity; they explore the tension between divine harmonics and divine dissonance. The vibrational undercurrent is release. Above all else, skycat’s sets are crafted for sated joy.
https://soundcloud.com/jesse-manuel-1/ecstatic-dance-san-francisco-3-3-24-skycat

Host: Tyler Blank
Founder of Ecstatic Dance Oakland, San Francisco, Fairfax, & EcstaticDance.org Community, Tyler is also an Ecstatic Dance DJ, Partner Yoga & Contact Improv Teacher, at www.DoublePlay.fun His meditations dive deep into the vision of Tantra, allowing us to use our Bodies, and this Moment, as an opportunity to be Fully Present, Aware, and Fully Alive. www.DoublePlay.fun & www.Mixcloud.com/TylerBlank

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Tickets are Available at the Door.
$25 Cash / Venmo / Credit Card
$20 for 5 ($100 - no fee)
@Fairfax Community Church
2398 Sir Francis Drake, Fairfax, CA 94930

Volunteer Opportunity: Show up at 6:15pm sharp! for Opening
or ask at the door for Closing Opportunities.

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All are Welcome.

Ecstatic Dance is a Freeform Conscious Dance, Mixed by a Seasoned DJ for a Continuous Sonic Journey. Move however you wish, without verbal guidance, shoes, or booze. Music will flow through various Tempos, Genres, Intensities, and Emotions, so that Dancers may Experience, Express, and Transform their own Energies on the Dancefloor Together.

Ecstatic Dance can be your:

1. Physical Exercise
2. Mental Therapy
3. Connection to Spirit
4. Social Connection with Others
5. Personal Connection with Self

We only ask that you refrain from:

1. Talking on the Dancefloor
2. Using your Phone
3. Wearing Shoes
4. Using Substances (Be Yourself!)

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Website: https://ecstaticdance.org/dance/fairfax-ecstatic-dance/

@Fairfax Community Church
2398 Sir Francis Drake, Fairfax, CA 94930

Rooted in Ecstatic Dance principles, we feature spirited beats for your auditory pleasure in a spacious and beautiful outdoor grassy setting. We gather and co-create a grounding dance space to move and shake ourselves and our expectations. We strive to connect inward and outward to provide an opportunity for dancers to move their bodies and souls to the music.

37.76955995037007, -122.48399747260038

2pm- Arrival and Opening Circle
2pm – 4pm – Ecstaturday Dance
4pm – Closing Gratitude Circle

Etiquette: No shoes, no talking, no alcohol, no judgements and no worries.
While talking isn't forbidden, please respect dancers tuned into the music and their own flow. Take your conversations outside of the dance space.
Ask for consent and give people space before engaging since many attendees take COVID precautions.
Pro Tips: Bring your own blanket, snacks, and maybe even an offering to the community.

May the Spirit of Dance lift you up on the Wings of Freedom 🕊

Donation info
Venmo: @Ecstaturday
Paypal: [email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ecstaturdaydancecommunity

Rooted in Ecstatic Dance principles, we feature spirited beats for your auditory pleasure in a spacious and beautiful outdoor grassy setting. We gather and co-create a grounding dance space to move and shake ourselves and our expectations. We strive to connect inward and outward to provide an opportunity for dancers to move their bodies and souls to the music.

2pm - Opening Intention Circle
2pm - 4pm - Ecstaturday Ecstatic Dance
4pm - Closing Gratitude Circle

Etiquette: No shoes, no talking, no alcohol, no judgements and no worries.

While talking isn't forbidden, please respect dancers tuned into the music and their own flow. Take your conversations outside of the dance space.
Ask for consent and give people space before engaging since many attendees take COVID precautions.

Pro Tips: Bring your own blanket, snacks, and maybe even an offering to the community.

May the Spirit of Dance lift you up on the Wings of Freedom 🕊

Donation info
Venmo: @Ecstaturday
Paypal: [email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ecstaturdaydancecommunity

Ecstatic Dance San Francisco
Sunday Dec. 1 - Mr. Blank
Contact Improv: Lucia Grace
Opening Circle: Tyler Blank
Closing Meditation: Lucia Grace

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Arrive when you wish:
9:45am - Doors Open
10:00am - Contact Improv Class
10:50am - Opening Circle
11:00am - Ecstatic Dance
1:00pm - Sound Bath / Closing Meditation
1:11pm - Good Day Everyone!

Tickets available at the Door
Drop-In: $25 (Cash / Card / Venmo)
Circle Dance Passes: $20 each (sold in packs of 5 for $100)
Volunteer Opportunity: Show up at 9am sharp! for Opening
or ask at the door for Closing Opportunities.
@ Sacred Heart Church (of 8 Wheels)
554 Fillmore St., SF, CA
Street Parking

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DJ: Mr. Blank
Tyler Blank is the Founder of Ecstatic Dance Oakland, SF, Fairfax, and the EcstaticDance.Org NonProfit Community. He plays a full spectrum journey of celebrating all our emotions, all tempos (speeds), and a generous variety of musical genres, for a movement experience to transform our individual and collective energy. Tyler appreciates all kinds of music, and he invites us to both the powerful & the playful, the sacred & the sexy, and all the loving and funky and wild vibrations that come with being a human on this earth. Join us in the Dance of this Soundscape, from the ancient past into the distant future, arriving, appreciating, and enjoying this very moment, right here and now. Every set is curated to be an epic Journey, and each one is Unique, never to be experienced again.
www.mixcloud.com/TylerBlank

Contact Improv & Closing Mediation: Lucia Grace
Lucia Grace Young is a C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, Graduate of Hakomi Somatic Psychology, Intuitive Astrologer and dancer.

In all her offerings, including 1:1 sessions, womens groups and weekend retreats, Lucia weaves together celestial wisdom with embodiment practices to ground the current energies into the felt experience of the body, empowering you to flow and move in harmony with what is.
Lucia is based on both the Big Island of Hawai’i and in the San Francisco Bay Area.
https://www.luciagraceyoga.com

Opening Circle: Tyler Blank
Founder of Ecstatic Dance Oakland, San Francisco, Fairfax, & EcstaticDance.org Community, Tyler is also an Ecstatic Dance DJ, Partner Yoga, & Contact Improv Teacher. www.MixCloud.com/TylerBlank

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All are Welcome.

Ecstatic Dance is a Freeform Conscious Dance, Mixed by a Seasoned DJ for a Continuous Sonic Journey. Move however you wish, without verbal guidance, shoes, or booze. Music will flow through various Tempos, Genres, Intensities, and Emotions, so that Dancers may Experience, Express, and Transform their own Energies on the Dancefloor Together.

Ecstatic Dance can be your:

1. Physical Exercise
2. Mental Therapy
3. Connection to Spirit
4. Social Connection with Others
5. Personal Connection with Self

We only ask that you refrain from:

1. Talking on the Dancefloor
2. Using your Phone
3. Wearing Shoes
4. Using Substances (Be Yourself!)

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Drop-In: $25 (Cash / Card / Venmo)
Circle Dance Passes: $20 each (sold in packs of 5 for $100)

Available at the Door.
@ Sacred Heart Church (of 8 Wheels)
554 Fillmore St., SF, CA

Website: www.ecstaticdance.org/dance/san-francisco-ecstatic-dance/