AguaMayyim - Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Sunday @ Sweets

Name: AguaMayyim - Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Sunday @ Sweets
Start: 2025-02-16T10:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-02-16T13:11:00-08:00
Location: Sweets Ballroom

Schedule

Sun Feb 16 2025 at 10:00 am to 01:11 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Sweets Ballroom | Oakland, CA

Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Sweets Ballroom
Sunday Feb. 16 - DJ: AguaMayyim
Contact Improv: João Paulo
Yoga: David Schlussel
Sound Healing: Rose Dayal
Circle & Meditation: Katie McClung
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DJ: AguaMayyim
AguaMayyim is a collaborative music project between Franky Helix and Rose Dayal, born out of their deep love and mutual passion for the healing power of sound.
Franky developed a passion for musical alchemy early in life and has been a DJ and music producer for over 20 years. He has traveled the world playing festivals and shared the stage with artists such as Tipper, Bluetech, OTT and more. With a movement and art background his selections will inspire dance and creative flow.
Rose is a DJ, sound healer, singer, and musician whose passion for music began at the age of 2 when she would freestyle rhythmic poetry to her parents. She derives much of her musical inspiration from the elements of the natural world and the deep realms of the unseen. She believes music, sound, and especially our voices are some of the most potent healing tools we have.
Expect to be taken on a rhythmic, sonic journey through melodic deep bass, medicine, tribal, afro rhythms, booty-shaking beats, and hip-hop.
www.soundcloud.app.goo.gl/ehuqPq4z15aysomL7

Contact Improv: João Paulo
João started improvising in contact in the mid 2000's in their homeland, Brazil, and has been exploring and sharing somatic movement for over 20 years. Finding playful and attuned ways to instill a 'less ambition, more curiosity' mindset in other dancers was João's greatest inspiration to start facilitating CI.

Yoga: David Schlussel
David Schlussel is a yoga teacher, life coach, and father. David experiences yoga as the practice of reconnecting with our wholeness. When we operate from our wholeness, we experience the incredible strength and flexibility that is our potential. David coaches his students from fixed ideas about what they can and can’t do, towards life as a playful exploration of possibility.
David began his exploration of yoga with Ashtanga, where he learned the benefit of regular consistent practice. He continued his training by studying Dynamic Yoga, where he discovered the deeper strengths available through activating along the muscular and energetic pathways of the body, and where he developed his passion for yoga philosophy. He is currently inspired by Anusara Yoga, which has infused his practice and teaching with an empowering understanding of alignment, therapeutics, and fun.
David’s classes are a flowing celebration of our bodies, designed to exercise, educate, integrate, delight, challenge and recharge. He is known for his warm approachability, contagious curiosity, gentle and liberating hands on adjustments, facilitating healing of old injuries, and offering concepts that support his students both on the mat and in their daily life.
www.YogiLifeCoach.com

Sound Healing: Rose Dayal
Rose is a DJ, sound healer, singer, and musician whose passion for music began at the age of 2 when she would freestyle rhythmic poetry to her parents. She derives much of her musical inspiration from the elements of the natural world and the deep realms of the unseen. She believes music, sound, and especially our voices are some of the most potent healing tools we have.

Circle & Meditation: Katie McClung
Katie McClung is a yoga instructor, visual artist, musician, educator, and dance enthusiast who has been a part of the ecstatic dance community for over a decade. She has also been a non profit program manager and events manager for many years. Katie combines her skills, interests, talents, and playfulness in order to create an inviting space and joyous experience for dance attendees.

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Timing: (Arrive when you Wish)
9:45am - Doors Open
10am - Contact Improv (Main Floor)
10am - Yoga (Upstairs)
10:45am - Opening Circle
11am - Ecstatic Dance
1pm - Sound Healing / Meditation
1:11pm - Good Day! - Time for Picnic
After Dance Picnic is held next to Lake Merritt near the Fairyland Sign by Whole Foods on Grand Avenue & Harrison.
Tickets:
Available at the door with Cash / Card / Venmo
$25 Drop-In
$20 Circle Passes sold in 5 packs ($100)
@ Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA
19th St. BART
Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
$6.30
Volunteer Opportunity: Show up at 9am 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/oakland-ecstatic-dance-sunday-morning/
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@ Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA
19th St. BART
Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
$6.30