Boulder Ecstatic Dance (BED) - Luminous Heart
★ Join us for a fulfilling night of community, connection and dance! Our artist of the week is Luminous Heart and dance lab facilitator is Marie Janicek!
★ Rhythm of the Dance
6:15 - 6:30: Arrive and land in the space for Dance Lab
6:30 - 7:15: Dance Lab
Our intention for the Dance Lab is to co-create a core resonance of what is possible when we dance together in a more intentional, alive and collective way. We believe this is the foundation for creating a dance that so many of us are craving!!! Dance Lab can look like dance games, contact improvisation, connection games, etc. It is a place where we get to feel an invitation to bring more play, exploration, and attunement to our experience in dance space. Dance Lab primes us for a free-form, permission-filled ecstatic dance that invites us to tap into a more liberated expression of ourselves. [Accessible for all levels / No experience needed]
7:15 - 7:25: Dance Lab Debrief/ Opening Circle
7:25 - 9:15: Ecstatic Dance
This is the main course of the night where our artist will take us on a soundscape journey into movement as a community.
9:15 - 9:30: Closing
This is a space for individuals to share, express and be seen by the community and is the closing chapter of the evening.
*** Note: You are not required to participate in any part of this which does not feel alive for you. You have full permission to sit/rest/observe at any time of the evening. There is an altar space for pulling cards and meditation. There is also a squish zone for relaxing and cuddles. These spaces are still a part of the non-verbal dance space. You are free to arrive and leave when you wish. If the dance is at capacity, we must turn dancers away. Come early or buy a ticket in advance to ensure you make it in for the dance.
★ Location: Nevei Kodesh - 1925 Glenwood Dr, Boulder, CO 80304
★ Tickets: Pay for a sliding scale ticket from $20-30 at the door or reserve a spot in advance through the Actualize ticket link.
★ DJ: Luminous Heart
Osha makes dance floors come alive, drawing emotion, rhythm and heart into something you feel long after the music stops. A dancer long before he was a DJ, his sets carry a potency and aliveness you can feel, an embodied dynamism built from 12+ years dancing weekly. Inspired by 5Rhythms, he mixes world bass, tribal, trap, organica, ethno house, dub, soul and more into tantric-inspired journeys of gentle invitations, building anticipation, undulating waves, peaks of release and sweet surrender.
Listen to DJ Luminous Heart on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/dj_luminous_heart
★ Dance Lab Facilitator = Marie Janicek
Marie is a somatic sorceress, intuitive guide, and energy alchemist devoted to the magic of embodied wisdom.
For over 30 years, she’s explored the language of body through movement and sensation, dedicating herself to over 20 movement modalities, including strength, fitness, and mobility, dance, meditation, plant medicine, and a wide range of spiritual study.
Her practice weaves science, spirit, and the magic of sensation into a living path of vitality and resonance.
By incorporating emotional alchemy, intuitive movement, and somatic recalibration, she guides people back into the wellspring of their own unique and innate wisdom. Learn more about Marie's work here: https://www.mariejanicek.com
Principles and Values of Space:
- Drug and alcohol free
- Sacred dance floor.
- Judgment and expectation-free zone with full inclusivity.
- Encouraging the practice of attunement to self, your physical space & other dancers.
- Full permission to feel, express and embody your emotions.
- Respectful honoring of your own and other dancer’s boundaries and personal space
- Focused on-verbal connection (no talking)
- Consensual. If it’s not a clear yes, it’s a no.
- Free of phones and cameras in the dance space. In other areas, keep them off or in airplane mode.
- Free of heavy perfumes or oils. Please practice body hygiene when you come to dance.
- Free of shoes
Want to Join the Team?
Each week we welcome a volunteer team to help with the day of dance roles. We hold this dance as a community effort and co-creation.
Sign up to volunteer here:
https://boulderecstaticdance.ivolunteer.com/
★★ Volunteer Roles ★★
★ Vibe Guardians
- Setting up the altar, squish/cuddle zone, lights, ambiance and cleansing of the space
- Angels of the space, offering loving support to help maintain a safe and aware group field.
- Team break down and clean up
★ Welcome Squad
- Welcomes and checks in attendees and sell tickets for the dance
- We need 1 paid person to support us from 6:00 - 9:30pm. You will receive $50 plus 1 free dance admittance for the future.
- We need 2 additional volunteers as support. One person will help from 6:00 - 7:30 pm and the other will help from 7:30 - 9pm.
- We need 1 floater volunteer to be flexible to take on one of the other volunteer roles in the event that someone becomes sick on the night of the event.
★ Skill Offerers
- Tribal markers/body painting
- Massage (bring your own table/chair)
- Art Vendor
- Serve Tea / Cacao / Elixirs
- open to other creative ideas
* Note, permission to charge for offerings.
Refund Policy:
- There are no refunds.
- Tickets are transferrable to another participant in advance of the event. If you want to transfer a ticket you are responsible for finding the buyer.
- We will not be able to respond to any questions about ticketing or participation during the 24 hours before the start of the event.
★ Hosts: Danny, Philana & BED Volunteer Team
★ Rhythm of the Dance
6:15 - 6:30: Arrive and land in the space for Dance Lab
6:30 - 7:15: Dance Lab
Our intention for the Dance Lab is to co-create a core resonance of what is possible when we dance together in a more intentional, alive and collective way. We believe this is the foundation for creating a dance that so many of us are craving!!! Dance Lab can look like dance games, contact improvisation, connection games, etc. It is a place where we get to feel an invitation to bring more play, exploration, and attunement to our experience in dance space. Dance Lab primes us for a free-form, permission-filled ecstatic dance that invites us to tap into a more liberated expression of ourselves. [Accessible for all levels / No experience needed]
7:15 - 7:25: Dance Lab Debrief/ Opening Circle
7:25 - 9:15: Ecstatic Dance
This is the main course of the night where our artist will take us on a soundscape journey into movement as a community.
9:15 - 9:30: Closing
This is a space for individuals to share, express and be seen by the community and is the closing chapter of the evening.
*** Note: You are not required to participate in any part of this which does not feel alive for you. You have full permission to sit/rest/observe at any time of the evening. There is an altar space for pulling cards and meditation. There is also a squish zone for relaxing and cuddles. These spaces are still a part of the non-verbal dance space. You are free to arrive and leave when you wish. If the dance is at capacity, we must turn dancers away. Come early or buy a ticket in advance to ensure you make it in for the dance.
★ Location: Nevei Kodesh - 1925 Glenwood Dr, Boulder, CO 80304
★ Tickets: Pay for a sliding scale ticket from $20-30 at the door or reserve a spot in advance through the Actualize ticket link.
★ DJ: Luminous Heart
Osha makes dance floors come alive, drawing emotion, rhythm and heart into something you feel long after the music stops. A dancer long before he was a DJ, his sets carry a potency and aliveness you can feel, an embodied dynamism built from 12+ years dancing weekly. Inspired by 5Rhythms, he mixes world bass, tribal, trap, organica, ethno house, dub, soul and more into tantric-inspired journeys of gentle invitations, building anticipation, undulating waves, peaks of release and sweet surrender.
Listen to DJ Luminous Heart on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/dj_luminous_heart
★ Dance Lab Facilitator = Marie Janicek
Marie is a somatic sorceress, intuitive guide, and energy alchemist devoted to the magic of embodied wisdom.
For over 30 years, she’s explored the language of body through movement and sensation, dedicating herself to over 20 movement modalities, including strength, fitness, and mobility, dance, meditation, plant medicine, and a wide range of spiritual study.
Her practice weaves science, spirit, and the magic of sensation into a living path of vitality and resonance.
By incorporating emotional alchemy, intuitive movement, and somatic recalibration, she guides people back into the wellspring of their own unique and innate wisdom. Learn more about Marie's work here: https://www.mariejanicek.com
Principles and Values of Space:
- Drug and alcohol free
- Sacred dance floor.
- Judgment and expectation-free zone with full inclusivity.
- Encouraging the practice of attunement to self, your physical space & other dancers.
- Full permission to feel, express and embody your emotions.
- Respectful honoring of your own and other dancer’s boundaries and personal space
- Focused on-verbal connection (no talking)
- Consensual. If it’s not a clear yes, it’s a no.
- Free of phones and cameras in the dance space. In other areas, keep them off or in airplane mode.
- Free of heavy perfumes or oils. Please practice body hygiene when you come to dance.
- Free of shoes
Want to Join the Team?
Each week we welcome a volunteer team to help with the day of dance roles. We hold this dance as a community effort and co-creation.
Sign up to volunteer here:
https://boulderecstaticdance.ivolunteer.com/
★★ Volunteer Roles ★★
★ Vibe Guardians
- Setting up the altar, squish/cuddle zone, lights, ambiance and cleansing of the space
- Angels of the space, offering loving support to help maintain a safe and aware group field.
- Team break down and clean up
★ Welcome Squad
- Welcomes and checks in attendees and sell tickets for the dance
- We need 1 paid person to support us from 6:00 - 9:30pm. You will receive $50 plus 1 free dance admittance for the future.
- We need 2 additional volunteers as support. One person will help from 6:00 - 7:30 pm and the other will help from 7:30 - 9pm.
- We need 1 floater volunteer to be flexible to take on one of the other volunteer roles in the event that someone becomes sick on the night of the event.
★ Skill Offerers
- Tribal markers/body painting
- Massage (bring your own table/chair)
- Art Vendor
- Serve Tea / Cacao / Elixirs
- open to other creative ideas
* Note, permission to charge for offerings.
Refund Policy:
- There are no refunds.
- Tickets are transferrable to another participant in advance of the event. If you want to transfer a ticket you are responsible for finding the buyer.
- We will not be able to respond to any questions about ticketing or participation during the 24 hours before the start of the event.
★ Hosts: Danny, Philana & BED Volunteer Team
Where is it happening?
Congregation Nevei Kodesh, 1920 Glenwood Dr, Boulder, CO 80304-2329, United States
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