Boulder Ecstatic Dance (BED) - Nizhoni 3/31
Schedule
Sun Mar 31 2024 at 06:15 pm to 09:30 pm
Location
Avalon Ballroom | Boulder, CO
★ Join us for a fulfilling night of community, connection and dance! Our artist this week is Nizhoni <3 ★ Dance lab facilitation by Dae Gallina!
★ 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: Avalon Ballroom - 6185 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, Colorado 80303
★ Tickets: Pay for a sliding scale ticket from $15-30 at the door or reserve a spot in advance through the Actualize ticket link.
★ Artist = Nizhoni
I curate musical narratives that inspire greatness, restore ease, and ignite the heart's deepest desire.
My music selection is a diverse range of vibrations from world music/deep-kundalini-stimulating bass, tribal-tech synergies and deep house trance states.
I love to weave the healing frequencies from tribal cultures and medicine circles around the world.
I incorporate in conjunction with intentional electronic production, the live instrumentation of flutes, drums, guitar, cello, handpan, and other magical tools.
My journey through music has been from classical player since childhood in orchestras around the U.S. to playing live music for yoga with the guitar and handpan, to performing full-scale large group sound healings, festivals and ecstatic dances.
My mission in this life is also to shine a light on the darkness that is present in all things, and create a path of playful sensual grace through the shadows.
I pray that my storytelling expands consciousness, and inspires love for all aspects of the self.
I pray the light and dark be seen as one whole, as love.
May this Music Move You to Express and Connect with the Divine in Infinite Appreciation... and Open the Way for Ecstatic Love Communities Everywhere.
Until Next time,
May the Dance Be with You.
Check out Nizhoni
https://nizhonimusic.co
https://soundcloud.com/nizhonimusic
★ Dance Lab Facilitator = Dae Gallina
My name is Dae Gallina (they/he). I’ve been teaching for 10+ years, and am committed to improving people’s quality of life through the practice of movement, mobility, dance/play therapy, somatics, and functional neurology in a trauma-informed way that is inclusive and accessible to all bodies.New to Boulder, I’m calling my work “Mixed Movement Arts”. I teach regular weekly classes at Ape Co Movement School-Boulder as well as regular in-person and online movement/dance offerings. I’ve studied extensively with Movement Culture and numerous movement/dance modalities- I love contact improvisation, freeform dance/authentic movement, practice qi gong, circus arts, Gaga dance, Continuum, and weaving somatics, nervous system education, and wisdom traditions into movement practice.If you want to learn more about my work/approach, you can visit mixedmovementarts.com and follow me on instagram @David.Gallina.
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