Boulder Ecstatic Dance (B.E.D.) - Smiley Coyote 11/24
Schedule
Sun Nov 24 2024 at 06:15 pm to 09:30 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Avalon Ballroom | Boulder, CO
★ Join us for a fulfilling night of community, connection and dance! Our artist of the week is Unison Festival Co-Founder Smiley Coyote ★ Dance lab from 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
7:15 - 7:25: Workshop 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, CO 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 = Smiley Coyote
Smiley Coyote dwells in the southwest where the desert meets the mountains. Music has been streaming through his veins since birth. Having been engulfed by the electronic music evolution, he's been along for the ride since the 90's. West Coast festivals such as Burning Man, Symbiosis, Lightning in a Bottle and Beloved are what really sparked the desire to share musical journeys through DJing. He's enjoyed sharing the stage with some of the top producers in the industry as well as performed for many festivals. His musical selections are genre-bending and able to appease most audiences as long as they enjoy a touch of bass. Sharing audible frequencies to the Ecstatic Dance community is his most fulfilling experience however. He crafts each and every set in the moment with only the dancers participation as his guide. As the co-producer of Unison Festival, he is constantly on the lookout for the freshest sounds to curate the southwest's premier transformational festival.
Check out Smiley Coyote here:
https://soundcloud.com/smileycoyote
https://ecstaticdance.org/dj/smiley-coyote/
★ Dance Lab = 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 @mixed.movement.arts
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, Bloom, Philana & BED Volunteer Team
