Ecstatic Dance Oakland: Featuring Dragonfly
Schedule
Wed Dec 03 2025 at 07:00 pm to 10:30 pm
UTC-08:00Location
Sweets Ballroom | Oakland, CA
Ecstatic Dance Oakland is back under new stewardship at Sweets Ballroom:Wednesday evening schedule:
6:45pm - Doors Open
7:00pm Contact Improv & Yoga
7:45pm - Opening Circle
8:00pm - Ecstatic Dance
10:15pm - Sound Bath / Closing Meditation
~ Food Service & Cacao 8pm to 10:30pm by Leela Maya of Sacred Decadence + Tea Lounge by Aless Shanti ~
Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA
BART: 19th St. BART
Parking:
*Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
Tickets:
Available at the door with Cash / Venmo
$25 Drop-In
$20 Passes sold in 5 packs
Volunteer Opportunity: Please email us at [email protected]
Ecstatic Dance Agreements:
Let the dance be your language, we keep the floor a space of movement rather than words.
Follow what feels true in your body, honor your own boundaries, and practice consent in every interaction.
We gather in a clear, substance-free field, no alcohol or drugs.
Please keep phones away so we can be fully present together.
Dance barefoot if you can, or wear soft-soled dance shoes if needed.
This is a community space open to all ages and expressions.
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Recognized as a pioneer in the Ecstatic dance community, this self-proclaimed proto-beatnik is known for his commitment to celebrating dance culture; in doing so he brings almost 30 years of deep crate-digging, and movement inspiration to dancers worldwide. His dynamic and shape-shifting DJ sets are spontaneously and artfully crafted travelogues of genre fusing, tempo-twisting sonic morphology. The end goal: To inspire your own movement mythology and unique connection to spirit. His sets invite you to surrender to a space where ecstatic movement reminds you that your body is beautiful, and has something beautiful to express to music
Past festival appearances include. Lightning In A Bottle, Northern Nights Festival, Symbiosis Gathering, Enchanted Forest Festival, Lucidity Festival,Wanderlust Festival, Beloved Festival, Stilldream Festival, Eclipse Festival (Australia), Great Convergence (Egypt), Envision Festival (Costa Rica), Shambala Festival (Canada),Manifest, Peace Village, Burning Man, Juniper Jam, Raindance, Earthdance, Harmony Festival, Awaken, OMIES Fest, Mystic Garden Gathering, Mystic Island Festival and Foreverland. Past appearances have taken him to Cairo, Berlin, Amsterdam, Bucharest, Budapest, Antwerp, Lisbon, Portland, Montreal, Los Angeles, Portugal, New York City,Salt Lake City, Hawaii, Palo Alto, Oakland, Nevada City, San Francisco, Fairfax, Berkeley, Cambria, Sacramento, Willits, Palo Alto, San Diego, San Jose.
Listen: https://soundcloud.com/djdragonfly
Sacred Decadence Cacao & Spell Food
Leela Maya started her journey as a raw vegan dessert chef in 2007 at Cafe Gratitude. It was working there that she discovered the power of intention, community, & how truly nourishing food felt like sensual kitchen witch craft for her soul. It was love at first bite.
She has also developed products for Urban Remedy and Good Earth Natural Foods in Marin.
Leela is delighted to be sharing her culinary creations as sacred service to the vitality, health, and well being of all. Order your next special event dessert or batch of cacao from Leela; birthday cakes, wedding cakes, and for private events.
In addition to her kitchen craft, Leela is a practicing Acolyte Priestess of Isis and ceremonialist, offering Full & New Moon Circles, and Cacao Ceremonies, using improv, astrology, tarot, and the power of play.
She believes that love, joy, connection, and play are key ingredients to a healthy happy life. Blessed Be and Bon Appétit!
💗🌱🥑🫐❤️
@LeelaMayaMagic
@SacreDecadence
www.LeelaMayaMagic.com
About Aless Shanti:
Alessandra/Aless, is a dancer, yogini, tea amateur and cacao passionate!
She often starts her day with a cup of tea. From Puer to herbal infusions, she appreciates the medicine of plants. When she sits for her meditation or movement practice, a cup of tea guides her to focus and be present.
She enjoys serving tea, having conversations and creating a cosy space. During her travels all around the world she had the opportunity and interest to learn about medicinal plants and tea. She is continuously learning and humbled by the culture of tea in China and Japan.
Alessandra loves crafting herbal blends combining medicinal properties in tea, but above all, she is a passionate chocolate maker! Her recent creation, La Gourmande, delicious raw cacao truffles, pair divinely with tea. Both tea herbal blends and cacao truffles are available for purchase.
With her open heart, she will be serving tea every Wednesdays nights.
Here is my Facebook page for my chocolates :
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571863295250
Where is it happening?
Sweets Ballroom, 1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612-2205, United States
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