Elemental Initiation Dance Series
Schedule
Sun Oct 06 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Haw Creek Commons, Asheville, NC, United States, North Carolina | Asheville, NC
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We’d love to welcome you!Our dances are wave-form (parabolic?!), starting slow, picking up to high-intensity, and sliding back down to stillness. We follow a format inspired by Five Rhythms - loosely: flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical, stillness.
After some stretchy hang out time, we gather in circle to share our intentions and set the container. See below for more details on our guidelines.
☀️ Please note! These dances were directly inspired by and supported by Bear & Cass of “Ritual Movement 555” - please check them out on IG and attend - RM dances happen on the opposite Sundays and explore the archetypes of the major arcana of the Tarot - same time, same place. While our dances are smaller for the time being, these dances are capped at 70, so consider sending your confirmation and donation in advance. 🙏 We send so much gratitude to our friends. ☀️
Upcoming Specific Physics themes: Inside the Earth, With the Wind (Air), The Body Breathes Water, LOVE: Pride Edition, and likely back by popular demand, a repeat of our first mix: Welcome the Fire ~🔥~ also: Time in a Bottle, Bearing the Violence, Falling In Crush, Mending the Broken Heart, & Exploring Distance (better name to come).
Please come, please bring a friend, bring your personal intentions, bring something for the altar - or just bring your presence!
“You don’t have to be queer to be here, but you should try it, cause it’s the best!” - Bear
🌈✨ First dance $5 - $15-25 sliding scale after that.
🔅 🌸 🦋✨🐥✨🦆✨🐛✨🦋 🌸🔅
SPECIFIC PHYSICS Guidelines:
What are we doing here?
- Letting the music dance us, and dancing ourselves when the music is rough/challenging
- Teaching ourselves, through our bodies, to stay through the tough parts of life, to know they are not permanent, and even to sink into them as deeply as we do the parts we like
Though the music may have words, we are creating a non-verbal space on the floor and inviting a non-verbal space into our somatic experience.
- We step out for conversations
- We welcome sounds, laughing, stomping, clapping
We create together a “queer-centered” Space - to quote one of our favorite people: “you don’t have to be queer to be here, but if you haven’t you should try it - cause it’s the best.” - Love Bear
We create together a shame-free, “sober welcome” or “sober safe” space - if you are on something, make sure that you are safe and discreet and will not impact others through sight, smell or any negative way it might make you act.
To make our space accessible to those with chemical sensitivities, sensory challenges and immune issues: we attend with a (relatively!) clean body, we avoid wearing scents (including heavily scented fabric detergents or softeners if at all possible). We do not attend if we have been exposed to illness; we mask if we are recovering from illness; and we welcome masking at the individual’s discretion.
To make our space accessible to those with physical, mental, or spiritual specific needs or limitations, we welcome the use of mobility devices of all kinds - including exercise props as well as fidgets, fabrics (of a quiet/non-crinkley persuasion), fans or other objects of fabulousity.
Participation vs Watching:
- We take inspiration and we watch where we’re going
- We focus inward to avoid a performance mentality
- In general: we work to create space for weirdness, authenticity, and the divine awkwardness that being human can be.
In general: “This is a non-spectator sport” - Cass
Tips / Suggestions for a growth-filled experience:
- when you don’t know what to do, “Follow your feet!”
- If you feel like you’re on automatic at any point: stop fully, take a breath, and then find the smallest movement possible that feels authentic, and just feel it - add whatever comes one movement, and one moment at a time.
- If the best you can do is lie on the floor, you’re doing great and you’re welcome as you are.
- Crying is OK. So is laughing.
- Allow others to have their experience and know that those holding the dance are holding the people, and available for connection and support on all levels - psychological, spiritual, physical, what-have-you.
Consent - we use eye contact & body language to make sure we have an enthusiastic yes before interacting with another dancer. Our concept of consent includes not sharing identifying features of another dancer when reflecting on our own experiences, unless we are aware they are ok with it.
Be comfortable!
- The bathrooms are located just in the hall, we ignore the gender-markers
- Eat, drink - but leave with what you brought in
- Drink water! There is a filtered dispenser on the way to the bathrooms.
At the end, we make our way back to the circle and have a few minutes to share about our experiences - sharing is never required.
✨ May all that is awkward, all that is divine, all that is fabulous and all that is aligned ... help you join us when the time is right. So mote it be! ✨
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Where is it happening?
Haw Creek Commons, Asheville, NC, United States, North CarolinaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
