Mr. Blank (Xmas / Hanukkah Night) - Oakland Ecstatic Dance - Weds Night @ Sweets
Schedule
Wed Dec 25 2024 at 07:00 pm to 10:30 pm
UTC-08:00Location
Sweets Ballroom | Oakland, CA
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Ecstatic Dance Oakland @ Sweets BallroomWeds Dec 25 - DJ: Mr. Blank
Contact Improv: Shannon Sahaja
Yoga: David Schlussel
Opening Circle & Meditation: Shannon Sahaja
Food: Sacred Decadence (Leela Maya)
Gift Exchange Table: Give a Gift, Receive a Gift!
Arrive when you wish:
6:45pm - Doors Open
7:00pm - Contact Improv Class (Main Floor)
7:00pm - Yoga Class (Upstairs)
7:50pm - Opening Circle
8:00pm - Ecstatic Dance
10:30pm - Sound Bath / Closing Meditation
10:45pm - Good Night Everyone!
Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA
19th St. BART
Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
$6.30
Tickets:
Available at the door with Cash / Card / Venmo
$25 Drop-In
$20 Circle Passes sold in 5 packs ($100)
Volunteer Opportunity: Show up at 6pm sharp! for Opening
or ask at the door for Closing Opportunities.
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DJ: Mr. Blank
Tyler Blank is the Founder of Ecstatic Dance Oakland, SF, Fairfax, and the EcstaticDance.Org NonProfit Community. He plays a full spectrum journey of celebrating all our emotions, all tempos (speeds), and a generous variety of musical genres, for a movement experience to transform our individual and collective energy. Tyler appreciates all kinds of music, and he invites us to both the powerful & the playful, the sacred & the sexy, and all the loving and funky and wild vibrations that come with being a human on this earth. Join us in the Dance of this Soundscape, from the ancient past into the distant future, arriving, appreciating, and enjoying this very moment, right here and now. Every set is curated to be an epic Journey, and each one is Unique, never to be experienced again.
www.mixcloud.com/TylerBlank
Contact Improv: Shannon Sahaja
Shannon is an embodiment alchemist with 2 decades of teaching in the improvisational arts. She found a deep love and respect for the art and technique of Contact Improvisation through her studies with Kathleen Hermesdorf and Nancy Stark Smith. Shannon loves articulating the mechanics of weight sharing for those unfamiliar with the form and brings delight to the space with her unique ability to create safety while spicing things up with humor and spontaneity.
She holds a BFA in Dance from S.U.N.Y Purchase, has been practicing Contact Improvisation and Yoga for 2 decades, and has had good fortune to have studied extensively with many of the most influential practitioners of CI: www.shannonsahaja.com
Yoga: David Schlussel
David Schlussel is a yoga teacher, and life coach. David experiences yoga as the practice of reconnecting with our wholeness. When we operate from our wholeness, we experience the incredible strength and flexibility that is our potential. David coaches his students from fixed ideas about what they can and can’t do, towards life as a playful exploration of possibility.
David began his exploration of yoga with Ashtanga, where he learned the benefit of regular consistent practice. He continued his training by studying Dynamic Yoga, where he discovered the deeper strengths available through activating along the muscular and energetic pathways of the body, and where he developed his passion for yoga philosophy. He is currently inspired by Anusara Yoga, which has infused his practice and teaching with an empowering understanding of alignment, therapeutics, and fun.
David’s classes are a flowing celebration of our bodies, designed to exercise, educate, integrate, delight, challenge and recharge. He is known for his warm approachability, contagious curiosity, gentle and liberating hands on adjustments, facilitating healing of old injuries, and offering concepts that support his students both on the mat and in their daily life.
www.YogiLifeCoach.com
Opening Circle & Meditation: Shannon Sahaja
Two decades of holding space for yoga, meditation, dance, Sunday Ecstatic Dance Oakland Facilitator, and Certified Sophia Circle Journey Faciliator. Shannon offers exquisite meditations while creating impeccable sacred space.
Participants often reflect on how incredibly safe they feel in her field. www.ShannonSahaja.com
Food: Sacred Decadence (Leela Maya)
Leela started her journey as a raw vegan dessert chef in 2007 during the early days of Cafe Gratitude where it first began in San Francisco and Marin County. 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. Since then she has been a chef and product developer for local healthy food companies like Urban Remedy and Good Earth.
She is wholeheartedly happy to serve the Bay Area Dance Community in nourishing connection from within.
When she is not playing with her food, Leela teaches Play based Authentic Relating & Connection Classes, Full & New Moon Circles for Womyn+, & Cacao Ceremony Soundbaths. She believes that love, joy, connection, and play are key ingredients to a healthy happy life. Blessed Be and Bon Appétit!
Gift Exchange Table:
Have an extra Gift to Give? Did you Receive something you don't want or need? Bring it to the Gift Exchange Table, and Trade it for something that is useful and helpful to you to Receive!
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All are Welcome, Without Restrictions or Limitations.
We only ask that you refrain from:
1. Talking on the Dancefloor
2. Using your Phone
3. Wearing Shoes or Scents
4. Using Substances (Be Yourself!)
Thank You for Respecting the Space so that everyone may Move, Celebrate, Heal, & Pray in their own unique way... Together.
Tix available at the Door:
Drop-In: $25 (Cash / Card / Venmo)
Circle Dance Passes: $20 each (sold in packs of 5 for $100)
Available at the Door.
@ Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA
19th St. BART
Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
$6.30
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Website: https://ecstaticdance.org/dance/oakland-ecstatic-dance/
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Where is it happening?
Sweets Ballroom, 1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612-2205, United States,Oakland, CaliforniaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
