★ Join us for a fulfilling night of community, connection and dance! Our artist this week is Boulder Ecstatic Dance Co-Founder Danny Balgooyen <3 ★ Dance Lab Facilitation by: Leah Zia Woods
★ 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: Nevei Kodesh, 1925 Glenwood Dr
★ 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 = Danny Balgooyen
Danny loves creating dance space and containers. He differs from most ecstatic dance DJ’s in that he brings some light facilitation and cues to deepen into presence, connection and expression throughout our dance. Co-founder of BED “Boulder Ecstatic Dance” His music has a dynamic range from electronic, deep bass, sexy, house, world bass, and downtempo with an emphasis on aliveness in a dance container. Danny is a breathworker, connection creator, psychedelic space creator, DJ, & conscious event producer.
https://on.soundcloud.com/1tFSxj65GBfgsQCw8
★Dance Lab Facilitator = Leah Zia Woods
Leah is a movement artist and teacher who is passionate about accessibility, creativity, and community. She holds an M.F.A. in Dance and Performance from the University of Colorado, Boulder where she received her secondary emphasis in Somatics for her studies in the Alexander Technique, the Feldenkrais method, and BodyMind Centering. After growing up studying West African Guinean dance, Flamenco, and Middle Eastern dance, she attended Mills College in Oakland where she studied dance as an undergrad. Leah enjoyed an extensive performance career for over 11 years in the SF Bay Area where she performed, and taught fitness & yoga professionally. She is an enthusiastic student of Tom Weksler who combines Contemporary dance, Acrobatics, Martial Arts, and Contact Improvisation, as well as a member of Ido Portal's movement culture movement. She is passionate about health, wellness, and longevity and draws from her extensive movement background in Pilates, GYROTONIC®️, Yoga, strength training, and dance in her classes. She is a certified GYROKINESIS®️ Pre-trainer & GYROTONIC®️ trainer, with a certificate in the Jump Stretch Board, Gyrotoner, and Archway Specialized equipment, as well as an ACE-Certified Personal Trainer, and a Functional Range Conditioning Mobility coach. She is excited to have joined the Fighting Monkey 10-month mentorship program in January 2023.
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
Event Venue
Congregation Nevei Kodesh - Official Page, 1925 Glenwood Dr, Boulder, CO 80304-2328, United States,Boulder, Colorado
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