★ Join us for a fulfilling night of community, connection and dance! Our artist of the week is Dear Humans, and a special "Mask Embodiment Workshop" in place of our dance lab with Kristina Cheraneva! ★ 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, Boulder, CO 80304
★ Tickets: Pay for a sliding scale ticket from $20-30 at the door or reserve a spot in advance through the Actualize ticket link.
★ Music Producer / DJ: Dear Humans
Dear Humans is the electronic soul project of Los Angeles producer Corey Epstein. He started it in 2017 with the late Dutch-Tanzanian vocalist Alex Who?. Dear Humans has released records on Kompakt, MoBlack, Sol Selectas and Sofa Beats. Their version of “Harvest Moon” has passed 3 million plays on Spotify, and they played Coachella in 2022. Dear Humans sets mix electronic production with live instruments played in the moment, drawing mostly on chillstep and downtempo remixes of Dear Humans originals. Expect slow, spacious grooves and soulful vocals, with plenty of room to move, stretch or sink into the floor.
Check out Dear Humans's Music:
https://soundcloud.com/dearhumans
★ Mask Embodiment Workshop with Kristina Cheraneva
We all wear masks and inhabit different roles. In this dance lab, we’ll explore what our masks reveal, what they keep hidden, and how they shape the way we move through the world.
Through guided embodiment exercises and archetypal inquiry, we’ll explore the light and shadow aspects of the persona—the faces we present to the world. We’ll get curious about the parts of ourselves we readily express, those we keep tucked away, and how archetypal energies come alive through our bodies and movement.
Bio
Kristina Cheraneva is a multidisciplinary artist, mother, embodiment guide, and archetypal storyteller. She weaves expressive arts, mask work, ritual, and archetypal exploration into transformative experiences that invite people to inhabit their bodies more fully, explore the many parts within, and awaken their creative expression.
- 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: Robin, Philana & BED Volunteer Team
Event venue
Congregation Nevei Kodesh, 1925 Glenwood Dr, Boulder, CO 80304-2328, United States
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