Get ready for another epic night of ecstatic dance, Friday September 5th, Northampton MA, 25 Main Street, Studio 444.Earthshake is thrilled to welcome SASHA to the booth: A devoted artist and dancer who has been bringing his passion to the Earthshake dance floor for years, who will now be bringing his talents to the DJ booth!
Sasha is a DJ and sound studies scholar who spins house, dancehall, afrobeats, amapiano, and other soulful electronic music from around the globe. Born and raised in Northampton, Sasha developed his craft of weaving communities on the dance floor over a decade of hosting and playing events in the Bay Area. Equally informed by festival, club, and conscious dance spaces, he now carries the progressive party culture of the West Coast back to Western Mass as the co-producer and resident DJ of Village Disco, a quarterly dance in Florence. Ever a dancer first, he is excited to play his debut for the Earthshake community in September.
Be sure to arrive early to catch his full set!
As always, Earthshake is a sober container.*
This is a venue to bring your joy, your rage, your sorrow and your laughter, but it is not a venue for drugs or alcohol. The art of ecstatic dance is to notice the places within where one might be holding back, and practice softening those hard walls WITHOUT the aid of hard substances. Over the course of months, dancers tend to discover that the liberation they find on the dancefloor extends into every other facet of life. Discomfort is part of the process. When we lovingly face our blocks, fears, shame or hesitations on the dance floor, and lovingly step through them, we become more adept at moving authentically in the world. Life becomes more joyful. Our voice and action becoming clearer. And we become a force, deconditioning from the spells that used to keep us small, keep us quiet and keep us in control...We become a force, rewilding, capable of changing our lives and changing our world for the better.
Ecstatic dance is FUN!
Earthshake is FUN!
Ecstatic Dance is a wild party.
However, this monthly gathering is so much more.
This is no mere escape. Earthshake persists, every month, because we believe in upholding a greater purpose: To cultivate humanity in an inhumane world; cultivating connection in a culture that has become sick with separation. Ecstatic dance retrains us to be lead from our spirits, to lead from our hearts, and from our values, instead of being led by the mindless business, expectations, addictions or entertainments meant to numb us for profit while the world burns. Earthshake stands as a space to remember that the health of our relationships and the health of our bodies is a value that is incomparable to the $$$ we were taught to chase. Earthshake is about reviving the people within us who value collective wellbeing. Earthshake is a refuge where the spirit of the human village still exists. May we tend it with reverence, like a rare plant, nurse it back to health, and spread it by seed and by roots back into the world where it is so dearly needed.
It's also a ton of fun.
If the dancefloor calls to you:
Join us, Friday September 5th
(and EVERY first Friday of EVERY month)
At 8:00pm, studio 444
25 Main Street,
Northampton, MA
Suggested donation of $20-25.
Your contributions allow this gathering to continue to exist.
::GUIDELINES::
Please keep talking OFF the dancefloor unless it is for safety.
Please keep shoes off the dancefloor unless they are specially designed and specifically reserved for dance.
Bring extra water!
Always listen to your body first.
Always practice consent, with yourself and with others.
It is okay to decline a dance or decline and interaction.
Never enter into anyone else's direct personal sphere without clearly asking and getting a clear confirmation.
Treat the dancefloor and the entire building like a temple, because it is one.
::POTLUCK::
Earthshakle features a potluck-style 'abundance table'. What is that? A place to bring any extra abundance in your life to share. Too many tomatoes? Bring them to other beloved community members who will be nourished by them. Baked more bread than you need? Abundance table. Cleaning out your house and have some extra fine treasures that you want to pass along? Abundance table. Scored a massive bundle of tulsi? Bring it to the group, fresh or brewed! We can all help each other be better resourced. Let's practice sharing our abundance, every month, at the dance. Show off your gardening skills with heaps of fruit and veggies! 😛
::WORK TRADE::
Earthshake is a team effort. We have a variety of work trade opportunities such as setup, breakdown, and door shifts. If these roles call to you, send us a DM. *IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND THE DANCE AND MONEY IS A BARRIER, PLEASE SEND US A DM. We have tickets reserved for those who feel a need to dance, but who simply cannot afford it right now. Please do not stay home if money is the sole factor keeping you from joining us. We want your heartbeat in the space. Opening our doors to those who need this medicine now will always come back around.
::SOUND::
Last month was our 4-year anniversary, and, for the first time in 4 years, we experienced some notable sound distortions. Our beloved sound tech had a big gig elsewhere, and it took a longer than we would have liked to recover the sound quality without him. For those of you who joined us last month, thank you for being stalwart dancers as the sound was tuned back to a better quality. THIS MONTH, we are taking extra steps to ensure the highest level sound quality that we can achieve. It is incredibly important to the Earthshake team that we improve whenever we discover a something about our event that needs better attention. Thank you. We are eagerly building a better sound system, and thrilled to deliver another epic dance.
All other questions or inquires, send a DM to the event organizers.
Love you!
-Passionflower.
Event Venue
25 Main St, Northampton, MA 01060-3108, United States
