In the space between pulsating uptempo ecstatic dance sets and quiet contact improvisation jams sits another possibility: Downtempo, bassy, spacious spaces of sensitivity and attunement. There will be an optional BraveSpace Somatic Movement warm up to honor the time your body needs to find self before connecting with others, followed by cues to help you meet others without losing your own boundaries.7:30-8pm Warm Up with Matthew Nelson
8pm Short Opening Circle
Ecstatic Contact set till 9:30pm with DJ Sensorium (also Matthew Nelson)
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$18 adv or $20 door, tickets at https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/ecstatic-contact
About Matthew:
Matthew Nelson is a somatic teacher, healer, and dancer who has spent 30 years immersed in the mystery of movement. Matthew has helped thousands in awakening their vitality, not as something to fix or force, but as a natural emergence of life moving through the body. Coming from a broad base of education including an MFA in Modern Dance, certifications in Laban Movement Analysis, Pilates, and Massage–Matthew’s work honors the intelligence of sensation, the power of presence, and the unnamable current that underlies all true aliveness.
As DJ Sensorium Matthew creates sonic environments for dropping in to your senses, getting down to your root, and coming alive on the dance floor. Matthew has “danced to the beat of a different drummer” since preschool, and as the son of a contemporary classical composer he grew up exposed to a culture of highly unusual music. To hear is to feel, and now through bass electronica, world medicine music, and poly-rhythmic multi-orgasmic frequency modulations, he hopes to hold you in an experience that’s mysterious, consciousness altering, and sensually expansive.
Event venue
Awakenings Wellness Center, 1016 SE 12th Ave,Portland, Oregon, United States
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