About this Event
On March 13th, Johanne Ascoli and Hassti Hamidi will co-create a gentle, guided space where art and movement meet. Through conscious movement, creative exploration, and embodied listening, participants are invited to express what lives within, without judgment, expectation, or the need to perform. This evening honours your unique inner landscape and invites expression to emerge naturally, in its own rhythm.
This gathering marks the first event in the Expressive Arts and Conscious Movement series and is a special extended experience lasting 2 hours and 30 minutes. Johanne and Hassti will each guide a movement wave, supporting participants in loosening the body, mind, and soul through shaking, sweating, and deepening connection with self and others. Alongside movement, participants will be invited to explore their creativity and artistic expression in an intuitive, embodied way.
No prior experience in movement or art is needed, just a willingness to listen, move, and express.
Meet Johanne Ascoli
Johanne Ascoli is a French Canadian soulcentric expressive arts therapist and dance journey facilitator who tends the thresholds where body, soul, imagination and play meet.
Rooted in trauma-informed, somatic, and earth-honouring practices, she opens creative portals for healing and remembrance, inviting people back into right relationship with their inner worlds, with one another, and with the living web of Life.
Her work weaves expressive arts, polyvagal theory, deep ecology, eco-psychology, creative play, imagination and deep soul listening into journeys to awaken the inner creator, healer, and wise self.
She lives at Abundance Community Farm, a land-based project dedicated to decolonizing minds, bodies, and hearts on the unceded ancestral lands stolen from the Stó:lō People that settlers named Agassiz (British Columbia).
Check out Johanne's website and social media:
www.expressyourheart.com |IG: @expressyourheart | FB: @expressyourheartwithme
~ Meet Hassti Hamidi ~
Hassti Hamidi is an open-format DJ who creates immersive, multi-genre musical journeys. Her sets flow through World music, Ambient, New Age, Melodic House, Progressive House, Techno, Psytrance, Trance, Instrumental, Vocals, Jazz and even a touch of Rock and Roll. Designed to lift you up and bring you back down, her playlists leave dancers feeling saturated, satisfied, and more deeply connected. Hassti loves guiding dancers to unexpected places, inviting embodied exploration through soundscapes inspired by free expression and authentic movement.
🎧 Check out Hassti’s music on SoundCloud or Spotify
General Information:
Venue:
- Bridge & Enrich Lives Society (“BE”) at 718 East 20th Avenue (Fraser and 20th), Vancouver, B.C. V5V 1N3
- Free street parking is available!
- We acknowledge with deep respect and gratitude that we gather on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
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Event Details:
Date: Friday, March 13, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
The Door opens at 6:45 PM
The Door closes at 7:15 PM (Please try to arrive on time to land into the space with the community)
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Ticket Price:
- Regular Rate: $55.00
- Supported Rate: $45.00
* To keep Ride the Rhythm accessible to all, we offer a supported rate of $45 for those experiencing financial challenges. We believe in the power of movement and connection, and we’re committed to making this experience available to as many people as possible!
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How to get your ticket:
- Reserve your spot with an e-transfer to [email protected] (No Security question and answer, auto deposit)
- Tickets are available on Eventbrite (Fees will apply)
- NO Drop-ins unless communicated with us before the event
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Here's some extra information:
- No experience is required
- Bring your water bottle
- Bring your Journal and pen
- Bring your Yoga mat & cushion (to make yourself comfortable on the floor as you move color onto paper and journal)
- Your existential questions
- Arts materials will be provided
- Wear movement-friendly clothing, preferably in layers
- Wheelchair-accessible space
- The space is drug-free, substance-free, scent-free, and judgment-free, and all participants are expected to respect themselves and one another
- Please share the space respectfully and check in before hugging or touching another dancer (consent practices keep spaces safe)
- The dance floor is a nonverbal space, If you need to have a conversation, however brief, please step outside
- Bring your openness and curiosity
- No street shoes on the dance floor
- Please do not attend if you feel unwell or have any flu-related symptoms.
- Please turn off your cell phone and put it away for the duration of the event
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At RtR, we open our doors to all! We welcome all gender identities, races, sizes, sexual orientations, abilities and disabilities, all languages, and anyone 18 and older!
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What is an Expressive Arts and Ecstatic Dance Evening?
This Expressive Arts and Ecstatic Dance Evening is a gentle, guided experience that weaves together conscious movement and expressive arts as pathways for self-expression and inner exploration. Rather than following choreography or artistic rules, participants are invited to move, create, and express freely, allowing both movement and creative processes to emerge organically.
Through music, movement, and simple expressive art invitations, this practice supports authentic self-expression and embodied awareness. It offers a supportive space to slow down, release stress, and reconnect with the wisdom of the body, emotions, and imagination. No prior dance or art experience is needed — curiosity and openness are enough.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bridge & Enrich Lives Society, 718 East 20th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5V 1N2, Canada
CAD 49.26 to CAD 59.91
