Join for a special collaboration of Interplay created by Marta Swain and Ecstatic Dance facilitated by River Noel! We will experience Interplay and Dance at the Clothing Matters Store :) Space is limited to 12 participants. Please reserve a space by messaging @alexamagsoudi on Facebook or email [email protected]
Sliding scale $5-10. All donations go to Fountain St Church's Social Justice Committee!
For more information visit: https://fountainstreet.org/social-justice/
About the space and Interplay:
Clothing Matters is a place of positive, high frequency for diverse & discerning people to improve personal, social, and ecological wellbeing.
Dedicated to providing non-toxic, ethically sourced wearables since 1996, it grew out of a career committed to the same respect for life, facilitating exploration and discovery of ourselves as part of Nature: Interplay is an organic, adaptive methodology that elicits authentic brilliance, to see and celebrate who & what we are. Design and language are used to explore interdependence, diversity, partnership, the flow of energy/information, and caring/carrying capacity.
Clothing Matters is finally set up to host Interplay for groups of 4 to 8 participants in our salon space.
Learn more about Interplay and the creator (Marta Swain) at https://www.clothingmatters.net/interplay.html
On November 19, Ecstatic Dance participants will have a small taste of Interplay before moving freely through a space without toxins or negativity of any kind. Join us✨
About Ecstatic Dance:
It's a free form dance, with no choreography. Simply intuitive movement. The dance playlist creates a wave of rhythms to facilitate journeying. The intention is to form community connection and connection with one's body/mind and soul.
Ecstatic Dance Guidelines:
-This is a substance free event. Refrain from being under the influence of substances, including marijuana, vaping etc. when you show up to the dance and no substance use during the event. Please show up as you are.
-No photographs or video recording is permitted, unless the whole group consents.
-No verbal communication on the dance floor. Feel free to leave the dance floor if you need to speak with someone.
-You may dance with or interact with others during the dance but provide clear nonverbal communication to say yes or no to engage with another. Honor your needs!
-Have fun, respect the collective space and yourself and listen to your body!
-Ages 18+ (kids are free and welcome if accompanied by an adult and watched and attended to during the dance/event as needed)
*EVERYbody is welcome, regardless of ability. This event is a supportive space to move your body as much or as little as you'd like. Listen to what your body needs throughout the dance and feel free to honor its needs.
River Noel/Alexa Magsoudi’s Bio:
Dance has been a soulful companion throughout my life. I first discovered ecstatic dance in the Red Woods of California in 2019 and became inspired to share this embodied, community driven and holistic practice. It has been a gift to host and co-create events in Lansing, Grand Rapids and Traverse City, Michigan, along with British Columbia, Canada. Ecstatic dance offers organic body movement, feeling waves of e-motions and connecting in a space that is supportive and liberating. Dance feels like home and sharing it is a calling and return to love.
~Osteopathic Healer, Artist and Ecstatic Dance Facilitator~
Connect with River/Alexa via email at [email protected] or Facebook @AlexaMagsoudi
Visit https://www.clothingmatters.net/interplay.html to learn more about Marta Swain's Clothing Matters store and mission!
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Clothing Matters, 141 Diamond Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506-1407, United States
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