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Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Sweets BallroomSunday June 23 - DJ: Sasha Rose
Contact Improv: René Alvarez
Yoga: Rachel Heron
Circle & Meditation: Katie McClung
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Timing: (Arrive when you Wish)
9:45am - Doors Open
10am - Contact Improv (Main Floor)
10am - Yoga (Upstairs)
10:45am - Opening Circle
11am - Ecstatic Dance
1pm - Sound Healing / Meditation
1:11pm - Good Day! - Time for Picnic
After Dance Picnic is held next to Lake Merritt near the Fairyland Sign by Whole Foods on Grand Avenue & Harrison.
Tickets:
Available at the door with Cash / Card / Venmo
$25 Drop-In
$20 Circle Passes sold in 5 packs ($100)
@ Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA
19th St. BART
Webster Street Garage, 1721 Webster St, Oakland
Volunteer Opportunity: Show up at 9am sharp! for Opening
or ask at the door for Closing Opportunities.
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DJ: Sasha Rose
Sasha's background of lifelong musicianship created a strong foundation for her unique style of electronic production and live dj performances. She combines many elements, learned from her vast variety of musical experience, to offer a truly innovative type of artistic expression.
Her popularity with spiritually focused dance crowds comes from her unique hybridization of original production featuring her live vocals and flute playing with carefully selected inspirational dance tracks from various artists from around the world. Her performances flow from celestial grooves to tribal world rhythms to down tempo dance dub to collective ascensions to higher realms. Sasha is one of the most sought after dj's for Ecstatic Dance and Ecstatic Dance styled events throughout California and beyond. She has performed at over 40 such dances including multiple appearances at Ecstatic Dance Oakland, Dance Journey, and many others.
Over the last 10 years Sasha has taken her live solo electronic show to festivals throughout the US including Symbiosis, Beloved Festival, Earthdance, Sonic Bloom, Enchanted Forest, Raindance Campout, Photosynthesis, and many more. She has guested with several electronic artists including Random Rab, Vibesquad, Mimosa, Anasia, Zilla, Eoto, J.Boogie, Lafa Taylor, Jamie Janover, Lynxand many others. In her musical production, Sasha creates lucious soundscapes and thick bass lines bridged by her soulful, angelic voice and a variety of live instrumentation. Her original lyrics bring awareness and create a deep earth connection to her listeners.
https://soundcloud.com/sasharose
Contact Improv: René Alvarez
René Alvarez (Oakland, CA) is a Contact Improvisation (CI) fanatic since 2000, has studied with many first generation CI teachers and is also influenced by Axis Syllabus, Flow Arts, Parkour and Motivity Aerial Dance. René teaches/curates weekly CI classes in Berkeley. This was their 22th year of participation at Burning Man, teaching/curating classes for Camp Contact. René is an organizer for the West Coast CI Jam (wcciJAM), and the founder of InterKinected LLC whose mission is to investigate and promote Contact Improvisation, through organization and sponsorship of classes, jams, festivals, intensives, laboratories, films, media and showings.
Yoga: Rachel Heron
My journey as a yogini began in 1992, with David Life and Sharon Gannon, the creators of the Jivamukti style of Hatha yoga. I received my 200 hr yoga teacher certification from the Sivananda Ashram in 1994, and began teaching right away. Over the past 28 years I’ve studied the styles of Kripalu, Iyengar, Ashtanga, Forrest, and Anusara. I have been blessed with many esteemed teachers in these varying traditions. My classes are vigorous, deep, and anchored in therapeutic alignment principles. I believe that when we can stay present in a pose–truly present to the fluctuations of energy, sensation, breath, emotion, thinking-we can extend that experience to the practice of LIVING. Yoga invites me to engage compassion and empathy, to sense what’s here and now, and to live wakefully. It’s my honor and service to share the practice and these benefits with my students.
Circle & Meditation: Katie McClung
Katie McClung is a yoga instructor, visual artist, musician, educator, and dance enthusiast who has been a part of the ecstatic dance community for over a decade. She has also been a non profit program manager and events manager for many years. Katie combines her skills, interests, talents, and playfulness in order to create an inviting space and joyous experience for dance attendees.
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Website:
https://ecstaticdance.org/dance/oakland-ecstatic-dance-sunday-morning/
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@ Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA
19th St. BART
Webster Street Garage, 1721 Webster St, Oakland
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Sweets Ballroom, 1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612-2205, United States,Oakland, California