๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธRitual Dance - Spiritual Awakening๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ

Wed Apr 08 2026 at 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm UTC+02:00

Blaisantkerk - ICCG | Gent

Ritual Dance
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๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธWelcome to ๐‘๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž - ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐Ÿ™
We will be celebrating Gautama Buddha, which literally translates to "Awakened One".
Originally, the theme for this Ritual Dance was going to be "You are a God". This did not resonate with me as I do not believe in putting something/someone 'higher' or 'lower', nor do I want to label others.
The teachings from Buddha also express to awaken signifies attaining surpeme wisdom, not becoming a 'god' or 'diving being'.
If then 'You are God' can be transformed to 'becoming godly' and godly is being in a state of 'Pure Presence', then we strip the label, the hierarchy, and simply awaken our full selves by being fully present. The core of the energy in us, the spirit that guides us, the intuition we follow...
A ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’–๐’‚๐’ ๐‘จ๐’˜๐’‚๐’Œ๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ.
So, we will celebrate you, all of you, all of us, being in Pure Presence during the Ritual Dance.
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐’€๐’๐’– are ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’…๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ
Take a moment.
~ ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘... ๐ถ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘ ... ๐ต๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’... ๐น๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™... ~
Ask: ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž?
~ ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘“๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก... ๐ต๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž... ๐น๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™... ๐‘‚๐‘๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘ ... ~
Ask: ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ?
~ ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘–๐‘ก ~

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐๐‘๐Ž๐†๐‘๐€๐Œ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ
- 19:00 arrival and welcome
- 19:30 opening circle
- 20:00 Ritual Dance by Andrew Leigh (in English)
- 21:45 closing Ritual Dance and time for sharing

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐Š๐„๐“๐’ & ๐‘๐„๐†๐ˆ๐’๐“๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ
Registration for the Ritual Dance is necessary, because places are limited.
Sliding Scale:
Support(ing) Ticket: โ‚ฌ40 (Helps provide even more reduced tickets)
Standard Ticket: โ‚ฌ35
Support(ed) Ticket: โ‚ฌ30
To see which price really suits you, please see the following:
https://www.wortsandcunning.com/blog/sliding-scale
(Financial limitations? Contact us! We'll see about making dancing possible for you.)

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐–๐‡๐€๐“ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐‘๐ˆ๐“๐”๐€๐‹ ๐ƒ๐€๐๐‚๐„?๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ
Ritual Dance is a dance experience where we come together in silence. From the silence we feel into ourselves, make eye contact with another dancer, show ourselves & recognize the other. The music is the invitation to go into spontaneous, free dance.
The concept of Ritual Dance is inspired by Ecstatic Dance and Ritual Play. As we only use body language & sound, we leave words behind. We dance barefoot, only drink water and let ourselves be carried away by the natural flow. There is a demarcated space (the field) and demarcated time (the music), in which we step into the unknown, to authentically follow our impulses in tune with the other.

Here you can find more information about Ritual Dance & Andrew:
https://www.ritualdance.be/over

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐๐‘๐€๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐‹ ๐ˆ๐๐…๐Ž๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ
***Where***
Inside, what we find, the beautiful Blaisant church (Blaisantkerk) in Gent.
***Transportation***
There will be a follow up mail upon buying a ticket.
You may also create a discussion on the FB page for any questions.
***What to bring***
- Wear comfortable dancing clothes
- Bring a water bottle
- You โค๏ธ

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ๐‡๐š๐ข๐ค๐ฎ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ
Step into the field
Step into all that moves you
Dance Awakened One
With loving invitations, intentions & warmth ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ”ฅ
Andrew & Ritual Dance
โœจ Let us be light. Let us feel free. Let us dance in simplicity.
๐Ÿ”ฅ May we wake the inner fire within each other

~~~
To receive more updates on upcoming Ritual Dances, you can also subscribe to the Ritual Dance Newsletter on the website.
https://www.ritualdance.be/contact
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Blaisantkerk - ICCG, Blaisantvest 37, 9000 Gent, Belgiรซ, Gent, Belgium

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