★ Join us for a fulfilling night of community, connection and dance! Our artist of the week is Jesse Klein and dance lab facilitator is Rev. Justin Smith!
★ Rhythm of the Dance
6:15 - 6:30: Arrive and land in the space for Dance Lab
6:30 - 7:15: Dance Lab
Our intention for the Dance Lab is to co-create a core resonance of what is possible when we dance together in a more intentional, alive and collective way. We believe this is the foundation for creating a dance that so many of us are craving!!! Dance Lab can look like dance games, contact improvisation, connection games, etc. It is a place where we get to feel an invitation to bring more play, exploration, and attunement to our experience in dance space. Dance Lab primes us for a free-form, permission-filled ecstatic dance that invites us to tap into a more liberated expression of ourselves. [Accessible for all levels / No experience needed]
7:15 - 7:25: Dance Lab Debrief/ Opening Circle
7:25 - 9:15: Ecstatic Dance
This is the main course of the night where our artist will take us on a soundscape journey into movement as a community.
9:15 - 9:30: Closing
This is a space for individuals to share, express and be seen by the community and is the closing chapter of the evening.
*** Note: You are not required to participate in any part of this which does not feel alive for you. You have full permission to sit/rest/observe at any time of the evening. There is an altar space for pulling cards and meditation. There is also a squish zone for relaxing and cuddles. These spaces are still a part of the non-verbal dance space. You are free to arrive and leave when you wish. If the dance is at capacity, we must turn dancers away. Come early or buy a ticket in advance to ensure you make it in for the dance.
★ Location: Nevei Kodesh - 1925 Glenwood Dr, Boulder, CO 80304
★ Tickets: Pay for a sliding scale ticket from $20-30 at the door or reserve a spot in advance through the Actualize ticket link.
★ DJ - Jesse Klein
Jesse Klein is a Northern California based music producer, multi-intstrumentalist, and singer. He has been playing music since he was 5 years old and has collaborated and toured with the likes of The Polish Ambassador, Ayla Nereo, Wildlight, and many others. His music moves beyond definitions and genres, spanning the sound spectrum from ethereal solo piano to foot-stomping electronica. Pulling from a variety of influences he fuses elements of jazz, folk, funk, Celtic, latin, rock, new age, classical, and world music to create authentic sounds that takes the listener on a journey through space and time to the center of their being.
Check out Jesse Klein's Music:
https://soundcloud.com/jklein
★ Dance Lab Facilitator - Rev. Justin Smith
Before Co-Founding Boulder’s Ministry of Movement in 2020, Rev Justin’s love for dance began with break dancing and social dancing with friends and family in Detroit as a child.
His career in dance began in the early 90's when he moved to Florida to perform at Walt Disney World. There, he discovered the underground Central Florida rave scene and fell in love with the flowing style of trance/deep house/electronic music, which helped open his mind/body/spirit connection and launched him on his Spiritual trajectory.
In 2001 he began training and teaching Ballroom & Social dance at Ananda Academy in Boulder. At the same time, he studied other movement styles like Aikido, Contact Improvisation, Yoga, and Theatre Arts. Putting it all together, he’s developed his current favorite style of movement—Contact Ecstatic--a dynamic, improvised freeform solo/group/partner style where absolutely anything can happen!
Justin believes in you being you, on and off the dance floor. We may not agree on things like God or the meaning of Life, but we can agree that people moving together is essential if we are to thrive.
He's a graduate of Naropa University and has been an ordained non-denominational minister since 2009.
Principles and Values of Space:
- Drug and alcohol free
- Sacred dance floor.
- Judgment and expectation-free zone with full inclusivity.
- Encouraging the practice of attunement to self, your physical space & other dancers.
- Full permission to feel, express and embody your emotions.
- Respectful honoring of your own and other dancer’s boundaries and personal space
- Focused on-verbal connection (no talking)
- Consensual. If it’s not a clear yes, it’s a no.
- Free of phones and cameras in the dance space. In other areas, keep them off or in airplane mode.
- Free of heavy perfumes or oils. Please practice body hygiene when you come to dance.
- Free of shoes
Want to Join the Team?
Each week we welcome a volunteer team to help with the day of dance roles. We hold this dance as a community effort and co-creation.
Sign up to volunteer here:
https://boulderecstaticdance.ivolunteer.com
★★ Volunteer Roles ★★
★ Vibe Guardians
- Setting up the altar, squish/cuddle zone, lights, ambiance and cleansing of the space
- Angels of the space, offering loving support to help maintain a safe and aware group field.
- Team break down and clean up
★ Welcome Squad
- Welcomes and checks in attendees and sell tickets for the dance
- We need 1 paid person to support us from 6:00 - 9:30pm. You will receive $50 plus 1 free dance admittance for the future.
- We need 2 additional volunteers as support. One person will help from 6:00 - 7:30 pm and the other will help from 7:30 - 9pm.
- We need 1 floater volunteer to be flexible to take on one of the other volunteer roles in the event that someone becomes sick on the night of the event.
★ Skill Offerers
- Tribal markers/body painting
- Massage (bring your own table/chair)
- Art Vendor
- Serve Tea / Cacao / Elixirs
- open to other creative ideas
* Note, permission to charge for offerings.
Refund Policy:
- There are no refunds.
- Tickets are transferrable to another participant in advance of the event. If you want to transfer a ticket you are responsible for finding the buyer.
- We will not be able to respond to any questions about ticketing or participation during the 24 hours before the start of the event.
★ Hosts: Danny, Robin, Philana & BED Volunteer Team
You may also like the following events from Boulder Ecstatic Dance:
- This Friday, 8th August, 05:30 pm, Boulder Ecstatic Dance (BED) - David Satori 8/8 (Outside @BoulderBandshell) in Boulder
- This Sunday, 10th August, 06:15 pm, Boulder Ecstatic Dance (BED) - Steven Newman 8/10 in Boulder
- Next month, 17th September, 07:00 pm, YAIMA with Sommer Love, Lotte Walda | The Fox Theatre | Conscious Roots & Boulder Ecstatic Dance in Boulder
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