~ Theme: PEAK TIDE ~
~ Thursday, July 10 ~
6:45pm - Group Improv Bellydance w/ Seba of WildCard Bellydance
7:50pm - Opening Circle
8pm - Ecstatic Dance Wave - ZAPHOD
It's going to be a FULL MOON!!
PLUS it will act as Synergy's 3-year anniversary! We're so so grateful!
** Arrive before 9pm to participate in dance **
9:45pm(ish) - Closing Circle
~About the Dance Class~
Group Improv Bellydance with Seba of WildCard Bellydance
Seba has been teaching weekly belly dance classes in Sonoma County for the past 17 years. Loving all the diverse styles of belly dance, she was drawn to cued group improv
belly dance, where each performance is unique art created in the moment. In 2008, she helped co-create WildCard BellyDance and has been teaching and performing with them ever since.
WildCard BellyDance has developed a unique format of movements with verbal and visual cues to achieve graceful synchronicity with the group. In this class we will break down some of the foundational moves of our format.
~ About the DJ, Zaphod ~
Buckminster finds home in life's soundtrack: what sounds can enhance what's right here, waiting to emerge?
From mixed CDs in high school, to radio shows in college, to finding E-dance in Santa Cruz 7 years ago, he delights in diversity and loves to experiment. You've been warned!
Together with the dancers, he spontaneously curates an ecstatic wave unique to that moment's dancefloor. The boundaries of genre give way to a multi-faceted soundscape of African and South American rhythm, world electronica, grimy glitchy bass, and heart-ful melodies aplenty!
May we allow the music, familiar and fresh, to dissolve the monkey mind and give the body its own voice.
Ecstatic Dance guidelines:
-no conversation on the dance floor (yes everywhere else)
-no shoes on the dance floor (yes barefoot and socks)
-no phone use or photography (yes presence)
-no intoxication (yes dance medicine)
-consent is listening for a "yes" and respecting a "no"; before and while dancing with others
Location: the upstairs Loft at Soft Medicine: 186 N Main Street, Sebastopol
~ Reciprocity ~
$20-30, cash or Venmo at door
Accessibility Discount available for marginalized peoples, such as BIPOC and LGTBQIA+ folx, and those experiencing financial hardship. And, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Synergy is included within the Soft Medicine "Class Pass" + Membership (with no additional charge to attend).
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