Masquerade Magic

You are invited to dress up (Halloween costumes welcome!) and wear any kind of mask you’d like!

Please make sure your costume is comfortable to dance and lie down in.

Marina, AKA the Holy Mother of the Void, will guide our bodies and souls through a gentle warm up and Halloween inspired ecstatic dance journey. Around this time of year, the veil between the living and the dead is thin. You are invited to call upon your ancestors on the dancefloor – be ready to receive wisdom and whatever other blessings may arise from the other side as we move through time and space together. You are also welcome to bring a photo of your beloved ancestor to add to our altar.

The theme, Masquerade Magic, adds a mysterious layer to the experience. Dancing with a mask concealing your identity is a fantastic way to free yourself from preconceived notions of who you are. Like an ego death, you are free from past versions of yourself and from the roles you normally try to uphold. You can tap into flow state more easily this way; you can simply be and express whatever feels the most true in that moment. As a performing artist, Marina has danced wearing a mask numerous times, and each time was a transformative experience. So she is excited and honoured to share the magic of masks with you.

No Dance experience needed, come as you are.

Meet Your Hosts:

JJ Hu --Founder of JJ Holistic Healing Arts and creator of the JJ 音养静心® Healing Method, JJ is a Reiki Master Teacher, sound healing facilitator, and mindfulness coach. With over 20 years in trauma-aware education and energy work, she offers healing experiences that are deeply nourishing, emotionally safe, and spiritually uplifting.

She is the author of , host of the " JJ, with Mindfulness Talk – A Holistic Approach to Life", meditation teacher on Insight Timer and was recently featured in a national interview on OMNI’s Mandarin Focus, where she shared her passion for mindful living and holistic healing. Her gentle, grounded presence helps clients feel safe, supported, and deeply nourished.

Marina Tsougrianis, AKA Orbit Princess, is a multifaceted movement artist on a mission to help people connect to their bodies. She is a certified personal trainer, group fitness instructor, lifelong dancer and mesmerising performer.

With a dedicated focus on mobility since 2019, Marina has transformed her own body- improving alignment, posture, and range of motion through intentional strength and mobility training. As a performance artist specializing in dance and flow arts (including hula hooping and other props), she has enchanted numerous local events including Granville Promenade, Public Disco, VMF Winter Arts Fest, and Trout Lake Lantern Festival. Marina has also taught and facilitated various movement workshops and classes including Zumba, Girl Power Cardio Dance classes, mobility classes, Sass Classes and ecstatic dance events in and around Vancouver, sharing her knowledge with movers of all levels.

Endlessly shapeshifting to provide a wide variety of movement offerings, Marina’s core values stay rock steady through the years: she stands for Self-Love, Liberation & Expression through movement.

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