Boulder Ecstatic Dance (BED) - Luke Rain 5 10

★ Join us for a fulfilling night of community, connection and dance! Our artist of the week is Luke Rain and dance lab facilitator is Cassidy Bristol! ★ 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: Avalon Ballrom - 6185 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO 80303 ★ 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: Luke Rain Luke Rain drops cool, refreshing tunes and brings the drip like a hip hop hippie. In both his DJ sets and his production Luke is able to bend and blend genres across the musical spectrum, flowing effortlessly between electronic and organic, left field and pop appeal. He finds himself equally at home at a transformational festival, forest campout or ecstatic dance. Luke's original music is eclectic, drawing on inspriation from many styles and genres. Some of the styles he curates most are Medicine Pop, Ecstatic RnB and Melodic Downtempo, but you'll also find him putting out Organic Bass, Vocal House and Reggaeton! He is deeply inspired by the ecstatic dance community and crafts songs that will keep dance floors moving, at any energy level. Luke collaborates with many amazing vocalists, producers and musicians. His album Fluidity, released on Equanimous' High Vibe Records, has passed 2 million Spotify streams with the success of Mama Gaia and Call of the Wild, collaborations with vocalist Sarah Conner. His Ram Das inspired mantra song with singer Sylvia Snow and writer Josh Fox, Just Love, has passed 200k streams and climbing. Recently he has also released songs with KR3TURE (ephemeral) and remixes for Morillo and Equanimous. Follow his instagram and see where he'll be touring so you can catch him live DJing in a town near you! In addition to making his own music, Luke’s calling is to help others bring their music into the world. He does this as a producer and as a recording, mixing and mastering engineer, taking artist’s song ideas and turning them into song reality. Luke also serves as a coach and mentor, helping people level up their skills in production, engineering, songwriting, compostion, vocal recording, vocal performance, and DJing. Check out Luke Rain's music: https://soundcloud.com/lukerainmusic https://open.spotify.com/artist/54Xv5I4KMbqk97hltxYOwi?si=8wnvPVnZSJeyYGa1IOsdiA ★ Dance Lab Facilitator = Cassidy Bristol Cassidy Bristol creates spaces to access intuitive movement using yoga, dance, humor, and somatic listening. She encourages consent culture, flow state, and authentic movement as medicine. Currently you can find her teaching studio classes, workshops, and teacher training in Seattle and Bellingham, Washington as well as taking tours to share these offerings at conscious festivals and ecstatic dance. Consentuition - A Body Wisdom Workshop This workshop combines yoga, music, and free form dancing to cultivate authentic movement, creating the ability to respond consciously to our own intuition and those around us. Locate what a YES feels like by building consent from the inside out. We begin with breath and somatic body scanning followed by a flowing, accessible sequence that blends easily into dance.This music-led journey is designed to provide movement tools on the dance floor while tapping into your intuition. True consent always starts with the self. Practice response-ability with us as we celebrate each sacred yes and sacred no that comes up through this medicinal practice. All experiences and bodies are welcome. 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, Philana & BED Volunteer Team