DANCE CHURCH :: DRAGONFLY :: MANA MEI :: OREN BABA

Dance Church is a place to slow down and let the body lead for a while. We move together not to get it right, but to feel what’s real and alive in every present moment—supported by the simple yet profound act of being in community. Joining us from Sebastopol, we welcome edance OG dj DRAGONFLY. This legend has been playing edances before edance was even a thing. See you on the dance floor! :: THE ELKS LODGE, Downtown Grass Valley 109 South School St. Grass Valley, CA 95945 12PM-3PM :: 12PM-1PM Warm-up Class w/ MANA MEI 1PM-3PM DRAGONFLY 3PM... OREN BABA landing us home… $20 at the door See you on the dance floor! :: DRAGONFLY Hailed as the pioneer in the Ecstatic Dance scene, Dragonfly meets you with over three decades of experience DJing ecstatic dances, festivals, underground parties and gatherings around the globe. His unique sets are the result of incessant crate-digging, and the crafting of multi-genre, polyrhythmic, tempo-twisting adventures into sonic morphology. The end goal? A dancefloor trust-fall which invites you to surrender to a space where ecstatic movement reminds you that every part of your body has something beautiful to express to music. DJ Dragonfly: In search of the perfect groove, leaving no continent unturned.... IG: https://www.instagram.com/martin_dragonfly/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/DJ.Dragonfly.DJ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/djdragonfly www.facebook.com/Martin.DJDragonfly :: MANA MEI Mana Mei is professional dancer and International Leader in the Feminine Healing Arts. She is the Founder of Mana Movement- a Holistic embodied movement practice that cultivates the harmonious mind-body-spirit connection through activating the innate Feminine Pathways through the body. Through her life-long studies of classical dance techniques and over 10 years of exploring non-traditional movement techniques, Mana has discovered the immense healing power of movement and is passionate about sharing this wisdom with people all over the world. Mana believes that our bodies are vessels built to explore all of the complexities of the human experience, and by becoming deeply embodied, we can cultivate unwavering inner safety and freedom, and engage in the world from this place, allows us to live in authentic liberation. :: OREN BABA A lifelong musician, Oren picked up the guitar in childhood and never set it down. After growing up immersed in strings and sound, his journey to music from the east was sparked during a trip to India in his early twenties. Since then, he’s been travelling, learning, and performing in Israel, India, and California. He’s guided as a disciple of Ustad Shaid Parvez Khan. Oren’s passions live in classical Indian and Middle Eastern styles music and creating live fusion journeys.