Ecstatic Dance at Om Presents DJ and African Dance

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ecstatic Dance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title: Journey of the Weird Vibe: A delightfully offbeat fusion of the mystical, the musical, and the marvelously absurd. Expect cosmic portals, sideways grooves, and iconic boogies. Theme: History’s iconic strangest tunes beautifully integrated into ecstatic dance. Think Doctor Strange enters Funkytown… and discovers Pink Panther on roller skates and other oddities in the multiverse. Description: Free your shackles of conformity — seriously, toss them into a glittering black hole. Be weird. Be silly. Be joyfully, gloriously bewildered. This is a dance through the curious corners of history’s strange and iconic tunes intertwined with mystical and magical movement. Nothing makes sense… yet somehow, everything syncs like a cosmic joke told with love. A one-of-a-kind journey of playful rhythms, surreal joy, and a tender splash of heart. Bio: Raymond Castonguay was raised in the bare Arizona desert wilderness creating his own worlds (hideouts) only to be rebuilt stronger after massive monsoons. He is a world traveled entrepreneur always seeking to ensure a harmonious synergy between Nature and technology. His attraction and creativity with music has always been its ability to sweep one’s self into other worlds of love, and mystery. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pre-Dance Workshop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title: African Dance Facilitator: Sarah Lee Parker Description: Baba and Sarah Lee teach a variety of traditional dances from Guinea, Mali and Senegal, West Africa. You will find yourself enjoying the movements of these dances, as well as the workout it gives you. With their friendly "show and go" style of teaching, you will develop the strength, fitness and coordination needed to move and express yourself through these amazing and joyous African dances. In class, you will learn the movement vocabulary and rhythms that make up this beautiful art form and meet great like-minded people. Come out and give it a try, you will LOVE IT! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Evening flow ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6:30pm - Doors Open 7pm - Workshop 8:15p - Dance begins 10:20p - Dance ends, closing circle 10:35p - Snacks & Socializing 11:30p - Doors close ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cost ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Workshop: free if attending dance Drop-in $20 Pass $90 (6 dances @ $15) Cash or Venmo at door or prepay online at omculture.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~