Ecstatic Dance Brooklyn! w Joro Boro & Keena Maya

Ecstatic Dance Bk Returns to Green Gym May 3rd! Welcome to Ecstatic Dance NYC first Wednesdays at Green Gym. Join us as we get down and move. Drop in anytime. Each dance features a variety of practitioners, teachers, djs, artists and musicians and YOU. Doors: 630pm- come early, stretch, chill, meditate and mingle. 7-8 Warm up - Each dance features a different warm up presented by teachers and practitioners from various fields and modalities. FLOW warmup with Françoise Voranger 8-10:30 Ecstatic Dance with Ecstatic Dance with Keena Maya and Joro-Boro 1030 Closing Sound Journey Bass Meditation with b e i n g - s o u n d (live) 11pm end Music ceases to be music and becomes the experience of sound. Bass drum oscillations become brainwaves. Performance becomes ritual. Dance becomes trance. Body becomes earth. Meditation to ecstasy and back. Bios Joro-Boro Joro-Boro is a producer and DJ primarily interested in musical genres that short-circuit cultural flows and in sounds that circuit bend the archaic and the futuristic. His sets bring a more profound experience of the origins of music as sound energy and a connection to the beyond. As a producer, Joro-Boro focuses on earth bass - an exploration of various musical traditions and the slow, sensual, and spacious side of bass music. Joro-Boro is half of the ritual bass project b e i n g - s o u n d with his partner Keena Maya. joro-boro.org @joroboro Keena Maya The depths of Keena Maya's sound are incantations, drawing us down into our roots, grounding us into our bodies, and invoking the incandescent deity within us to rise. She is a sound artist, producer, DJ, and instrumentalist based in New York. She passionately creates intentional, ritualistic dance experiences - embodiment over substances to awaken deep states of transformation. Her debut EP, releasing in 2023, transmits ancestral melodic bass music intended to expand our capacity to love and awaken the magic within. Keena Maya is half of the live electronic/acoustic ritual bass project b e i n g - s o u n d with her partner Joro-Boro. She is a pillar of the feminine-powered Collective BAE and an international ecstatic dance DJ. keenamaya.com @keena.maya b e i n g - s o u n d b e i n g - s o u n d is rooted in the origins of ritual experience, weaving a variety of sound sources (live, recorded, acoustic, electronic) and exploring the depths of bass sound as a full-body feeling. The minimal aesthetic brings awareness to the experience of sound as being: being as sound and silence, stillness and movement. https://www.being-sound.com @beingsound Françoise Voranger Françoise comes from generations and a lifetime of dance and acrobatic expression. She began her career as young as 6 years old and continues to work with the some of the greatest and most beautiful dance and circus companies in the world. Her performance work has appeared with Universal Circus, Cirque Du Soleil and Benois de la Danse. She has received commissions to create work for Lincoln Center, the New Victory Theater and the Hannover Theater and has been a grant recipient of the Jerome foundation and the Burning Man Org (with Nikki Ortiz). Francoise is the founder of Hybrid Movement Company where she creates visions, makes movement choreography, animations, and collaborates. https://www.hybridmovementcompany.com/ @francoisenvoranger First time to Ecstatic Dance? Here's a little bit about what it is: ❃ Ecstatic Dance is a community gathering for people who want to express themselves freely, to connect, and to expand together through the inspiration of music & dance. ❃ Live DJs | Live Drumming | Free-Form Movement | Workshops | Sound Meditation | Massage | High Vibe Food & Elixirs | Community ❃ ❃ Join us and enjoy a safe and inspiring space to dance without talking, drinking, and the nightclub vibe. This is about self-expression, freeing your mind and body, and connecting with yourself and those around you. No booze, no shoes and no chit-chat on the dance floor helps us keep it intentional. Amazing music helps us keep it all about dance. ❃ There will also be a beautiful lounge space to relax, decorated as well as refreshing, alcohol-free beverages and food. ➤ Guidelines: 1. No talking on the dance floor (plenty of room to talk on the sides and lounge area) 2. Drug-Free, Smoke-Free, Alcohol-Free environment 3. No photos or videos, cellphones muted and out of sight 4. Respect for the space and one another 5. Move your body however you wish! ➤ What to Bring: 1. Loose-fitting clothes that let you move your body and free yourself 2. Water and a water bottle. You can refill it at the venue. We do not provide plastic cups as we strive to be a zero-waste event. 3. Coat check will be available to allow dancers to store their coats, bags and other valuables. You can also leave your belongings in the back of the dance floor, but please note that Ecstatic Dance NYC is not responsible for any lost/stolen items. ➤ Where: Green Fitness Studio ➤ Tickets: $30 Tickets are non-transferable between events and non-refundable. REMINDERS: Beware of fake ticket sellers offering tickets on the Facebook page. Be mindful of others personal space and always ask for consent. It takes all of us to create this container. If you are going through a hard time or need any help please find one of ourorganizers or staff