Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Ryan Herr

Weds Night - 7/3 - Ryan Herr 7pm // Cocrea Partner Dance - Wren LaFeet 7pm // Yoga - Lucia Grace 8pm // OPENING CIRCLE 8-11pm // Ecstatic Dance Journey - Ryan Herr 11pm // Sound Healing - Ryan Herr Ryan Herr - Multi instrumentalist, composer, and producer, Ryan Herr, has been weaving his mix of live and electronic music for festivals, retreats and events throughout the world for nearly 20 years. He has a diverse and dynamic background of musical genres and styles and has been creating music for yoga, dance, film, and meditation. He focuses much of his musical attention to the medicinal aspects of music and dance and always incorporates a heavy dose of improvisation into his live sets. In recent years he has been recording and performing with artists such as Shaman’s Dream, The Polish Ambassador, Wildlight, Ayla Nereo and SaQi to name a few. https://soundcloud.com/ryanherrmusic Wren LaFeet: Wren works internationally in support of strengthening and enlivening communities through dance and growing healthy relationships. Wren is a celebrated TEDx, Body Intelligence Summit, and Conscious Dancer Podcast speaker placing him as an authority on partner dance as an awareness building practice. Teaching as a featured presenter at retreats, high schools, colleges, festivals and in communities across North America, Central America and Europe since 2011, he is responsible for co-initiating four currently thriving Fusion partner dance scenes in Port Townsend, Nevada City, Sebastopol and Nelson, BC which shows how deeply inspiring and beneficial people find his work. In 2015, he presented Cocréa at the Design For Dance Conference at Stanford University promoting partner dance as a leadership tool in the workplace, demonstrating a clear talent for speaking to a diversity of audiences. Collaborating most notably with Antje Schaefer from 2013-2016 developing Cocréa, as well as the memorable Connexus events, Wren is an undeniably potent leader and inspiration for the conscious partner dance movement. www.WrenLaFeet.com Ecstatic Dance is a Freeform Movement Journey DJ'd with Modern Bass Music spanning all Genres, Tempos, Emotions, and Intensities. You are Welcome and Accepted as You Are, in this Judgement Free, Open Community. There are 3 simple Guidelines to maintain a Safe and Sacred Space together. 1. No Talking on the Dancefloor 2. Move as You Wish 3. Respect the Space (which includes no Shoes, no Drugs, no Booze, no Phones, no Perfumes, and Respecting each other's Space) $18 Drop In Multiple Discount Passes also Available at the Door 4 for $15 each ($60), 10 for $13 each ($130) Cash or Card. Online or at the Door. Free Dance: Volunteers arrive at 6pm Sharp OR Stay till Midnight (check in at the Front Door first) Free Dance: Your Birthday Week! Upstairs: Free Kung Fu Tea Service benefitting Om Shan Tea At the Bar: Brilliant Herbal Elixirs & Rhythmic Seed Dancing Cuisine (Raw Vegan) Main Floor Windows: Meditation Altar & Table Massage available www.Edance.org/w