Ecstatic Dance Online - CADENCE

Our CADENCE Ecstatic Dance is created by James Hunter aka FullMoonDanceDJ, who is an experienced drumming circle facilitator and a big enthusiast of percussion instruments. He designed a musical journey full of drumming and healing rhythms that will transport you to a different dimension where all people are just one tribe united by the beat of one ritual drum. WHAT IS ECSTATIC DANCE Ecstatic Dance is a free form of dance in which the dancers are encouraged to move, play and express as they please. Ecstatic Dance belongs to a conscious dance family and like other conscious dances (5 rhythms, Biodanza, Open Floor, Trance Dance and others) promotes integration of a person's emotional, mental, physical and spiritual well-being through therapeutic use of movement and dance. For our international community dance is a healing practice. We dance regularly, consciously and with healing intentions in our hearts. And we have loads of fun every step of the way! WHY WE DANCE ONLINE - Dancing from home saves time, money and energy and makes regular dancing so much easier! - We can dance on our own terms. Turn your camera on or off! - We can wear our craziest outfits and dance with a variety of props - We can bring Ecstatic Dance to our loved ones (pets, kids, family, friends, roomies, plants, etc.) and share the dancing space with them. - We can connect and dance with people and to DJs from other countries/places MUSIC As the variety of music is important to fully feel and move different types of emotions, we bring you as many international DJs as we can and encourage those who play regularly to experiment with genres and styles. Expect to discover new music and be surprised! To enhance your experience, connect your device to a speaker or Bluetooth headphones. The 27th of January 2024 our resident FullMoonDanceDJ (UK) is playing! FullMoondanceDJ mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/james-hunter5/ OUR FOUNDER Alena is a certified Dance Movement Therapist, Ecstatic Dance event organizer, facilitator, and a passionate dancer herself. She has been holding healing spaces and delivering ceremonies for more than 5 years and has a fair amount of experience in organising movment workshops and events both personally and as a part of a team. This work helps Alena to stay aligned with her purpose in life: to create a variety of accessible healing tools, spaces, and practices so more people can experience and enjoy embodied movement, no matter where they are in the world or any other social, geographical or health limitations. As a practitioner informed in several different disciplines Alena creates deep, healing and completely unique workshops, appealing to adults with different backgrounds. Alena is also a trauma informed space holder, so the safety of her offerings is her number one priority, Currently Alena co-creates a regular dance in Cornwall, UK and her own Ecstatic Dance Online project. OUR PRINCIPLES 💚 We believe that healing happens by feeling, so acknowledgement and expression of emotions is fundamental for our dance sessions. 💚 We want you to connect with your authentic self, so we provide a non-judgmental and non-directive space for you to move freely. 💚 We use mediations, visualizations, breathing and movement exercises, so we can transmute emotions and changing our emotional states. 💚 We invite different international DJs who create musical journeys for us to support our intentions. EVENT SCHEDULE (UK time) * Please adapt to your local time 18.00 – Meet and greet 18.05 – Opening circle + embodied practices 18.20 – Ecstatic Dance 19:40 – Sharing + Feedback + Closing circle HOW TO PREPARE 💃You can totally come as you are. Previous experience is not required! 💃Bring a bottle of water (or an alternative of your preference) to keep yourself hydrated. 💃You can bring some dancing props, to make dance more fun and to connect to others. Anything goes: hats, glasses, gloves, wigs, hula hoops, led lights, everyday objects, brooms, candles, plants, etc. Optional! But rest assured that it is a safe space for you to experiment with outfits, make up and different looks, if you want. 💃Blanket/sweater to keep you warm after the dance ends