Ecstatic Dance Toronto

Since the reopening of our physical dances we have 80-100 people dancing every Thursday! Join us for a magical evening. We are in for a treat as ERIC MANDALA returns direct from his Guatemala and Mexico Ecstatic Dance Tour to tour Canada and the US with "We are the light homecoming tour". This wizard will weave his own music production with live shamanic vocals, light language and prayers as he plays live instruments like his homemade African harps. Register here: www.ecstaticdancetoronto.com. Our Ecstatic Dances are an outrageous force of love that is palpable to all who sweat and swirl on our dance floors! 7:30pm-8pm: Arrive. Move. Stretch. Socialize. 8pm: Opening Circle 8pm-10:00pm: 2HR Ecstatic Dance Journey 10:00pm-10:15pm: Sound Healing 10:15pm-10:30pm: Closing Circle. Sounding. Sharing. 10:30pm-11pm: Snacks and Social Time Invite your dancing friends and share the love of dance, music and community!!! Ecstatic dance is freestyle dance - move however you wish - honour your body - dance with bare feet - no experience necessary - all ages, genders, cultures, sizes are welcome - respect yourself and one another - bring comfortable clothes to move in - bring water to drink - alcohol-free and recreational drug-free - safe and sacred space - let the music take you on a journey - see you on the dance floor ERIC MANDALA has one of the longest resumes I've ever seen ... so please grab a smoothie or cup of tea and read on: ★Eric Mandala: Producer, Vocals, Guitar, Kora, Kamele N’goni (African Harps) & over 100 other instruments… ERIC MANDALA: Producer, Composer, Multi-Instrumentalist, Instrument Maker, Visionary, World traveler, Founder of "Mandala World Music" an international ethnic fusion world music group with people from all around the world. Co-Founder of “Spirit Travelers” An Electro/Tribal group. He has traveled around the world collaborating with 100's of artists under the name Mandala. His focus is to bring sacred styles of art and instrument together for a new fusion in this multi-cultural world. To spread the love through music and raise the collective consciousness of awareness & peace. ERIC MANDALA has played on, produced, and recorded over 30 albums around the world. He has played Festivals around the world in 6 continents: Salvador Brazil Jazz Fest, Burning Man, Oregon Eclipse, Earth Dance, Bhakti, Mystic Island Fest, Mardi Gras, Carnival, Indidjinus Fest, Tribal Vision Fest, Dragonfly Fest, In the Light Fest, NZ: Luminate Fest, Australia: Kuranda Roots Fest, Solstice Fest, Canadian Eclipse Fest, Space Gathering Fest, Kaleidoscope Gathering Fest, Wiccan Fest, Naturopolis Fest, Y2K-X Live Looping Fest, The Fringe Festival, The Mad River Fest, Sonic Fest, Japan Tsumugi Fest, Kyoto International Fest, One Earth Fest, Yamauto Fest, 7 Colour Fest, THe Eden Festival , Peace Village Fest, Mataharythm Fest, Moon Circle Fest, Antaru Fest, Rakuon Rakujitsu Fest, United Cultures Fest, Earth Day Fest, Tanabe Connection Fest, Universal Language Fest, Live Life Fest, Tribal Revival Fest, C.K.S. Taiwan Lantern Fest, Dan Shui River Fest, Spring Scream Fest, Riverside Fest, Malioboro fair, Arma Museum, Parihaka Festival, Prana Festival, Shivaratri Fest, Tribal Gathering Panama & Cosmic Convergence Guatemala, Envision Costa Rica to name a few… He has shared the stage with such diverse artists as Shpongle, Ott, Bassnectar, Micheal Franti ,Ganga Giri, Mamady Keita, EOTO, String Cheese Incident, Beats Antique, Desert Dwellers, Adham Shaikh, Shimshai, Rising Appalachia, Chris Berry, Krishna Das, Jaya Lakshmi & Ananda, Entheogenic, David Starfire, Random Rab, The Human Experience, Kaminanda, Epizo Bangoura, Fantuzzi, Jah Levi, Dachambo, Delhi2Dublin, Androcell, Wild Marmalade & Richard Perry of Arcade Fire to name a few… When performing he uses live looping & plays over 100 ethnic and modern instruments from around the world with his Electronica Production. He sings in Universal Language mixing ancient tongues and ethnic styles of vocals with modern sound scat poetry. He builds & plays African harps like the Kora & Kamale N’goni. Eric Mandala Ecstatic Dance Live instrument Electro Chakra balancing set: https://ericmandala.bandcamp.com/album/eric-mandala-elements Eric Mandala Downtempo Psy/Step Set: https://altar.bandcamp.com/album/origin For more info please check these links: https://www.facebook.com/ericmandalapublic/ https://www.youtube.com/user/ericmandala https://www.instagram.com/ericmandala/ http://ericmandala.bandcamp.com/music http://www.reverbnation.com/ericmandala https://soundcloud.com/eric-mandala https://twitter.com/ericmandala https://open.spotify.com/artist/0TNVEVISVysp1WBWjc43uw...