Pollinate Dance: Ankati Brando Journey Weaver

live music of singing bowls + vocals, and DJ'ed beats from our valley favourites come together to give us another hot, high vibin', expansive Pollinate at our monthly ecstatic dance in Northampton! ~~~ 👉🏽 LINE-UP 👈🏽 8pm - 9pm Ankati Day 9pm - 10:30pm DJ Journey Weaver 10:30pm - 12m DJ Brando 12m closing soundscape with Ankati ✨ ~~~ ANKATI DAY Yoga Teacher, Freelance Writer, Lifestyle Coach Ankati Day is a lifelong student of sound, song, and the body. Currently residing in southern Maine, she devotes her energies to teaching Flow Yoga, facilitating Soundscapes and sound healing, and scribbling poetry on whatever happens to be available. Music and dance are the medicine and the magic, and Ankati follows the sound of the beat to dance floors around the Northeast. www.ankatiday.com ~~~ DJ JOURNEY WEAVER aka Sarah Monette Northeast Ecstatic Dance | Nexus | Flow Inspired by a love of dance and connection, Journey moves your spirit and form through space with the push of beats and the invitation of melody. From organic world music, to ambient chill, to electronic dance, to deep house... each set is nourishingly familiar yet cravingly unique. Especially focused on, but not limited to, ecstatic dance events, contact improv jams, chill lounges, festival stages and guided movement workshops. Trained in Montreal & NYC Pro-DJ schools, with a background in 5 Rythms and Chakra-dance, Journey has experience playing throughout the Northeast and around the world... providing a range of experiences from warm up morning flow to high vibe midnight peak. She loves traveling and adores taking dancers through a journey of discovery in creative expression and connection! Deep/Future House, Downtempo, Glitch, Electro House, Dub, Trap, Moombahton/core, Industrial, Progressive House, Tribal, World Beats, Future Bass, Ambient, and so much more! ​ Be sure to check out DJ Journey Weaver's other projects, including Ecstatic Northeast... co-creating events that promote collective and personal expression through ecstatic movement, interactive art, authentic relating and introspective engagement. www.djjourneyweaver.com www.ecstaticnortheast.com 🔥 LISTEN: https://www.mixcloud.com/journeyweaver/ ~~~ DJ BRANDO aka Aaron Brando Organizer of Pollinate Dance DJ BRANDO offers heart opening soulful soundscapes that seamlessly weave music styles & cultures. A globally blended tapestry of beats, bumps, & baselines that penetrate to the marrow of your bones, spiraling around your undulating spine and unearthing your moving body. Starting his career on vinyl records in 1995, Brando was able to learn and refine his DJ capabilities under the tutelage of the finest NYC turntablists. Since then, he has transitioned from vinyl to a digital rig. Diverging from strictly pure house he now includes a massive diversity of music. Brando carefully combs the most gifted producers in underground sound and crafts his sets focusing on the simple elements and thick basslines that make bodies move. His styles include, Global Bass, Heart-Opening Electronica, Soul-Dripping Vocals, Cutting Edge Remixes, Deep Electro House, and Minimal Trap. His thoughtful transitions between sounds, styles, and textures, keeps the air moist with sweat and ecstasy. Brando has DJ’ed in venues across the United States, and internationally including Greece, Germany, and Ibiza, Spain. He is one of the originators of the long-standing epic Ecstatic Dance experience called Pollinate. Brando has been featured as an emerging artist on fmainstream.com and a featured guest on the Valley Advocate’s video podcast series. Downloads and videos are available on www.pollinatedance.com ~~~ 💧 Bring a water bottle to reduce our waste. Filtered water provided! With the help of our Compost Queen, Stef Jade we are aiming to make Pollinate a totally waste-free event! 🌍 👯‍♀️ ECSTATIC DANCE is happening all over the world. Help us keep the space as a sacred journey by keeping our feet bare and conversation off the dance floor. Enjoy the lounge space for yummy food, conversation and connection! And remember: consent is sexy. Keep dances respectful and mutual. Some tips: • You may motion an invitation for a dance with open arms before entering into someone's dance space • You may make use of prayer hands at the heart ('namaste') as a respectful decline Exchange: $15-20 sliding scale PM Brianna Kin for work exchange opportunites ( limited spots available ) See you on the dance floor! Xox