Saturday Morning • Ecstatic Dance Silicon Valley

WEEKLY SATURDAY MORNING'S - PALO ALTO CUBBERLY COMMUNITY CENTER, GYM A (our new Dance Cathedral) 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto See map below for easy details to find the new dance space and read the IMPORTANT message below. Support the DJ's and this dance by showing up every Saturday morning. The medicine is a weekly offering here for you all - thank you for all you move through to dance this journey with courage, presence, intention and passion. October 05 DJ • VESICA https://soundcloud.com/vesica-ecstatic/tracks Vesica from Ecstatic Dance Berlin is back in the dance cathedral touring in CA - with us! October 12 • DJ Leapin' Lygress https://soundcloud.com/eva-leapin-lygress October 19 • DJ Wren La Feet Wren https://soundcloud.com/wrenlafeet/tracks October 26 • DJ Wild Zen AKA Wendy Marie https://soundcloud.com/wildzen IMPORTANT: How to find us? Enter Cubberly from Middlefield Road at intersection of Montrose. Park near theatre. Or park curbside. Free parking either way. Walk behind the theatre and follow the map to Gym A. MAP: https://cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?t=50466.82&BlobID=68297 9:00a Contact improv warm up class for all levels, new movers and familiar movers. Class is included in cost of dance, donations welcome please gift directly to the teacher. 10a - 12p Ecstatic Dance, a conscious freeform dance and movement meditation with live Dj'd music. COST: $20 Drop in Cash or credit card at the door. Kids under 14 free and must be attended by a guardian at all times. Quantity dance passes available at a discount. Scholarships available, limited and must be reserved in advance. JOIN: Weekly community newsletter https://tinyurl.com/y85sqv9m FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/201282369993345/ FB Page https://www.facebook.com/ecstaticdancesiliconvalley/ FB Contact Improv Silicon Valley:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1489236951289206/ WHAT IS CONTACT DANCE? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzb9Hnjnd5g ECSTATIC DANCE LIVE DJ'S + NO TALKING + NO SHOES + NO BOOZE Please sign in at the door take a deep conscious breath begin your embodied journey and arrive. Remove your shoes, turn off all phones before entering this dance space. No talking in the dance space, this is a sacred movement meditation space for introspection and full embodied expression inspired by music. Use Namaste prayer hands if you would rather not dance with others, or to complete your dance with others. Quiet area in the lobby for whispering. Kids must be attended at all times. CLOSING CIRCLE Closing Circle after dance is a facilitated intentional circle, a sacred space. We come together to complete our dance experience and to practice expressing with words our embodied experience. This space is not here to discuss what happened before the dance or what you think might happen after the dance. Please honor this dance practice and the medicine it is here to provide for the community. There are other circles dedicated to other personal processing. Please respect this intentional space and the people in it and commit to the agreements of the closing circle. GIVING & RECEIVING This is not a promotional and advertising space. Giving and receiving is a practice of trading with community. After dance bring clothing, food, items that no longer serve you and might serve someone else. In closing circle if you are feeling the need for support from the community this is the time you might ask. Someone may raise there hand to connect with you after the circle is closed. COMMUNITY PICNIC Picnic outdoors when weather permits. Bring healthy food to share. Please clean up after. Use eco-friendly containers and utensils if possible. SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE: limited must be reserved in advance. Email: [email protected] by Wednesday. Work trade available upon request.