SUMMER SOLSTICE SUN DANCE!

Welcome Dance Family! It's the longest day of the year and we are going to soak it all up in a playful and creative afternoon and evening of dance, movement, music and connection! // APPROXIMATE TIMINGS // 3PM ARRIVE 330PM WELCOME, LIGHT FIRE & FLOWER MANDALA 350PM CREATIVE ADORNMENT & ANNOINTING 415PM CACAO CEREMONY 445PM SOMATIC PRACTICE with SARAH 515PM TRIBAL ECSTATIC DANCE with ANNA-LISA and LIVE DRUMMING & PERCUSSION (AMPLIFIED - OPTIONS TO USE HEADPHONES) 715PM LIVE MUSIC & SINGING with SAM & LUCIA 745PM JAMMING, SHARE FOOD, HANGING OUT AROUND THE FIRE Join us as we celebrate the sun and the vibrancy of life! We begin by lighting the fire and creating a beautiful flower mandala as a prayer of peace and gratitude. We will then use fabrics, glitter, oils and body paint to creatively adorn one another or make flags and scarves to dance and move with! The Cacao Ceremony will give us a peaceful moment to connect with this special time of year and our presence, with a deep and playful somatic practice to follow to guide us deeper into our body. A wild, tribal Ecstatic Dance with Live Drumming & Percussion for expression, release, play and celebration as we move, stretch and enjoy the rhythms of music that inspire us to awaken our physical senses, heal our body, soothe our emotional and mental fields and connect with the vibrancy of life within and around. Closing our dance we will come together to sing and move with live piano and voice and there is time to spend around the fire for the evening, sharing food, stories and jamming together. If the gathering is still buzzing we have a suprise DJ lined up to dance into the night!! Surrounded by nature and as a group we connect with the simple pleasure of being in nature and community. Please remember Ecstatic dance is SOBER experience & free from recreational alcohol, drugs and microdosing. Our Team of Local artists: ECSTATIC DJ // ANNA-LISA SOMATIC PRACTICE // SARAH LIVE MUSIC // SAM & LUCIA CACAO // ZSOFI LIVE DRUMMING & PERCUSSION // TOM & AFRICAN DRUMMING GROUP & hosted by Anna-Lisa & Sarah for Ecstatic Dance Brighton! What to Bring/Wear 👉🏻Bring some water or a warm drink if its a cool day. 👉🏻Wear YELLOW/GOLD/SUMMERY comfy clothes you can move and dance in. If that happens to be sparkly hot pants go for it, but pyjamas are also welcome! Wear layers and bring a warm jumper or coat to put on after. We recommend dancing barefoot on the earth to release, heal & ground your energetics. 👉🏻Bring a blanket or warm layers to keep warm as the sunsets and a mat if you want something to lie on outside. Children 👉🏻Are very welcome! Headsets have their own volume control to make it a suitable sound level for each individual. Weather 👉🏻Hopefully conditions will be bright & dry! But if it looks damp please bring anoraks or wet weather clothing. We aim to keep going through all weather's, but in the case of extreme weather we will cancel the dance by 10am on the day and will refund your ticket. Location/Time 👉🏻Kerry Woods is private land accessed from the road to Devils Dyke. There are toilets and a large area for parking. 👉🏻 POSTCODE ; BN1 8YJ - Go up Devils Dyke Rd from the Roundabouts, pass B&H golf club sign on your left and take the next sharp left at the bus stop. Drive carefully down the bridleway and take the first right through the gate. 👉🏻 BUS : 77 // FOOT / BIKE: Take the Dyke Railway Trail from Hangleton Headsets 👉🏻This is a 'silent disco' style set up! Please look after the headsets - they cost around £40 each to replace if damaged! Do not place them on the ground . Photography Please do not take any photos or videos during the dance. This is for you to break from technology and be more embodied. A couple of members of the team will be designated to take some subtle photos/videos. If you do not wish to be in any published photos please let us know before or after the dance. Refunds/Exchanges 👉🏻 Refunds are only available if the organisers have to cancel the event. Please arrange exchanges between yourselves in my community whatsapp group or facebook page. About Ecstatic Dance 👉🏻Ecstatic Dance is based in the natural understanding that our bodies know how they need and want to move in order to heal, strengthen, release and be nourished. Our ancestors practised rhythmic dancing to drums and chanting for centuries. Ecstatic Dance is based in this ancient practice of tuning in to the free movement desired by your body to shake and awaken your being into higher states of awareness, to release stress and trauma and to reconnect with your inner truth, beauty and enjoyment of life. We give some guidance to start and then you are invited to listen and move with your internal prompting. There will be a mix of slow, fast, playful, touching music and many styles including tribal, world, dance, folk, downtempo and ambient moods. You may have many different feelings, thoughts, experiences come up! Dance with them ALL! If you feel pain, tune in, is this something to gently move with and feel or do you need to change your movement or rest? If you feel tired, is this old, stagnant 'tired' feelings being released that you can keep dancing through, or do you need to slow down? There is no right or wrong way to move! Enjoy connecting with your body and the music and allow your journey to unfold. Remember there is no right or wrong way to move, beginners and those who consider themselves 'bad' dancers are very welcome! MORE INFO www.ecstaticdancebrighton.co.uk