VESICA - Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Sunday @ Sweets

Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Sweets Ballroom Sunday Feb. 23 - DJ: VESICA Contact Improv: Scott Wells Yoga: Katie McClung Sound Healing: Charles Moselle Circle & Meditation: Katie McClung ------- DJ: VESICA VESICA is Initiator and Co-founder of Ecstatic Dance Berlin, where she is a resident DJ and the organizer of Ecstatic Dance Sundays. Vesica, while born & raised in Berlin, has lived most of her adult life in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA. Oakland Ecstatic Dance saved her in 2008, when her doctoral dissertation on spirit possession & psychiatry was literally driving her mad. Ever since, Ecstatic Dance has been her twice weekly, non-negotiable pilgrimage to the dance floor -to get down and right with herself, her community, her body and the Sacred. It is no surprise then, that Vesica is a dancer’s DJ deeply steeped in West Coast Bass music committed to the Heart, Soul and Funk of her dancers. Catch her this Spring on her US West Coast Ecstatic Dance tour and in the Netherlands. https://soundcloud.com/vesica-ecstatic Contact Improv: Scott Wells “Wells has a dizzying abundance of pure dance-making talent.” – San Francisco Examiner In 2005 Scott Wells received San Francisco’s most prestigious choreography award: The Isadora Duncan Award for Outstanding Choreography and was selected by Dance Magazine as one of the 25 To Watch. He teaches dance technique and is recognized worldwide as a leading teacher of Contact Improvisation. In 1981 Scott discovered the pleasure of contact improvisation shortly after becoming obsessed with the struggles of modern dance. He stuck with both and currently directs a company in San Francisco and tours annually to Europe. In 2005 Scott received the Izzie for Outstanding Choreography and was selected by Dance Magazine as “one of the 25 To Watch”. He teaches dance technique and is recognized worldwide as a leading teacher of Contact Improvisation. www.ScottWellsDance.com Yoga: Katie McClung Katie McClung is a yoga instructor, visual artist, musician, educator, and dance enthusiast who has been a part of the ecstatic dance community for over a decade. She has also been a non profit program manager and events manager for many years. Katie combines her skills, interests, talents, and playfulness in order to create an inviting space and joyous experience for dance attendees. Sound Healing: Charles Moselle Charles Moselle is a multi-instrumentalist (piano, saxophones, flutes, drums,) and composer, having scored numerous films, plays, and dance works. He is also known for his unusual vocal stylings and theatrical characterizations (Mongolian beatboxing, zombie operettas,etc.). He has a reputation for being able to sing, perhaps,, the lowest note humanly possible. He has also invented a number of very unusual instruments (ex.The electric mirror) He attended Lee Strasberg acting Institute and California Institiute of the Arts. Over the years Charles’s career has taken a number of interesting turns- As a music therapist he has worked with Schizophrenics, incarcerated youth, incarcerated adults, and war veterans. Recently years he has worked with teens and children in Syrian Refugee camps. He has performed with Robin Williams, Stan Getz, Frank Sinatra Jr., Bobby McFerrin , Stanley Clarke, Sly and the Family Stone, and Eddie Henderson, just to name a few. Circle & Meditation: Katie McClung Katie McClung is a yoga instructor, visual artist, musician, educator, and dance enthusiast who has been a part of the ecstatic dance community for over a decade. She has also been a non profit program manager and events manager for many years. Katie combines her skills, interests, talents, and playfulness in order to create an inviting space and joyous experience for dance attendees. ----- Timing: (Arrive when you Wish) 9:45am - Doors Open 10am - Contact Improv (Main Floor) 10am - Yoga (Upstairs) 10:45am - Opening Circle 11am - Ecstatic Dance 1pm - Sound Healing / Meditation 1:11pm - Good Day! - Time for Picnic After Dance Picnic is held next to Lake Merritt near the Fairyland Sign by Whole Foods on Grand Avenue & Harrison. Tickets: Available at the door with Cash / Card / Venmo $25 Drop-In $20 Circle Passes sold in 5 packs ($100) @ Sweets Ballroom 1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA 19th St. BART Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612 $6.30 Volunteer Opportunity: Show up at 9am sharp! for Opening or ask at the door for Closing Opportunities. ----- All are Welcome. Ecstatic Dance is a Freeform Conscious Dance, Mixed by a Seasoned DJ for a Continuous Sonic Journey. Move however you wish, without verbal guidance, shoes, or booze. Music will flow through various Tempos, Genres, Intensities, and Emotions, so that Dancers may Experience, Express, and Transform their own Energies on the Dancefloor Together. Ecstatic Dance can be your: 1. Physical Exercise 2. Mental Therapy 3. Connection to Spirit 4. Social Connection with Others 5. Personal Connection with Self We only ask that you refrain from: 1. Talking on the Dancefloor 2. Using your Phone 3. Wearing Shoes 4. Using Substances (Be Yourself!) ----- Website: https://ecstaticdance.org/dance/oakland-ecstatic-dance-sunday-morning/ ----- @ Sweets Ballroom 1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA 19th St. BART Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612 $6.30