VESICA - Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Sunday @ Sweets

Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Sweets Ballroom Sunday Nov 17 - DJ: VESICA Contact Improv: Juliana Mendonca Yoga: Liz McDonald Sound Healing: Charles Moselle Circle & Meditation: Geneva Bybee ----- 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. ------- 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. https://soundcloud.com/vesica-ecstatic Contact Improv: Juliana Mendonca Juliana Mendonca is a Venezuelan Contemporary Dance Performer, Choreographer and Teacher. She is an innovative bodyworker influenced by Latin Traditional Dances, Butoh, Contact Improvisation and Physical Theater. Throughout her career she has developed a unique language with which she can express and create powerful art and healing. She has dedicated many years to creating projects and performances inspired by water: Raíz de Agua, La Naciente, Drop & Drought, Liquidanza, Sono Somatic, water has represented a very important element to understand herself. She currently directs her own proposal for relaxation and dance practice in the water, Liquidanza. She also works with Destiny Arts Center, La Peña Cultural Center, Private Events, and collaborates with other Bay Area Artists. (www.liquidanza.com) Yoga: Liz McDonald Dr. Liz McDonald, PT, RYT began her healing journey in 1996 when she explored yoga to address her scoliosis and asthma. She was terrified of sports growing up, but yoga proved to be the gateway sport providing her the confidence and coordination to try other forms of exercise including dance, running, and synchronized swimming. Liz graduated from Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in 2002 and earned her Hatha yoga teaching certification in Brazil in 2006. Since then, she has taught yoga on 4 continents. In 2008, Liz moved to Hollywood, opened her own yoga studio and introduced cannabis enhanced yoga to the world. 420Yoga has been featured in over 30 publications including The New York Times, Vice, and Yoga Journal. Liz earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2018. Pulling from eastern and western paradigms, Liz tailors potent, multilayered healing for each patient according to their level of openness and need. Her private practice focuses on pediatric and women’s health. Her latest 1:1 offering, End to End Clearing, is a 3-hour healing that weaves internal manual therapy (pelvic floor and oral) and shamanic technology to clear the central channel. For more information please visit DrLizPT.com. Circle & Meditation: Geneva Bybee Geneva Bybee is a movement and visual artist with a passion for producing conscious events. With training in numerous dance and yoga techniques, she is here to offer her natural ability to hold space, facilitate positive change and offer support to the community. Geneva has been involved with the Ecstatic Dance Community since the Bay Area beginnings. She was one of the facilitators of Missoula’s Ecstatic Dance for several years. “To move is to breathe,” ~geneva https://geneva.dance/ ----- 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