VESICA - SF Ecstatic Dance - Sunday Morning

Ecstatic Dance San Francisco Sunday April 6th - DJ: VESICA Contact Improv: Tyler Blank Sound Healing: Charles Moselle Opening Circle & Meditation: Tyler Blank ----- DJ: VESICA VESICA is an Oakland (CA) based Ecstatic Dance DJ who has been dancing at the legendary mothership of Ecstatic Dance at Sweets Ballroom, Oakland since its inception in 2008. In 2010, VESICA co-founded Ecstatic Dance Berlin, the first pioneer in the global spread of ecstatic dance. Since then VESICA has been invited to play ecstatic dances far and wide -among them Lightning in a Bottle, Moscow, Barcelona & Ibiza, to Nevada City, Los Angeles, and of course, Oakland, to name a few. VESICA is a dancers’ DJ with a predilection for soulful organic world beats and scrumptious global bass. Her sets are poly-genre, tempo-morphing, dance floor love that irresistibly moves feet, hips and heart into a deep and embodied journey of catharsis and transformation. VESICA invites you to loose and find yourself in the dance. VESICA’s last set: https://soundcloud.com/vesica-ecstatic/bass-bliss ----- Arrive when you wish: 9:45am - Doors Open 10:00am - Contact Improv Class 10:50am - Opening Circle 11:00am - Ecstatic Dance 1:00pm - Sound Bath / Closing Meditation 1:11pm - Good Day Everyone! Tickets available at the Door Drop-In: $25 (Cash / Card / Venmo) Circle Dance Passes: $20 each (sold in packs of 5 for $100) Volunteer Opportunity: Show up at 9am sharp! for Opening or ask at the door for Closing Opportunities. @ Sacred Heart Church (of 8 Wheels) 554 Fillmore St., SF, CA Street Parking ----- Contact Improv meets Partner Yoga: Tyler Blank Tyler has evolved his Partner Yoga experience and his time at Ecstatic Dance to practice his offering of sharing Dance with another, playing with Shared Weight, and Center of Balance, Rolling & Sliding Point of Contact, Fluid Lifts, Floor Play, and other dynamics present in this deep, intimate, playful practice. Tyler is the CoFounder of Ecstatic Dance Bay Area, and also teaches Doubles Partner Yoga. More at: www.DoublePlay.fun 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. Opening Circle & Meditation: Tyler Blank Founder of Ecstatic Dance Oakland, San Francisco, Fairfax, & EcstaticDance.org Community, Tyler is also an Ecstatic Dance DJ, Partner Yoga & Contact Improv Teacher. His meditations dive deep into the vision of Tantra, allowing us to use our Bodies, and this Moment, as an opportunity to be Fully Present, Aware, and Fully Alive. Music Journeys at: www.SoundCloud.com/mrblank ----- 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!) ----- Drop-In: $25 (Cash / Card / Venmo) Circle Dance Passes: $20 each (sold in packs of 5 for $100) Available at the Door. @ Sacred Heart Church (of 8 Wheels) 554 Fillmore St., SF, CA Website: www.ecstaticdance.org/dance/san-francisco-ecstatic-dance/