Ecstatic Dance Nottingham

Let's Dance!!! Ecstatic Dance is a globally recognised event, creating a safe and respectful space for us to 'just dance', free flow and let go. All abilities are welcome.

Format

14:45 Doors Open: Arrive

15:00 Opening Cacao Circle

15:30 Ecstatic Dance

17:15 Sharing Circles

17:30 Finish

What is Ecstatic Dance?

Ecstatic Dance is a dance/movement practice exploring the exhilarating feeling of moving your body freely. You are invited to move, play, connect, sweat, stretch, sound, unwind, renew, release, improvise and transform.

"Our intention for these Ecstatic Dance classes is self-exploration, connection, fun, healing, expanding human potential and community building through freestyle ecstatic dance." - Seth Newman (Ecstatic Dance London)

ED has organically grown into a space of movement and music exploration inspired by sources such as; Gabrielle Roth (5 rhythms), ritual dance, trance dance and contact improvisation. These influences have evolved Ecstatic Dance into a movement journey of the mind, body and soul. The music will take the dancer on a movement journey through a diverse mixture of rhythms and genres depending on the DJ and circle leader. There is no teacher, but there is a circle leader to provide containment and guidance.

Ecstatic Dance and Cacao

Ecstatic Dance Nottingham is in collaboration with Adri Griffiths, the inspired creator of 'eden NIBBLES'. Adri works intuitively with the spirit of this medicine to alchemise sacred cacao beans into intentional cacao paste. The Ecstatic Dance Team then turn the paste into a magickal cup of warm cacao to drink which includes 'eden NIBBLES' cacao, purified water and oat milk.

Cacao is used in Ecstatic Dance to lift the dancer to a heart opening, higher and deeper connection with the Self and their process in finding freedom and expression of the TRUE Self.

For more information on Cacao please visit: 'eden NIBBLES'.

Guidelines

1. No talking in the dance space

2. No shoes. Ecstatic Dance is a barefoot dance practice helping us to ground and connect to the earth

3. No drugs/alcohol.

4. Phone-free zone

5. Respect for each other's personal space

Over 16s only

What to bring

- Comfy clothes for movement and fun expression, changing facilities are provided

- Water

- Bring a small snack for afterwards (advisable but not required)

Prices

Early Bird: £15

Early Bird with Cacao: £18

General: £20

General with Cacao: £23

Feeling Abundant!! (Support EDN): £33 (includes Cacao)

Refunds

Refunds are currently not available. You are welcome to change your ticket to a different date or give your ticket to a friend. Please email Victoria Jane victoriajaneascension@gmail.com to inform us about any changes or queries you may have.

Venue

Address: The Iona School, 310 Sneinton Dale, Nottingham NG3 7DN (The `Hall) .

There is free parking at the venue car park or in the surrounding streets. The preferred carpark is the top Iona School carpark up the hill as The Land is at the top.

Facilitator Victoria Jane

Victoria Jane has been passionate about dance since early childhood, dancing through ballet school and performing arts college to training at 'The Place' London Contemporary Dance School and accomplishing a BA Hons in Contemporary Dance at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. After her studies, Victoria found interest in the healing arts and yogic movement and philosophy. Victoria first found her passion for free flow movement through '5 Rhythms' workshops in Melbourne Australia and then ventured back to Europe where she facilitated Ecstatic Dance in The Netherlands with the Ecstatic Dance team in The Hague. Victoria has an MA Degree in Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred, where she majored in Jungian thought, Spiritual Channeling and Ekstasis Dance, exploring her concept 'Being or Pretending to Be', into the question, 'Are you Dancing or Pretending to Dance?'

Victoria hopes her experience and knowledge bring ease-fulness, depth and inspiration to the ecstatic dancers' inner journey and expression.

D JvJ (Victoria Jane) is self taught World Fusion DJ and has recently been professionally trained by the 'Dance is Medicine' Ecstatic DJ School. DJvJ's music set style is an explorational journey through tribal percussion, classical piano, folk, African house, Indian sitar, tantric beats, latin salsa with a dash of 90s house and maybe even a cheeky pop song now and again. As Victoria was a dancer before she was a DJ she has an ear for what will make you DANCE DANCE DANCE.

If you have any questions or queries for Victoria please contact: victoriajaneascension@gmail.com

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