About us
Asheville Movement Collective envisions a world that moves in harmony where all are free to be their authentic selves within a loving community. Our mission and aim are to inspire authenticity and healthy community through free-form dance by hosting dance waves for personal and community transformation.
We host three dances per week, plus some special events.
Though you may notice just a few RSVPs on this site, our typical attendance is 20-30 on Friday, 50-60 for Sunday first wave, and a little over 100 for second wave.
For more information, please visit our website at ashevillemovementcollective.org.
Upcoming events
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Untamed - Ecstatic Dance Wave w/ Guest DJ Bobcat
Evergreen Community Charter School, 50 Bell Road, Asheville, NC, USFriday, July 31st
Evening Dance Wave 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Warmup 7pm | Opening Circle 7:30pm
Guest DJ: Stacey Butcher | Support Facilitator: Marta MartínIntention: Untamed
Summer is a season of wild growth. Fields stretch toward the sun, rivers find their own course, and life flourishes beyond the boundaries we try to impose on it. In the same way, there is a part of each of us that longs to move freely ~ to shake off expectations, step outside familiar patterns, and reconnect with our natural vitality.
This ecstatic dance is an invitation to listen to the untamed wisdom of the body. Through movement, we'll explore what happens when we loosen our grip on how we think we should be and instead follow the impulses, rhythms, and instincts that arise from within.
Together we'll create a space where the wild, authentic, and fully alive parts of ourselves can emerge and dance.
## About Guest DJ Stacey Butcher
Stacey Butcher is an Open Floor movement teacher, serving on the faculty of Open Floor International, and a Certified 5Rhythms teacher (trained by Gabrielle Roth). She is also a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), Integral Somatic Psychology practitioner, and a Reiki Master/Teacher. Stacey has been dedicated to the healing arts for over 25 years and has studied with healers and teachers from around the world. Her teaching is infused with passion, deep presence and humor. She is an inspirational facilitator and is skilled at holding space for transformation. For more info, visit her website at http://www.staceybutcher.com/.
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** Please note that the dance starts at Warm up. The doors close promptly at Opening Circle and any that come late will be turned away. Please be on time to ensure a safe and secure container. **
Ticket Prices: $15 - $30 or name your price.No one turned away for lack of funds!
Pre-registration Recommended:VOLUNTEER!
We need volunteers. Volunteer and dance for free! Register to volunteer at:
https://ashevillemovementcollective.org/volunteer/IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Door will close at the beginning of the opening circle. Please note: NO ENTRY AFTER OPENING CIRCLE BOTH WAVES!
Collective agreements:
https://ashevillemovementcollective.org/our-dance/About AMC:
Asheville Movement Collective envisions a world that moves in harmony where all are free to be their authentic selves within a loving community. Our mission and aim are to inspire authenticity and healthy community through free-form dance by hosting dance waves for personal and community transformation. AMC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.Location: 50 Bell Rd, Asheville, NC 28805
See you on the dance floor!
3 attendees
Grounding into Peace - Ecstatic Dance Waves w/ DJ Kristikka
Location not specified yetSunday, August 2nd
1st Dance Wave 8:30-10:30am | Warmup 8:30am | Opening Circle 9am
2nd Dance Wave 10:30-12:30am | Warmup 10:30am | Opening Circle 11am
DJ KristikkaIntention: Grounding into Peace
So many spiritual teachers have spoken about peace and that it is an inside job. If we want more peace in the world, we need to cultivate that and ground it deeper within ourselves. The intention of this dance is to surrender and dissolve anything that creates disharmony within us. Let’s generate a felt sense of peace that we can send into the Earth and the ether.
## About DJ Kristikka
Kristikka (Kris Hostikka) loves creating a sacred container that takes you on an inward journey utilizing rhythm to move us from quiet embodiment to chaos and down into stillness and integration. She feels that movement is medicine, weaving intention and a rich blend of world beats where it’s possible to be with what is and open to what wants to be seen, felt and moved. You can find her dance mixes here: http://soundcloud.com/dj-kristikka
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** Please note that the dance starts at Warm up. The doors close promptly at Opening Circle and people who arrive late will be turned away. Please be on time to ensure a safe and secure container. **
Ticket Price: $15-30 or name your price.
No one turned away for lack of funds!~~~
Pre-registration Recommended:
First Wave: https://ashevillemovementcollective.org/uqbb
Second Wave: https://ashevillemovementcollective.org/6r3xVOLUNTEER!
We need volunteers. Volunteer and dance for free! Register to volunteer at: https://ashevillemovementcollective.org/volunteer/IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Door will close at the beginning of the opening circle. Please note: NO ENTRY AFTER OPENING CIRCLE BOTH WAVES!Collective agreements:
https://ashevillemovementcollective.org/our-dance/About AMC:
Asheville Movement Collective envisions a world that moves in harmony where all are free to be their authentic selves within a loving community. Our mission and aim are to inspire authenticity and healthy community through free-form dance by hosting dance waves for personal and community transformation. AMC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.See you on the dance floor!
1 attendee
Ancestor's Dream - Ecstatic Dance Wave w/ Facilitator Rory Jagdeo
Evergreen Community Charter School, 50 Bell Road, Asheville, NC, USFriday, August 7th
Evening Dance Wave 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Warmup 7pm | Opening Circle 7:30pm
Facilitator Rory JagdeoIntention: Ancestor's Dream
Ancestor’s Dream ~ Anonymous
Beneath the soil of forgotten years,
They spun their hope from grief and tears,
A whispered wish upon the night,
For roots to hold and wings for flight.They saw through mists of time and space,
The bold emergence of our face,
And in the quiet of the dark,
They kept alive the glowing spark.We are the breath of what they sought,
The very peace for which they fought,
Across the bridge of time, we gleam:
We are our ancestor's great dream.## About Facilitator Rory Jagdeo
Rory is a singer/songwriter and an AMC Facilitator. He stepped into Ecstatic Dance in Houston, TX for the first time in 2014 and believes in the power of dance to transform and bring a healthier, happier, and connected lifestyle. It is that driving force and passion that pushes him to explore the role of being an Ecstatic Dance Facilitator using world rhythms and different musical genres to weave mixes that incorporate many elements of 8Rhythms.
Listen to his mixes at: https://soundcloud.com/roryjagdeo
And his music at: https://roryjagdeo.bandcamp.com/releases~~~
** Please note that the dance starts at Warm up. The doors close promptly at Opening Circle and any that come late will be turned away. Please be on time to ensure a safe and secure container. **
Ticket Prices: $15 - $30 or name your price.No one turned away for lack of funds!
Pre-registration Recommended:VOLUNTEER!
We need volunteers. Volunteer and dance for free! Register to volunteer at:
https://ashevillemovementcollective.org/volunteer/IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Door will close at the beginning of the opening circle. Please note: NO ENTRY AFTER OPENING CIRCLE BOTH WAVES!
Collective agreements:
https://ashevillemovementcollective.org/our-dance/About AMC:
Asheville Movement Collective envisions a world that moves in harmony where all are free to be their authentic selves within a loving community. Our mission and aim are to inspire authenticity and healthy community through free-form dance by hosting dance waves for personal and community transformation. AMC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.Location: 50 Bell Rd, Asheville, NC 28805
See you on the dance floor!
2 attendees
AMC Sunday Ecstatic Dance LIVE MUSIC w/ Trey Crispen and Nata Das
Evergreen Community Charter School, 50 Bell Road, Asheville, NC, USSunday, August 9th
1st Dance Wave 8:30-10:30am | Warmup 8:30am | Opening Circle 9am
2nd Dance Wave 10:30-12:30am | Warmup 10:30am | Opening Circle 11am
LIVE MUSIC w/ Trey Crispen and Nata Das/
Support Facilitator Jeannie AdairIntention: Open Spaces
Find the uncrowded and open internal spaces and bring that expansiveness to the dance floor. Let the crowded and bustling parts of you sit still while the vast open landscape of your awareness expands as you dance it out.
We will travel this space together.About the Musicians:
Nata Das is a local Asheville group that has been playing for the AMC for 12 years. We will be using the movements of the dancers present to help shape the ebb and flow of this dance. Together we will make a very interdependent experience that can be very satisfying for all of us.Nata Das for this dance is:
Trey Crispin and Friends~~~
** Please note that the dance starts at Warm up. The doors close promptly at Opening Circle and people who arrive late will be turned away. Please be on time to ensure a safe and secure container. **
Ticket Price: $25-50 or name your price.
No one turned away for lack of funds!~~~
Pre-registration Recommended:
First Wave: https://ashevillemovementcollective.org/uqbb
Second Wave: https://ashevillemovementcollective.org/6r3xVOLUNTEER!
We need volunteers. Volunteer and dance for free! Register to volunteer at: https://ashevillemovementcollective.org/volunteer/IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Door will close at the beginning of the opening circle. Please note: NO ENTRY AFTER OPENING CIRCLE BOTH WAVES!Collective agreements:
https://ashevillemovementcollective.org/our-dance/About AMC:
Asheville Movement Collective envisions a world that moves in harmony where all are free to be their authentic selves within a loving community. Our mission and aim are to inspire authenticity and healthy community through free-form dance by hosting dance waves for personal and community transformation. AMC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.See you on the dance floor!
1 attendee
Past events
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