Ecstatic Dance Oakland @ Sweets Ballroom
May 7th - DJ: Mr. Blank
Contact Improv: Lauren Tierra
Yoga: Satya Gita
Opening Circle & Meditation: Tyler Blank
Tea: Kokko Wellness & Oli Marichi
Food: Sacred Decadence (Leela Maya)

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DJ: Mr. Blank
Mr. Blank / Tyler Blank is the Founder of Ecstatic Dance Oakland, SF, Fairfax, and the EcstaticDance.Org NonProfit Community. He plays a full spectrum journey of celebrating all our emotions, all tempos (speeds), and a generous variety of musical genres, for a movement experience to transform our individual and collective energy. Tyler appreciates all kinds of music, and he invites us to both the powerful & the playful, the sacred & the sexy, and all the loving and funky and wild vibrations that come with being a human on this earth. Join us in the Dance of this Soundscape, from the ancient past into the distant future, arriving, appreciating, and enjoying this very moment, right here and now. Every set is curated to be an epic Journey, and each one is Unique, never to be experienced again.
www.soundcloud.com/mrblank

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Arrive when you wish:
6:45pm - Doors Open
7:00pm - Contact Improv Class (Main Floor)
7:00pm - Yoga Class (Upstairs)
7:50pm - Opening Circle
8:00pm - Ecstatic Dance
10:30pm - Sound Bath / Closing Meditation
10:45pm - Good Night Everyone!

Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA
19th St. BART
Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
$6.30

Tickets:
Available at the door with Cash / Card / Venmo
$25 Drop-In
$20 Circle Passes sold in 5 packs ($100)
Volunteer Opportunity: Show up at 6pm sharp! for Opening
or ask at the door for Closing Opportunities.

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Contact Improv: Lauren Tierra
Lauren’s practice and teaching of contact improvisation is rooted in a lifelong passion for expressive movement. She started as a young child dancing around to the sounds of her Dad’s record collection, then moved on to acrobatics, jazz dance, and musicals. In the early 2000’s she discovered her love of contemporary dance and contact improvisation while studying, performing, and receiving her BA degree at the University of California, San Diego. She has since expanded her practice of dance performance, choreography, and contact improvisation with many renowned teachers and choreographers in the San Francisco Bay Area and Europe, including graduate studies at the School for New Dance Development (SNDO) in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Lauren’s CI teaching draws upon various somatic movement practices such as release technique, axis syllabus, qigong, and her over two decades as a yoga practitioner and teacher. Other spheres of influence include many years of experience with meditation, bodywork, energy work, music & vocal embodiment, Taoist practices/ five element theory, and Ayurveda.

Lauren is lit up by guiding herself and others into non-judgmental presence, authentic expression, embodied connection, and holistic well-being. She is especially enamored with contact improvisation for it’s ability to cultivate the spirit of curiosity and play, while also being a transformational healing practice that can expand our awareness, and connection to self and others, in multifaceted and meaningful ways.

Yoga: Satya Gita
Satya Gita is a long-time, devoted practitioner and teacher of yoga. In her more than 20 years of practice, she has studied many forms of yoga, including Jivamukti, Integral, Ashtanga, Standing Wave Yoga, Forrest, and Anusara.

Born in Oslo and raised in Trondheim Norway, she studied dance at The London Contemporary Dance School and on Africa’s Ivory Coast before moving to New York to study and teach at Jivamukti. She was also certified at the Integral Yoga Institute and studied Standing Wave.

Satya then created and implemented a yoga program for Harbin Hot Springs, an internationally known retreat center in California. During this time, she founded her own teaching style called Anahatha Yoga, which utilizes physical postures and alignment to open energetic dimensions and pathways in the body.

Preparing the body in this way opens the student’s awareness to more subtle dimensions of Being in an embodied way. She has been teaching and developing this form for 18 years, as well as training and certifying others in the approach. She continues to offer classes and workshops using Anahatha yoga to help students deepen in themselves.
https://satyaaune.com/about-satya

All are Welcome, Without Restrictions or Limitations.
We only ask that you refrain from:
1. Talking on the Dancefloor
2. Using your Phone
3. Wearing Shoes or Scents
4. Using Substances (Be Yourself!)

Tix available at the Door:
Drop-In: $25 (Cash / Card / Venmo)
Circle Dance Passes: $20 each (sold in packs of 5 for $100)

Available at the Door.
@ Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA
19th St. BART

Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA

Website: https://ecstaticdance.org/dance/oakland-ecstatic-dance/

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