Quintessence ~ SF Ecstatic Dance @ Sacred Heart Church!

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Ecstatic Dance San Francisco
Sunday May 11th - DJ: Quintessence
Partner Yoga meets Contact Improv : Tyler Blank
Opening Circle & Meditation: Tyler Blank

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DJ: Quintessence
DJ Quintessence (Lexi Battle, she/her) is one of the most diverse and musically nuanced acts you’ll find performing today. In addition to being a lead DJ and organizer of the “Ecstaturday” Ecstatic Dance in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, she is also a resident DJ in partnership with The Omni Movement, a progressive partner dance studio located in Oakland. You’ll most commonly find her playing for Fusion Dance, Brazilian Zouk, or West Coast Swing around the Bay Area, though she also holds passion for her unique take on club-style EDM. As a highly multidisciplinary DJ and music producer, she brings lessons and influences from each of the music scenes she’s involved with into all of the others, giving her a unique perspective that allows her to hybridize the elements that work from the different scenes and let them inform each other.

Quintessence is a master of the intentional dance journey. She begins with tempos and rhythms designed to warm the body up while the melodic content creates emotional depth and intrigue that set the stage for what’s to come. Each stage successively builds on what we’ve experienced in the last, taking us somewhere new that still feels part of the same story. The crescendos and climaxes interplay with periods of moderate rest and reflection to create a series of waves through various energies and moods. Finally, we come to the sentimental landing and closing stages where we can integrate what we’ve experienced as the journey nears its end, perhaps indulging in one final burst of joy or artistic expression before sending us off to what’s next.

As a dancer herself whose life has been transformed by the practice, Quintessence always plays for the party she wants to be at. Her work often defies genre, weaving through a great many of them throughout the journey in delightfully surprising ways. As she’s a multidisciplinarian with extremely broad taste, you’ll never get the same experience with DJ Quintessence twice. She’ll make you move, make you melt, take you to places beyond words, and leave you wanting more.

https://soundcloud.com/musicbyquintessence/beats-in-heat-ecstatic-dance

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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

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Parnter Yoga meets Contact Improv: Tyler Blank
Tyler has 20 years experience leading Partner Yoga, and 14 years experience leading Contact Improv at Ecstatic Dances around the world. We will be playing with Shared Weight, Counter Balances, Rolling & Sliding Point of Contact, Creating Shelves, Fluid Lifts, and other partner dynamics in this deep, intimate, playful practice. Tyler is the CoFounder of Ecstatic Dance Bay Area, and also teaches Double Play Partner Yoga. www.DoublePlay.fun

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

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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: