Bay Area Ecstatic Dance Expansion Meetup

Welcome Dancers to 2025!!! As we move into the New Year, we shift into an earlier timeframe for dance from 6:30-9:30pm. Mini Workshops will be a deep dive into various modalities - Our Ecstatic Djs will spin a two-hour Dance Wave - After sound healing, you’re invited to hangout and connect with the community.

6:30-7pm : Mini Workshop
7-9pm : Ecstatic Dance Dj Set
9-9:30pm : Sound Healing + Hangout

See you on the Dance Floor!!
Cash + Venmo are accepted at the door $25/drop in. Circle Passes are valid thru Feb 2025.

Ecstatic Dance Fairfax is now Organized & Hosted by Geneva Bybee.

AfterWelcome Dancers to 2025!!! As we move into the New Year, we shift into an earlier timeframe for dance from 6:30-9:30pm. Mini Workshops will be a deep dive into various modalities - Our Ecstatic Djs will spin a two-hour Dance Wave - After sound healing, you’re invited to hangout and connect with the community.

6:30-7pm : Mini Workshop
7-9:30pm : Ecstatic Dance Dj Set
9:30-10pmpm : Sound Healing + Hangout

See you on the Dance Floor!!
Cash + Venmo are accepted at the door $25/drop in. Circle Passes are valid thru Feb 2025.

Ecstatic Dance Fairfax is now Organized & Hosted by Geneva Bybee.w

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!

Ticket available at the Door

@ Sacred Heart Church (of 8 Wheels)
554 Fillmore St., SF, CA
Street Parking

Ecstatic Dance is a Freeform Conscious Dance. As soon as you enter the space, you are invited to let go of judgements and expectations, and allow yourself to feel your emotions, sensations, body, mind, and spirit. Because this is a safe space for movement and expression, we do request that you follow the three main guidelines: no shoes (and wear comfy clothes!), no booze (or any other drugs), no talking (body language only!). All freedom of expression is welcomed, and there is no ‘right and wrong’ here. Trust in the journey and move through everything that arises.

The soundscape is provided by professional DJ’s who mix the music and facilitate the journey. Most sets will include a variety of musical genres, sonic wave of all tempos, a full spectrum of emotions. At some dances you will find the vibe to be more organic and tribal, and at others more electronic, futuristic, or urban. No set is ever the same!

The Ecstatic Dance community welcomes people of all ages/genders/religions/ethnicities. This is a cross-generational community, so often you will see dancers between the ages of 18-80 enjoying the space together. We are a non-denominational community, where we come together for the joy of moving and dancing together. This means that some people come simply for the exercise, some come for the social connection, and some come to use the dance as a form of therapy, emotional catharsis, spiritual practice, or prayer. Whatever your reason for wanting to move, you are welcome at Ecstatic Dance.

Many Dancers come to dance by themselves in the Group Field. Some Dancers also enjoy dancing with others, with or without physical contact. Below is a guide to help your experience at Ecstatic Dance.

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!)
   Thank You for Respecting the Space so that everyone may Move, Celebrate, Heal, & Pray in their own unique way... Together.

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

Ecstatic Dance Oakland - Sweets Ballroom
Sunday May 25th - DJ: Jämi Deva
Contact Improv: Marcus van Duren
Yoga: Katie McClung
Circle & Meditation: Katie McClung

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DJ: Jämi Deva
Jämi – The Gatherer�
Deva – Angelic Soul
a Vibrational Architect, designing potent life-changing experiences for tens of thousands worldwide in live workshops, breathwork empowerments and ecstatic dances since 2005.

Studying and practicing with the Sufi's for over 20 years, Jämi is a visionary producer with an ear for the exotic.
He believes that Music, Breath and Movement are the keys to unlocking human potential and returning to the natural frequency of True Love. Jämi has dedicated his life work to the expansion of consciousness.
Movement + Love = Freedom
A true musicologist, Jämi sources and rides the emergent wave of sonic innovation.
His mixes span all genres and tempos of dance music serving up an alchemical elixir of multi-dimensional sound wizardry. Jämi elegantly plays live percussion during his set which uniquely activates the shamanic potential of the dance floor. His beats are a ceremonial carnival of epic proportion. His artistry is truly unique - he is gifted and clearly called to hold some very new and transformational frequencies.

Jämi Deva was blessed to be initiated into Ecstatic Dance with his first gig at Big island’s Kalani Sunday Morning eDance in 2010. Launching him on a journey that led him to 5Rhythms at The Moving Center in Sausalito and then to create his own weekly dance. DevaDance first began in Sedona and then moved to Ojai, CA. where it has has been consistently pumping out delicious ecstatic grooves since 2012.

“Jämi delivers a sound that is difficult to describe.
It is clear that his life purpose is to inspire greatness in others."
~ Stan Grof

‘’Expect a magic carpet ride into the ancient future and nothing less than deep dance magic.”

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Timing: (Arrive when you Wish)
9:45am - Doors Open
10am - Contact Improv (Main Floor)
10am - Yoga (Upstairs)
10:45am - Opening Circle
11am - Ecstatic Dance
1pm - Sound Healing / Meditation
1:11pm - Good Day! - Time for Picnic

After Dance Picnic is held next to Lake Merritt near the Fairyland Sign by Whole Foods on Grand Avenue & Harrison.

Tickets:
Available at the door with Cash / Card / Venmo
$25 Drop-In
$20 Circle Passes sold in 5 packs ($100)
@ Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA
19th St. BART

Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
$6.30

Volunteer Opportunity: Show up at 9am sharp! for Opening
or ask at the door for Closing Opportunities.

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Contact Improv: Marcus van Duren
Marcus van Duren is a dancer and teaching artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Marcus has intensively studied movement and dance performance since his discovery of contact improvisation in 2013. He has had the pleasure of studying with Chris Aiken, Angie Hauser, Frey Faust, Scott Wells, Kathleen Hermesdorf, Ray Chung, Martin Keogh, Nita Little, Sarah Shelton Mann and many others. Marcus actively investigates new ways of moving and understanding movement as a member of the international Axis Syllabus community. In addition to appreciating dance as a performing art, Marcus sees dance, especially contact improvisation, as a life practice. Marcus is endlessly curious about how dance can be used to access different states of being and uncover new ways of relating to self and other.

Yoga, Opening Circle & Meditation: Katie McClung
Katie McClung is a yoga instructor, visual artist, musician, educator, and dance enthusiast who has been a part of the ecstatic dance community for over a decade. She has also been a non profit program manager and events manager for many years. Katie combines her skills, interests, talents, and playfulness in order to create an inviting space and joyous experience for dance attendees.

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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:

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!)

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

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@ Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway, Oakland, CA
19th St. BART

Secured Covered Parking: Dalziel Garage
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
$6.30