Ecstatic Dance

 
“Hard times require furious dancing”
— Alice Walker

We Dance at:

Barre & Soul Studio

738 Islington St, A3

Portsmouth, NH 03801

Hannafords plaza, the studio is located above Cleary Cleaners. Stairs are accessed by the cleaners drive through lane!

 

Ecstatic Dance & Live Soundscape, Saturday, May 11.

We dance our joy. We find our healing in wordless movement, on the exhale, on the yell that escapes from our throat, in the moments in stillness on the floor, feeling the pound of others’ feet.

So often, our healing, our empowerment, our JOY— we don’t find it through words. Words just can’t quite touch the thing that lives deep in our bones— but dance can. Music can. Breath can.

This is not choreography — there are no steps to learn, and there is definitely no way to do it wrong. This dance is the free expression of everything swirling within you, and Ecstatic Dance is the dance floor to set it all free.

We dance our joy, our freedom, our longing, our wildness.

We dance our sadness, our frustration, our anger, our pain.

In Ecstatic Dance, community is built. Rituals are discovered. Self-judgements are released. Creativity is birthed. The body moves and breathes and sweats and stomps and twirls and pulses.

And it is all welcome.

The flow of the night:

6:45pm: Doors Open, dance floor is a space for landing to gentle music

7:00pm: Opening Circle & Welcome

7:15pm: Dancing with DJ Ankati on the decks all night!

8:45pm: Live Soundscape with Ethan McKenna & Closing Circle

There are four guidelines.

  1. Consent is the law of the land. Every dancer is welcome to their space; if you want to dance with, hug, or otherwise share contact with someone, get permission first.

  2. No talking on the dance floor; please speak in quiet voices in the Chill Space only, and let the music and movement guide the dance!

  3. No phones on the dance floor, including videos or photos of the dancers. Take this time to engage directly with the world and set your screen aside!

  4. This is a safe, substance-free dance space, and we hold a high value on clarity of presence: please do not arrive intoxicated or partake in substances during the dance. We get naturally ecstatic on the movement, not on alcohol or drugs.

Tickets: $25

Note: If you are financially unable to pay for your ticket, please email ankati@ankatiday.com to arrange another energy exchange!