Ecstatic Dance // DJ Vesica

Welcome on a dance journey with some some feminine energy! We are happy to welcome DJ Vesica who is the initiator and co-founder of Ecstatic Dance Berlin, where she is a resident DJ and the organizer of Ecstatic Dance Sundays. She will delight us with glitchy funky grooves combined with all other goodness.

Ecstatic dance is a free-form movement journey with modern bass music spanning all genres, tempos, emotions, and intensities. You are welcome as you are in this judgement free, open community.

18:30 Doors open
19:00 Yoga / Moving from within / Viivi Jokela (bring your own yoga mat)
19:50 Opening circle
20:00 Ecstatic Dance / DJ Vesica
22:15 Closing circle

Tickets 20 €, cash only
3x multi-tickets 50 €

Venue: Helsinki Dance Central, Sörnaisten Rantatie 33C - 4th floor. Entry only from the Rantatie side. Door code 8822. We close entry at 21:00.

There are three guidelines to maintain a safe and intentional space together:
1. No talking on the dancefloor or in the lounge area
2. Move as you wish
3. Respect the space (which includes no shoes, alcohol, phones, perfumes, and being mindful of each other's space)

If you are new to ecstatic dance, please come in time as we will go through the principles in the opening circle.

Bio
Vesica is Initiator and Co-founder of Ecstatic Dance Berlin, where she is a resident DJ and the organizer of Ecstatic Dance Sundays.
Vesica, while born & raised in Berlin, has lived most of her adult life in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA. Oakland Ecstatic Dance saved her in 2008, when her doctoral dissertation on spirit possession & psychiatry was literally driving her mad. Ever since, Ecstatic Dance has been her twice weekly, non-negotiable pilgrimage to the dance floor -to get down and right with herself, her community, her body and the Sacred. It is no surprise then, that Vesica is a dancer’s DJ deeply steeped in West Coast Bass music committed to the Heart, Soul and Funk of her dancers.

Links:
https://www.mixcloud.com/vesica-ecstatic/
https://www.facebook.com/Vesica.Ecstatic/

MOVING FROM WITHIN: VIIVI JOKELA
A calm, grounding yoga session tapping into the sensation of fluid breath, awareness and movement. Focus is on the continuum of expression and presence. Make yourself comfortable and bring your own yoga mat.